Uninstall Windows Update?

i was wondering, if we can undo the Updates, because it accidentally updates and i forgot to turn off the automatic updates

so a couple have been installed, and im not pleased as i dont like Windows update taking up my HDD

so is there a way to roll back the update?

thanks

oh and im using Win7 Home Premium 64

 

specifics, please

which updates, by KB number.

other than mythical hard disk space, has anything negative happened to your machine in terms of functionality?

Have you tried any of the third-party utilities that 'commit' MU updates and remove their backup files (along with any possibility of removing the updates)?

AFAIK, all Win7 updates so far have addressed performance, compatibility, and security. All of these are well worth having on your machine.

 

If you have a system restore point before the update It may work. It works on my xp box. Go into control panel or its like and choose the automatic updates icon. You can set up for auto, notify me or off.

 

Running your computer without all the OS updates is insecure.

However, should you have problems with an update, you should be able to use System Restore to roll back to before the updates were installed.

 

Insecure and it can use more space without updates and be slower.

Yes, SP1 and SP2 had significant improvements for windows.

And space... its not going to be a noticeable difference.

Unless you have a driver problem etc. leave updates ON!

 

mostly the security updates for win7, then the rights management service client gets installed as well

and also a couple of Updates for Win7 (KB971033, KB976264 etc etc )

no there is nothing wrong with the updates being installed, no errors etc

yeah i agree too the space taken would probably only like a pinch of salt for the 500gb hdd i have

but idk, i've not been the fans of windows update, because there are always an update and i always think it's gonna eat up alot of space if i kept updating for years

btw DetlevCM, why is it that it can use more space without updates on?

 

Rights management updates are tied to WMP, IE, certificate management, and certain AD functions. If your root certs get out of date, you will loose significant functionality across the board.

I will repeat:

"Have you tried any of the third-party utilities that 'commit' updates and remove their backup files (along with any possibility of removing the updates)?"

 

no, none, this is a new laptop, just unboxed it around 4 hours ago, haven't done anything yet except for the updates of Windows purely from the Windows Update System

 

so take your windows updates, do some google-ing on how to commit WU updates (ccleaner among many others will do this), and enjoy your machine.

 

That can happen if an update replaces a part of the OS.

Service Packs are good candidates for that.

Or say things like Net Framework updates - if a newer version is smaller you can gain a few KB or MB.

 

I can't imagine not applying windows updates. I do opt to have them downloaded and then have windows ask me when to install them but I've never turned down an update that I can remember.

 

well, now that i think of it, ill just leave it be, set it up to ask me before download and install

@DetlevCM

so it'll just always completely overwrite the previous same updates and not stacking up upon every updates? that's good to know

@newsposter

sorry dont quite get it, u mean CCleaner are able to uninstall the updates? mind a little walk through?

 

It can, it doesn't have to.

It would depend on what is is.

 

Nooooo. By committing your microsoft updates, you are deleting backup files and anything else needed to deinstall an update. You have 'committed' to keeping the update. That's what some third-party utilities do.

Microsoft sets some updates so that they CANNOT be deinstalled. Those are already committed for you.

In the Real World, the rollback/deinstall data for each update is probably less than 5 megs each, often a lot less. So you'll be going through all these unnatural (according to microsoft) actions to save tiny portions of your disk space.

IMHO it's not worth it, expec with a new machine and 500Gb of disk space. 500Gb is a lot of space even if you intend to carry hundreds of movies/games/virtual machines around. You'll likely change machines before you run out of space. Or upgrade the machine with a 1Tb disk drive. Or the flash disaster pr0n promoted by Roland Emmerich in 2012 comes to pass.

Being able to rollback updates is an important feature of the whole microsoft update process. Almost as important as actually downloading and applying the updates.

 

That is what I noticed on XP - although some will claim its not true.

Since Vista its not really the case - other programmes will slow it down much more than the updates ever would.