I have problems to execute windows updates through independent windows installers.  The equipement show message that say: The update is not applicable in this equipement.  S.O Windows Server 2016
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I've been trying to install the update KB4088889 and the update KB4089510 on Windows Server 2016, but the equipement show message that say: The update is not applicable in this equipement.  I have verified that: the problem occurs with all updates.  I have problems to execute windows updates through independent windows installers.
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Update I was able to get Readiness Tool to run but not the update Now the reediness tool will not even run Security Essentials will run    I have legal Windows 7 to install Do you think that is safe bet to try?    Had some performance issue so I ran MalwareBytes and Security Essentials.     It found some malware that was successfully removed.    I was able to Update Security Essentials and I ran it again for safety and it found nothing additions.     The last successful Windows Update was 5 days ago     Checking for Updates has been running 6 hours CPU 100%  network 0%     Windows6.0-KB947821-v35-x86.mnu fails to install It is supposed to be a tool to address update problems   I fear the registry got hacked to prevent updates     What can I do?  I know Vista.  I got it free.
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Not a problem, but have been seeing questions recently of people not being offered upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04.  I thought these upgrades were offered back in June.  I upgraded to 20.04 from 19.10 and this was offered back in May.  Imagine that different versions paths have different schedules, but google does not help explaining(that I found).  Does someone know the schedules?
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In Ubuntu, once a release is out the software one has installed receives security updates only. In Windows, I can get new versions of programs with new features. How can Windows do this and why can't Ubuntu?
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It's been a time I didn't follow the list of which Windows 7/8/8.1 KBs I must skip since I don't want the unfinished Windows 10 at all. Moreover, I will still consider Windows 10 unfinished (-> unstable) until they release Windows Server 2016  The KBs list up today is scattered all over the Internet, and I am fearing to miss a single one of those.  As far as I know, some of the newer KBs are even old rebranded ones or re-re-re-pushed again and again. The goal is also to not use any external software or post-installation removal tools since I also intend to deploy a script that will block those KBs.  So the question is: can you tell me all the KBs you know that I must avoid?  Any details that can prevent "Telemetry", the "Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program" or prevent the resetting of Windows' settings about updates and privacy concerns is good too ! (Since they are even linked)   In case some cumulative updates (updates that regroup a pack of old ones) contains one of the listed KB, this is still relevant for the question here.  Remarks  There is of course other ways to disable the updates, which are still appreciated here but do consider that they represent a secondary objective of this post. Same applies for saying it's not the correct method to do it, and I do know the list will endlessly get longer.  The reason is that I still prefer doing it manually since I don't even want the files at all in my system. Furthermore, some of these updates had been re-pushed again and again for at least six times ! This is in fact due to the problems that those updates had caused and I don't want any risks to jeopardize my systems because Microsoft have plans for users with our without their consent by doing "Betas To Manufacture".  related:
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I have a laptop with Windows 10 Enterprise edition installed (64bit).  I haven't got the Windows 10 Anniversary Update from the normal Windows Update (I have clicked Check for updates). So I want to install it manually.  I have downloaded the the update from . However when I run it, the Update Assistant says     But I'm my own system administrator. I've installed Enterprise Edition from MSDN Subscriber downloads.  How do I update to the Anniversary Edition?
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So I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2015 Community on my Windows Server 2012 R2 box which will end up being a Jenkins build server. Attempting to do so gives an error saying that I need to install KB 2919355.    So I attempt to download the right KB from the . The two files that I would assume to work are either Windows8.1-KB2919355-x64.msu and Windows8.1-KB2919355-x86.msu (just to try) and neither update work, saying that the update is not applicable.    I've not been able to get this working and I haven't been able to find a proper way to fix this. Can anyone offer any suggestions or solutions? Thanks!
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I'm getting really tired of unchecking the same Windows Update candidates so save hundreds of MB's of dowbloads, especially for programs I never use, that are in fact not even installed, and those I don't wish to update.  Is there any way to permanently, or until another explicit change, to turn off certain updates?  There is an option called 'Hide update', but that unsettles me a bit.
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So, I installed Windows 10 Pro 64-bit yesterday and have been configuring it since.  Somewhere along the way a setting got triggered somehow which results in a message "Some settings are managed by your organization."  I would like to know how to correct this.    I am not part of a domain, this is a home computer and there is one user account, mine, with administrator privileges.
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Today I received an update notification for three updates but update manager doesn't say what updates are they.    Does anyone have a clue what this is about? How am I to check what is to be updated?
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Working in an enterprise system. We need to determine if everyone needs to update to 10.6 at the same time for mxd cross-compatibility or can we update from 10.5 as needed.
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I have Windows 8.1 Update, if I update to Windows 10 when it becomes available what is going to happen to my data and apps?  Of course I have to do a backup, but I wonder if the data will be overwritten or not.
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I cannot get new updates via Windows Update because the OS requires to restart - to finish previous/current installing stuff I guess.  The restart requirement is as below snapshot.  How can I make my Windows keep restarting loop automatically until no restart requirement is required?
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Recently as per this       For individuals who have chosen to receive automatic updates through   Windows Update, we help upgradable devices get ready for Windows 10 by   downloading the files they’ll need if they decide to upgrade.   but Microsoft seems to be downloading hidden update in windows 7 :  according to this  :     An INQUIRER reader pointed out to us that, despite not having   'reserved' a copy of Windows 10, he had found that the ~BT folder,   which has been the home of images of the new operating system since   before rollout began, had appeared on his system. He had no plans to   upgrade and had not put in a reservation request.   As per the above two articles there was hidden update for windows 10 with respective to windows 7 and 8 machines ,whats the effective way to stop this hidden update?  right now i cant disable windows update since i wish to patch my system with latest updates,  i checked the question which was marked as possible  :     inorder to clarify how it differs it talks about the cancelled update   ,but this was latest issue which was araised two days before,i didnt   dig much about that and believe both were different ,apart from that   it was about after the cancellation of update a   nd this one was about preventing such an update from downloading to my pc  any suggestions to avoid this update?
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I'm trying to install the Prerequisites by running the prerequisiteinstaller.exe but i'm stuck at this Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role: configuration error    I have tried the following:   Do windows update (done with about 60 somthing MB) Adding the roles manually through Server Manager but it turns out that they already been added! Failed with installing KB 2771431, got this msg The update is not applicable to your computer. Tried to do the alternative method Method 2 as mentioned  and also nothing happened    I'm running this test environment on VMWare with 8 G.B of RAM and 120 G.B Hard drive capacity  Please suggest.
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I am trying to upgrade to a new Ubuntu version but the update manager does not recognize an update. Why not?
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My company is in the process of upgrading all of our users from old Windows XP computers to newer quad-core Win7 computers.  This is a good thing - it's long overdue that we upgrade our workstations - but I now spend a ton of time configuring new computers.  Is there any way to automate this process?  The steps that I go through with just about every computer:   Run through Win7 setup process (we do mostly HPs, so we get the stupid "The computer is personal again" thing.   Uninstall bloatware (norton, bing bar, roxio, etc.) Install Updates Add to domain &amp; configure network settings Install Office, and other company-specific applications Configure important shortcuts (Outlook on task bar)   There's a couple other things that I do after that that would be nice to automate, but it's unlikely due to license keys, passwords, etc.   Configure Outlook Pull in files/settings with easy transfer wizard Map network drives   I know that it's possible to create a complete image of a computer, but how does that work with different hardware/drivers?  What about Win7 license keys?  If there is a way to make this work, what is the best (preferably free/open source) software out there to do this?