Remove Downloaded Installation File

I switched my WinXPSP2 automatic updates to notify me of available updates
but NOT to automatically download or install them. However, I was too late
in making the change before the IE7 update downloaded and now I keep getting
a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been downloaded and is
ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.

Please tell me how I can get rid of that IE 7 download that is ready for
installation, so that the balloon message will no longer appear. Thanks.

1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:

Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
(Stopping the service will take a moment)

2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:

Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
Open the Download folder and delete its contents
Close the window.

3. Go to Windows Update website & scan for updates (Custom) > Uncheck IE7
and "hide" it.

4. Start the Automatic Updates service:

Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
(Starting the service will take a moment)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/



Robert wrote:
> I switched my WinXPSP2 automatic updates to notify me of available updates
> but NOT to automatically download or install them. However, I was too
> late
> in making the change before the IE7 update downloaded and now I keep
> getting a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been downloaded
> and is ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.
>
> Please tell me how I can get rid of that IE 7 download that is ready for
> installation, so that the balloon message will no longer appear. Thanks.

PA Bear, I read the same set of instruction in a MSKB document and have a
question.

You and that document state to delete the _download_ folder but then give
instructions to delete the SoftwareDistribution folder.

To be clear, is the Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder to be
deleted? Thanks, DH


"PA Bear" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
> (Stopping the service will take a moment)
>
> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
> Open the Download folder and delete its contents
> Close the window.
>
> 3. Go to Windows Update website & scan for updates (Custom) > Uncheck IE7
> and "hide" it.
>
> 4. Start the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
> (Starting the service will take a moment)
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>
>
>
> Robert wrote:
>> I switched my WinXPSP2 automatic updates to notify me of available
>> updates
>> but NOT to automatically download or install them. However, I was too
>> late
>> in making the change before the IE7 update downloaded and now I keep
>> getting a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been
>> downloaded
>> and is ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.
>>
>> Please tell me how I can get rid of that IE 7 download that is ready for
>> installation, so that the balloon message will no longer appear. Thanks.
>

Never mind ... I was tired. I see it _was_ the Download folder. DH


"PA Bear" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
> (Stopping the service will take a moment)
>
> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
> Open the Download folder and delete its contents
> Close the window.
>
> 3. Go to Windows Update website & scan for updates (Custom) > Uncheck IE7
> and "hide" it.
>
> 4. Start the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
> (Starting the service will take a moment)
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>
>
>
> Robert wrote:
>> I switched my WinXPSP2 automatic updates to notify me of available
>> updates
>> but NOT to automatically download or install them. However, I was too
>> late
>> in making the change before the IE7 update downloaded and now I keep
>> getting a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been
>> downloaded
>> and is ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.
>>
>> Please tell me how I can get rid of that IE 7 download that is ready for
>> installation, so that the balloon message will no longer appear. Thanks.
>

What KB article?

My instructions pertain only to Robert's specific question, and I'm only
having him delete the *contents* of %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download
<=this folder.

Deleting %windir%\SoftwareDistribution <=this folder might accomplish the
same thing but it has the consequence of removing everything in Update
History at Windows Update website.
--
~PA Bear

Dave Horne wrote:
> PA Bear, I read the same set of instruction in a MSKB document and have a
> question.
>
> You and that document state to delete the _download_ folder but then give
> instructions to delete the SoftwareDistribution folder.
>
> To be clear, is the Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder to be
> deleted? Thanks, DH
>
>
> "PA Bear" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> 1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
>> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
>> (Stopping the service will take a moment)
>>
>> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
>> Open the Download folder and delete its contents
>> Close the window.
>>
>> 3. Go to Windows Update website & scan for updates (Custom) > Uncheck IE7
>> and "hide" it.
>>
>> 4. Start the Automatic Updates service:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
>> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
>> (Starting the service will take a moment)
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert wrote:
>>> I switched my WinXPSP2 automatic updates to notify me of available
>>> updates
>>> but NOT to automatically download or install them. However, I was too
>>> late
>>> in making the change before the IE7 update downloaded and now I keep
>>> getting a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been
>>> downloaded
>>> and is ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.
>>>
>>> Please tell me how I can get rid of that IE 7 download that is ready for
>>> installation, so that the balloon message will no longer appear.
>>> Thanks.

> What KB article?

This one ...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=910336

Dave Horne wrote:
>> What KB article?
>
> This one ...
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=910336

Different fix for a different problem.

"PA Bear" <> wrote in message
news:
....
>> I keep getting a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been
>> downloaded and is ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.


> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:


The WUAU Help suggests it could be simpler than this,
especially for this update, e.g., assuming there is an EULA
associated with installing IE7, as I think there is.

But I thought that there was also a way, e.g. using the Custom
button and checkboxes of just "declining" any update which is
downloaded. At one point that actually deleted the download too
(so you didn't have to keep using the Custom button and making
sure that unchecked downloads stayed unchecked. (In fact, I found
that particular "feechur" more annoying than helpful when I wanted to
try installing one update at a time, for example. <w>)
I haven't experimented with it lately to know if that feature has
been changed but it's unclear anyway whether the OP has even
tried to use it. Would it really keep prompting you to install something
that you had already declined? I'm dubious but can't test right now.


FYI

Robert
---

Thanks PA Bear. Worked like a charm!

Robert

"PA Bear" wrote:

> 1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
> (Stopping the service will take a moment)
>
> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
> Open the Download folder and delete its contents
> Close the window.
>
> 3. Go to Windows Update website & scan for updates (Custom) > Uncheck IE7
> and "hide" it.
>
> 4. Start the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
> (Starting the service will take a moment)
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>
>
>
> Robert wrote:
> > I switched my WinXPSP2 automatic updates to notify me of available updates
> > but NOT to automatically download or install them. However, I was too
> > late
> > in making the change before the IE7 update downloaded and now I keep
> > getting a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been downloaded
> > and is ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.
> >
> > Please tell me how I can get rid of that IE 7 download that is ready for
> > installation, so that the balloon message will no longer appear. Thanks.
>
>

YW, Robert, and thank you very much for your feedback!
--
~PA Bear

Robert wrote:
> Thanks PA Bear. Worked like a charm!
>
> Robert
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> 1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
>> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
>> (Stopping the service will take a moment)
>>
>> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
>> Open the Download folder and delete its contents
>> Close the window.
>>
>> 3. Go to Windows Update website & scan for updates (Custom) > Uncheck IE7
>> and "hide" it.
>>
>> 4. Start the Automatic Updates service:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
>> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
>> (Starting the service will take a moment)
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert wrote:
>>> I switched my WinXPSP2 automatic updates to notify me of available
>>> updates
>>> but NOT to automatically download or install them. However, I was too
>>> late
>>> in making the change before the IE7 update downloaded and now I keep
>>> getting a balloon message near my clock that says IE 7 has been
>>> downloaded
>>> and is ready to be installed. I do not want IE 7 on my system.
>>>
>>> Please tell me how I can get rid of that IE 7 download that is ready for
>>> installation, so that the balloon message will no longer appear.
>>> Thanks.