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Use this for automatic updates of any software

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How to delete a downloaded OS X automatic update?

I'm running 10.6.5 and do not want to upgrade. Software Update has conveniently downloaded a 1.09 GB update that I have no interest in installing - it is downloaded but is sitting dormant - but I can't find it to remove it... could someone tell me…
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Why must Windows apply updates when shuting down and starting up and can this be disabled?

Why does Windows apply updates when shutting down AND turning on? I'm working on Windows 7 and would like to know if this can be disabled. It's really bad when I need to leave and turn off my laptop to have it go through a bunch of updates. It's…
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Disable Firefox update popover

I run Firefox Nightly (68.0a1) and it pretends to allow me to choose when to update, but then proceeds to nag me about it nonstop until I cave in and actually do an update. As you can imagine this is incredibly annoying since updates are released,…
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Should Microsoft Automatic Updates run on Windows 7?

I have recently come across two Win 7 PC's which were configured by a professional however they both had Microsoft Automatic Updates disabled. The PC's are mostly for home use. What legitimate reason could there be for this? (The users have ample…
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How to schedule download of windows 8.1 updates?

This is because my internet traffic is limited by ISP and it's free only during a specific period throughout the day (2:00am-7:00am). I've set windows update setting to check for updates but notify me before downloading in order to prevent it from…
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Cannot Connect to the Internet After Installing Updates

I have Windows XP and yesterday all was fine. Installed auto updates before shutting down last night and now this morning cannot connect to the internet using either Firefox or IE. Router is fine, wireless connection on this laptop I'm typing from,…
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Auto update chrome extensions outside web store

Chrome automatically updates your installed extensions if they where installed through the web store. On the other hand, if you're using an extension that isn't posted there, you can manually add it to chrome, but you can't auto update the…
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How can i stop Viber auto updates on Windows?

Is there a tricky hacky way to stop Viber auto updates on Windows? Want to stop it.
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windows 8.1 updates broke wifi

Windows auto-update has killed my wifi. Its a new machine and I forgot to turn auto-update off. I've had this machine for a month and everything has been A-OK. The last updates, 13/5/2015, killed wifi and now my connection is reported as…
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How to disable auto updates in the Brave browser

How to disable auto update in the brave browser? I use chocolatey to install software on my system. When I checked the version of my brave browser it was the latest version. I don't want this auto update since I have installed brave browser using…
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Block a specific app from updating in the Microsoft store

Well, i know that i can disable all automatic updates in the Microsoft store, but what about blocking just a single app from doing the update. The problem with manually updates in Microsoft store is, as soon as i perform a manual check for available…
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Xcode downloading update in the background?

I often see Xcode downloading heavily and it's not clear what. I did not download it through the App store - and do not see anything updating there. There are no automatic simulator updates and nothing seems to be downloading in the settings tab. I…
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Browsers versions without auto-update

I would like to know which version of the various browsers did not update to the latest version automatically. For example, IE8 won't auto-update to IE9 while IE9 auto-updates to IE10. I think Firefox has this feature from version 4, so the latest…
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How do I have Java auto-update for both 32-bit and 64-bit?

I have both Java 32-bit and Java 64-bit installed on my computer, and when automatic updates rolls around it asks me to save in Program Files (x86), but no equivalent for 64-bit Java comes up. How can I get 64-bit Java to update as well as 32-bit…
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Applescript Adobe Updater

So, I am new to Applescript editor and I am trying to write code to automatically update computers. For some odd reason I can not seem to get Adobe to update successfully. I tried using Accessibility Inspector, but nothing appeared like AXButton So…
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