Ignoring certain Windows updates

I have Windows Updates set to notify me when something is available. Well, my
computer is completely current, except for the 5 updates it wants me to
download for some Office products I dont even have installed! I do not wish
to turn off Windows Update notifications, but I am very tired of looking at
the little Icon in my taskbar telling me I have updates waiting.
Is there no way to ignore certain updates like I was able to do in XP?

Styluss Customs wrote:
> I have Windows Updates set to notify me when something is
> available. Well, my computer is completely current, except for the
> 5 updates it wants me to download for some Office products I dont
> even have installed! I do not wish to turn off Windows Update
> notifications, but I am very tired of looking at the little Icon in
> my taskbar telling me I have updates waiting.
> Is there no way to ignore certain updates like I was able to do in
> XP?

Are you SURE you do not have said office products installed?

For example - do you have MS Works witrh Word installed?
Frontpage?
ANY office-like product?

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Go to;
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us

Choose custom, then when the update list appears uncheck the green check
mark and you will get a choice to check another boc(DO NOT SHOW THIS UPDATE
AGAIN)
The above should alleviate your issue
"Styluss Customs" <Styluss > wrote in
message news:79CFD319-77BC-4EF6-9965-...
>I have Windows Updates set to notify me when something is available. Well,
>my
> computer is completely current, except for the 5 updates it wants me to
> download for some Office products I dont even have installed! I do not
> wish
> to turn off Windows Update notifications, but I am very tired of looking
> at
> the little Icon in my taskbar telling me I have updates waiting.
> Is there no way to ignore certain updates like I was able to do in XP?

Shenan, i do have office 2002 installed, but it is trying to give me updates
for portions of the program I did not install; Outlook, Publisher, Sharepoint
and Access. I am only using Excel, Powerpoint and Word.
And MedRXMan, I tried that link and it actually opened up 2 pages. o neither
ofthem did i see a "Custom" option, nor was I able to view an update list
anywhere.
Help?


"MedRxman" wrote:

> Go to;
> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us
>
> Choose custom, then when the update list appears uncheck the green check
> mark and you will get a choice to check another boc(DO NOT SHOW THIS UPDATE
> AGAIN)
> The above should alleviate your issue
> "Styluss Customs" <Styluss > wrote in
> message news:79CFD319-77BC-4EF6-9965-...
> >I have Windows Updates set to notify me when something is available. Well,
> >my
> > computer is completely current, except for the 5 updates it wants me to
> > download for some Office products I dont even have installed! I do not
> > wish
> > to turn off Windows Update notifications, but I am very tired of looking
> > at
> > the little Icon in my taskbar telling me I have updates waiting.
> > Is there no way to ignore certain updates like I was able to do in XP?
>
>
>

Styluss Customs wrote:
> Shenan, i do have office 2002 installed, but it is trying to give
> me updates for portions of the program I did not install; Outlook,
> Publisher, Sharepoint and Access. I am only using Excel, Powerpoint
> and Word.

Just because the patches are for those particular items does not mean it
does not also replace/update SHARED files that ALL office products use.

Have you just tried installing them?

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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