Do We NEED this???

**Ariesjill** · 04-24-2007, 05:20 PM

Do we need todays thingy in screenie attached? Am getting tired of these and do not wanht any we do not really need.

I am not installing until I get expert opinion.

Zazula · 04-24-2007, 05:31 PM

For one to definitely need this high-priority update, all three following conditions must be true:
• You install either of the following non-English versions of Windows: Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• You install and configure a Unidrv-based printer.
• You install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.

If one doesn't meet the above criteria, he/she won't be missing any functionality or facing problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934238

**Ariesjill** · 04-24-2007, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zazula

For one to definitely need this high-priority update, all three following conditions must be true:
• You install either of the following non-English versions of Windows: Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• You install and configure a Unidrv-based printer.
• You install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.

If one doesn't meet the above criteria, he/she won't be missing any functionality or facing problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934238

Way!!!! Z (S)....U just saved my HDDs some glut! Now...let me C if I can get rid of little gold shieldl!

Thank U!

Jilly
_________________
OK hold it.....I hit "cancel" 3 times in 2 windows; little gold shield will not go away.

Zazula · 04-24-2007, 05:55 PM

You have Automatic Updates active?

**Ariesjill** · 04-24-2007, 06:15 PM

I do.

**Ariesjill** · 04-24-2007, 10:18 PM

update: this is wut I did...

1) can not stand little gold shield, OK? Want to take instrument and remove the pixels from my LCD where it appears......so

2) I ran all my get rid of garabe/temp/junkfiles utilities....felt the hovering hotfix was lurking in a temP folder.....cleaned registry.

3) Changed hotfix thingy from 'download but ASKs me 2 install" to "neither download nor install, JUST NOTIFY ME."

4) REBOOTED.

5) the thing came in AGAIN. Gold shield is back.

6) Should I now turn autoupdates off altogether?? I hate that THEY have decided this thing is "critical" for ME....when I NOW KNOW IT IS NOT.

**Ariesjill** · 04-25-2007, 12:05 AM

Now I am getting angry, OK?

I disabled autoupdates, cleaned temp files, rebooted and this, attached, is the result. Disgusting....and it bears symbolism of whole abysmal reality of MS

This computer...like my lappy, belongs to ME, not MICROSOFT.

Pls somene, tell me how to get rid of this. I am not rolling ovah and installng that which I now know I DO NOT NEED, SO DO NOT WANT.

Thank U.

sUBs · 04-25-2007, 12:33 AM

@Ariesjill, why resist it? It's just some some software incapable of self thought.

Allow it to install & then reboot. You can then uninstall it from add/remove. Look for KB934238

chauffeur2 · 04-25-2007, 12:36 AM

Hello Jill,

Further to what sUBs has suggested; here's an alternative to remove that pesky shield, try this....

Go into Control Panel > Security Centre > Automatic Updates; now change the permissions to Notify but don't automatically download or install them...this should get rid of the Red X Shield.
As for the "Gold/Yellow" update shield, double click on it and then cancel the download...this ought to cure that problem too.

Once you have done that, visit the illustrious Microsoft® Windows Update Site, and select a Custom install rather than Express..in here you will see all the updates that they want to give you, and you can choose not to install them by clicking the + sign and ticking the box "Don't show this update again"....Hey Presto!...no more gold/yellow shield!

Give it a try and see if this helps.

Regards,

**Ariesjill** · 04-25-2007, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chauffeur2

Hello Jill,

Further to what sUBs has suggested; here's an alternative to remove that pesky shield, try this....

Go into Control Panel > Security Centre > Automatic Updates; now change the permissions to Notify but don't automatically download or install them...this should get rid of the Red X Shield.
As for the "Gold/Yellow" update shield, double click on it and then cancel the download...this ought to cure that problem too.

Once you have done that, visit the illustrious Microsoft® Windows Update Site, and select a Custom install rather than Express..in here you will see all the updates that they want to give you, and you can choose not to install them by clicking the + sign and ticking the box "Don't show this update again"....Hey Presto!...no more gold/yellow shield!

Give it a try and see if this helps.

Regards,

David/Downundah: thanks much for taking the time.....but I did every single thing U suggested, C my chronology of misery. Already kow they R doin this to say, "We own yr butt, <twibat>, U can turn the lights on all U want about our reality.....but we still OWN YR BUTT, ok?"

(Just how I feel....but I do THINK.....THE "Uh-UH.. no U DIN!!!"/bite me, MS.... MAY be in the post above!)

Thank U, David.

**Ariesjill** · 04-25-2007, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sUBs

@Ariesjill, why resist it? It's just some some software incapable of self thought.

Allow it to install & then reboot. You can then uninstall it from add/remove. Look for KB934238

You nailed EXACTLY why I AM....RESISTING IT.
I am soooo gonna implemenht yr fix....I am already a happy blur!

Will report back....THANK U!!!!!!!

**Ariesjill** · 04-25-2007, 01:13 AM

Teeeny issue precluding this fix:

I noticed a while back, that while I have "show updates" checked n Add/Remove....they do not show. am sure it's somtetin I configured.

I am fully patched....believe me.

Tried W explorer, tried Start>Search....can not find them, I may be keying in wrong stuff in field. But also now get THIS IS PART OF MY PUNISHMENT from the Monopolists

Now....all I need to get happy and take back my butt.....is route to finding the hotfixes so I can DELETE THIS LAST ONE I did let come in again and, this time, installed....and is now HIDING FROM ME.

