I have a suspicion that people that are seeing the updates return from hiding is due to wusa will not remove an update if there is more than one instance of that update....... That is where I think that all these "scripts" are failing. @foo3495, open up a elevated command prompt, issue this command and let me know what turns up: Code: dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2952664
It wont matter if it is hidden or not. Since it has returned nothing, that is good and indicates that you have successfully removed KB2952664. If there was more than 1 instance of it you would have seen something like this: Code: Package_for_KB2952664~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.3 That tells the package name, IDK, architecture and package version. I check my system for and remove unwanted updates with dism. It is more foolproof than wusa.
i ran same cmd on a fresh install enterprise on a test box, because i remembered hiding KB2952664 fully updated this morn and a few hidden, nothing the same as 2664 hidden. the first was on my main w7 ult box. i read enterprise is w10 proof, never used enterprise so am testing. thanks for the cmd tip.
You're welcome.. I completely agree with and understand your anger and frustration with MS.. I would avoid using XP though. Much better to stick with 7... With your 7 PC clean and leaving auto updates off, along with 'Give me recommended updates...' unchecked in order to avoid all optional updates. That is all that is needed for now to avoid their win 10 crap.
Some OEM installs you can not do as they configure the unattend to disable the ability (and per M$ this is a "best practice" just like using the -cpky command and deleting the cert in OOBE cleanup). It is under the Turn Windows features on or off, if the OEM has not blocked it, and windows will report you may break other functionality by removing it. When you have unchecked it, it uninstalls some files and swaps out the MDAC (and may ask for the install DVD to do so). Windows 8(.1?) I believe it is the same but I do not use it as I have no touch screens and the UI is unusable without a touch screen. I truth I prefer Cent and XP over Vista and newer, but stuck with Windows at work. Edit- You can also use tools like vLite to create custom install media without the many build components including the IE stack. Now that I think about it vLite is probably the reason I was asked for the DVD to change the MDAC as I think I turned off the install cache which was something I always did in nLite (2000 - XP).
Unknown: I do not use Skype, or its predecessor Lynx. But my secondary win 7 boot at home (primary boot is cent 6) other browsers work, World of Warcraft works, Java and Minecraft works, Java auto update does not - never though that could be related but I also have the JRE browser extensions disabled (its there for the MC, and Libre), Steam works. At work Lynx asks for my credentials (which I blocked), Office works, VM, Java, open box, SCCM and MDT workbench all work. The only issue I've had was Chrome, VM, FF working together and I linked that to a know issue with the VTx implementation on my system and googleupdate (which was resolved by removing all Google software).
@Ausernamenoonehas The upgrade also removes: FireFox Office 2010 OEM basic. Office 2013 Platinum Plus (valid MAK and it steals a click from the pool to reinstall, apparently the activation stack generates the hash differently in 7 vs 10). Java Libre Office. funny thing it left behind Minecraft (which needs Java).
What is the DISM command to remove them? All of these returned nothing: Code: dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2952664 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB971033 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2902907 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2922324 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2952664 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2976978 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2977759 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB2990214 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3012973 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3014460 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3015249 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3021917 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3023345 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3035583 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3042058 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3044374 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3050265 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3064683 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3065987 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3065988 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3068707 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3068708 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3072318 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3074677 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3075249 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3075853 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3081437 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3080149 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3081454 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3081954 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3083324 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3083325 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3088195 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3090045 dism /online /get-packages | findstr KB3093983
Well if the script returned nothing then they are not on your computer!! You should only have to run DISM script for KB2952664 because that update has at least 14 versions and this script will find any and all versions of it. But your script did not find any so your OK. Should your script have found one you would have to use this to get rid of it using DISM. Note that you will have to enter exactly what it found. Most of the scrript will be exactly the same except what is in red in the example. That may and will be different. Remember this is just an example!! EXAMPLE: You would use the above scripts to find and remove when there is more than one version of an update. It can be time consuming. A better way and faster is to use this scrip. If it is there they will ask you if you want to remove it. If it is not there it will tell you that is not installed and then move to the next one. Restart manually after anything is removed.