What is KB3010513?

Also, after completing step A4, I recommend to keep repeating steps A2 to A4 until there are no ticked by default updates remaining after step A3.

As far as I know, there is no need to avoid KB 3150513.

Please explain advantage of this “turn off automatic updates” method over “check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” option.

I’ve never had an update install without my having initiated it using the “check for updates…let me choose” option. Am I missing something?

I would add the following cautious options:

If you have multiple similar PC’s with similar configurations, patch the least important one first it see if anything specific to your boxes doesn’t play well with the current patch.

Create one or more restore points before patching.

Apply major patches…the security roll-up and the .net roll-up separately and create a restore point in between.

I’ve been in Group A for several months, but I have never understood the rationale for accepting ““Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates”. I do not check that box, since I don’t want anything but the updates that are designated as “important”. And having followed this procedure for several months, the list of optional/recommended updates has remained, without any of them having been installed.

May I assume the April recommendation not to install optional roll-up preview patches still stands?

I’m not keen on being an unpaid patch beta tester…

Dummie here and hoping to get some help.

I’m stuck at step one. Not sure when it happened (I suspect it’s when I installed GWX Control Panel back when; it’s since been uninstalled), but I’m not able to change my WU setting to “don’t check”; it’s stuck on “check but let me choose” and any option to change it is grayed out.

Just read from AlexN above that this setting saps my computer’s performance. Could this be a reason why my fan revs so much? That noise irks me to no end.

I believe the settings issue has been addressed before, so I apologize for returning to it, but I missed the solution, or if there is one.

Many thanks for the wealth of knowledge shared here.

@ PKCano    Do I get rid of Trusted Installer, or just find a way to disable it?  My Windows  update settings have been stuck on “Don’t download or install without permission” and it is grayed out.  I can check or un-check the boxes below the selection bar….. In picking the change settings, that is where this is.  It has been grayed out since I had the severe blue screen problem on the first of Dec 2016.  The computer was cleaned and the  original OS was reinstalled. It stopped running correctly again last of March.  I used “safe Mode” and changed out of “raid” and checked ‘OK’ and rebooted; blue screen gone and windows came right up.  But update setting was still grayed.  After reinstall, using RAID, I could not even ask it to look for updates.  After changing out of RAID, even with change setting grayed I could look for updates and they would come in. I didn’t loose any  files.

@ PKCano  I have regedit on my bar at bottom of screen along with services, for easy access. I have fiddled with both and am somewhat acquainted with them.  Am going to try your  suggestions in the next hour.   ALSO, I downloaded “WireShark”, but haven’t used it yet. Also downloaded “MS Malicious Software  Removal Tool”.  So far entering a software screen or web page or changing screens is a little slower than before and but changing within screens is fast as ever.

@ PKCano  Did as you stated in regedit and it worked perfectly.  Thanks to you for your invaluable instructions.

@ PKCano  till have not use WireShark.  Will let you know how it worked>

@ PKCano  Question?  In the windows update settings I have no Red label. In other words the box with “Never check for updates”  is not there.  The other boxes are.  As per your advice I went into regedit and found the correct line and change it to 5.  That gave me a choice that was available before.  as I had no choices before.   I think that back in November/December 2016 I had a collapse of my Windows 7 SP1 x64, the Computer
Sepecialist that I had reinstall the original OS did as I instructed (I don’t want to install any updates from MS anymore).  Could this have causes the update acquiring problem?

In steps A2 and A3, I recommend removing the sentence mentioning KB 3150513.

Recommendation: Add a step at the end (for those that care about telemetry) linking to 2000007: Turning off the worst Windows 7 and 8.1 snooping.

Important: Group A (Win 7 and 8.1) might be missing updates if don’t hide unwanted updates.

To rb : I found that the use of so high powered programs might cause the fan(s) to run But a dirty fan will most likely be the culprit. Turn off, unplug and use vacuum to clean all fans. Fans attract dust you can’t see.

Patch Watch may have been like this previously; however, I didn’t notice it.  For kb 4103718, it says this is the monthly roll up and there have been networking issues.  There’s no mention of kb4103718 being safe to install.  A similar situation exists for kb4099633 and the updates for Office 2010.

Should I wait until next weekend to install May’s updates?  Thanks in advance for your advice.

Win 7 32 bit SP1, Office 2010 SP2, Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.80 GHz, 4.0 GB RAM