Thank U....means a lot 2 me no matter how petty the problem is to anyone else.

**Ariesjill** · 04-25-2007, 01:42 AM

Pls hang in with me on this, guys....I C I need 2 fix something RELATED: hidden hotfixes..I opened '"windows" and went thru all the files I felt might be hiding my hotfixes....finally found them, C attached.

But....the new, needless sneaky from today, KB934238....is not there!

also C on the left, it says "hidden" so I get that I need to reconfigure sumthin in maybe "folders" in control panel???

I am going 2 find this thing, OK?
Thanks again.
___________________
Edit: just looked in "folders" the bullet is IN the "show hidden folders' circle! I don't get wut is wrong and why most of my hotfixes don't show....forget where the sneaky one is.

**Ariesjill** · 04-25-2007, 09:19 PM

I did wut I could on my own...V simple why I can neither find nor delete this thing I allowed 2 install...including via new freeware I just got from TEch Republic---had 2 register 2 get it---which also did not list it when I ran this new utility.

C attached.....end of story. CANNOT B REMOVED. Even hotfixes R apparently individuals, omg

**Ariesjill** · 04-25-2007, 10:48 PM

[RESOLVED]

04-24-2007, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Re: Do We NEED this??? For one to definitely need this high-priority update, all three following conditions must be true: • You install either of the following non-English versions of Windows: Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 • You install and configure a Unidrv-based printer. • You install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. If one doesn't meet the above criteria, he/she won't be missing any functionality or facing problems. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934238 __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

04-24-2007, 05:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Re: Do We NEED this??? You have Automatic Updates active? __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

04-24-2007, 06:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ariesjill Human Individual Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manhattan Posts: 2,837 OS: WXP Home, WXP Pro	Re: Do We NEED this??? I do. __________________ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust *It ain't where you go, it's where you're coming from.* Jill

04-24-2007, 10:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ariesjill Human Individual Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manhattan Posts: 2,837 OS: WXP Home, WXP Pro	Re: Do We NEED this??? update: this is wut I did... 1) can not stand little gold shield, OK? Want to take instrument and remove the pixels from my LCD where it appears......so 2) I ran all my get rid of garabe/temp/junkfiles utilities....felt the hovering hotfix was lurking in a temP folder.....cleaned registry. 3) Changed hotfix thingy from 'download but ASKs me 2 install" to "neither download nor install, JUST NOTIFY ME." 4) REBOOTED. 5) the thing came in AGAIN. Gold shield is back. 6) Should I now turn autoupdates off altogether?? I hate that THEY have decided this thing is "critical" for ME....when I NOW KNOW IT IS NOT. __________________ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust *It ain't where you go, it's where you're coming from.* Jill Last edited by Ariesjill; 04-24-2007 at 10:19 PM.

04-25-2007, 12:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
sUBs Asst Manager Security, Expert Analyst, Moderator, Security Team; Rangemaster, Moderator, TSF Academy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 24,480 OS: N/A	Re: Do We NEED this??? @Ariesjill, why resist it? It's just some some software incapable of self thought. Allow it to install & then reboot. You can then uninstall it from add/remove. Look for KB934238 __________________ Question - what have you done for the community today?

04-25-2007, 12:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
chauffeur2 Manager Emeritus Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 10,180 OS: Xp Sp3 with all updates + Vista™ Ultimate SP1. My System	Re: Do We NEED this??? Hello Jill, Further to what sUBs has suggested; here's an alternative to remove that pesky shield, try this.... Go into Control Panel > Security Centre > Automatic Updates; now change the permissions to Notify but don't automatically download or install them...this should get rid of the Red X Shield. As for the "Gold/Yellow" update shield, double click on it and then cancel the download...this ought to cure that problem too. Once you have done that, visit the illustrious Microsoft® Windows Update Site, and select a Custom install rather than Express..in here you will see all the updates that they want to give you, and you can choose not to install them by clicking the + sign and ticking the box "Don't show this update again"....Hey Presto!...no more gold/yellow shield! Give it a try and see if this helps. Regards, __________________ Dave T. Submit New Articles If it works, Don't fix it! Especially if Bill Gates had anything to do with it!! Last edited by chauffeur2; 04-25-2007 at 12:39 AM.

04-25-2007, 01:13 AM	#12 (permalink)
Ariesjill Human Individual Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manhattan Posts: 2,837 OS: WXP Home, WXP Pro	Re: Do We NEED this??? Teeeny issue precluding this fix: I noticed a while back, that while I have "show updates" checked n Add/Remove....they do not show. am sure it's somtetin I configured. I am fully patched....believe me. Tried W explorer, tried Start>Search....can not find them, I may be keying in wrong stuff in field. But also now get THIS IS PART OF MY PUNISHMENT from the Monopolists Now....all I need to get happy and take back my butt.....is route to finding the hotfixes so I can DELETE THIS LAST ONE I did let come in again and, this time, installed....and is now HIDING FROM ME. Thank U....means a lot 2 me no matter how petty the problem is to anyone else. __________________ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust *It ain't where you go, it's where you're coming from.* Jill Last edited by Ariesjill; 04-25-2007 at 01:15 AM.

04-25-2007, 10:48 PM	#15 (permalink)
Ariesjill Human Individual Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manhattan Posts: 2,837 OS: WXP Home, WXP Pro	Re: Do We NEED this??? [RESOLVED] __________________ The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust *It ain't where you go, it's where you're coming from.* Jill