What would happen with double updates

I got notification of the latest bunch of Windows updates Tuesday. But
instead of downloading and installing from the "yellow badge" on the task
bar, I went to the update site to read about them and downloaded and
installed from the website instead.
The yellow badge is still there on the task bar and I can't get rid of it.
If I click it to re-download and install the same files would it check and
see if the files are already there or would it create another file. And if
so, will it muck things up.
Thanks for your help.

Stop the Automatic Updates service, clear the contents of the Download
folder, and restart the Automatic Updates service should get rid of the
shield as the downloaded files are located in that folder until they are
installed. They usually hang around for about 10 days after installation and
clear out anyway. But if you're not installing from there, then

1. Stop the Automatic Updates Service.
Click Start. Choose Run. In the Run box, type services.msc.
Click OK.
Right-click the Automatic Updates service. Select Properties.
Under Service status, click Stop. Click OK.

2. Click Start. Choose Run. In the Run box, type
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution.
Click OK.
Delete the contents of the Download folder.

3. Start the Automatic Updates Service
Click Start. Choose Run. In the Run box, type services.msc.
Click OK. Right-click the Automatic Updates service.
Select Properties. Under Service status, click Start.
Click OK.

Reboot if you have to - sometimes it's likes a reboot other times it's happy
without one.

K


"swetbabo" wrote:

> I got notification of the latest bunch of Windows updates Tuesday. But
> instead of downloading and installing from the "yellow badge" on the task
> bar, I went to the update site to read about them and downloaded and
> installed from the website instead.
> The yellow badge is still there on the task bar and I can't get rid of it.
> If I click it to re-download and install the same files would it check and
> see if the files are already there or would it create another file. And if
> so, will it muck things up.
> Thanks for your help.

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swetbabo wrote:

> I got notification of the latest bunch of Windows updates Tuesday. But
> instead of downloading and installing from the "yellow badge" on the task
> bar, I went to the update site to read about them and downloaded and
> installed from the website instead.

Is that how AU is set on the system, Notify but do not automatically
download or install them ?
If you did NOT approve the download of the updates then they are not on
the system.

> The yellow badge is still there on the task bar and I can't get rid of it.
> If I click it to re-download and install the same files would it check and
> see if the files are already there or would it create another file. And if
> so, will it muck things up.
> Thanks for your help.

If you rebooted after ALL the updates were installed then the yellow
shield will go away. If there are still pending updates, then the shield
will reappear and request approval to download/install them.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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