Wondering about Google Earth

Skybird · 09-13-12, 08:16 AM

It does not raise problems here, i am just wondering.

Every day the Windows Zuverlässigkeitsverlauf (? reliability index?) records an info message that says

Das Produkt wurde durch Windows Installer neu konfiguriert. Produktname: Google Earth. Produktversion: 6.2.2.6613. Produktsprache: 1031. Hersteller: Google. Erfolg- bzw. Fehlerstatus der neuen Konfiguration: 0.

It is always the same version number, and sometime even two such messages get logged per day. GE works normal over here, and also does not raise any troubles. Connection to the update server however when hitting the update button gets billed with a message saying that no connection could be established. I have the latest version (two weeks old system new installation).

Is it normal that Windows Installer reconfigures the GE installation every time Windows is booted?

I also noted in my Firewall setting (Avira Internet Security 2012) that Google Earth is listed with zero conection when not called up. But when I open GE, it immediately opens 19 (!) connections. Is that normal?

Pisces · 09-13-12, 09:40 AM

I think it is normal to open a number of connections. Since it needs to download new data for the maps. Stuff that is in your cache might be outdated. Or it is overwritten with different data from other places at your last voyage on this marble.

I can't imagine why it would reinstall every bootup though. I never notice that on my end. But I'm still using Google Earth ver 6.1.0.5001. No need to change, imho.

Skybird · 09-13-12, 11:04 AM

I have just deactivated Google auto-updater in task manmager, both of them. Let's see what that does in coming days. I also threw it out via msconfig and Services.

CCIP · 09-13-12, 12:22 PM

Google is very persistent about its updaters, and seems to re-enable them rather keenly and regularly. I don't have google earth, but I've had to do that for their other software on my system repeatedly...

Skybird · 09-14-12, 06:43 AM

Well, at no cost I would ever lock a Google account or use Chrome, due to their datakrakenism and their penetrative attitude that you just mentioned. However, GE runs without an account, and I note today that having switched of those two updaters yesterday, today at booting Windows they remained switched off. The message in the reliability history is missing, too.

the_tyrant · 09-14-12, 08:08 AM

My friends in the open source community will probably kill me for this, but I find Bing maps highly excellent

I was a long time user of Nokia maps, but now Bing maps use Nokia for its backend. It is a pretty good mapping solution, and I highly recommend it. (no street view though)

09-13-12, 08:16 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Wondering about Google Earth It does not raise problems here, i am just wondering. Every day the Windows Zuverlässigkeitsverlauf (? reliability index?) records an info message that says Das Produkt wurde durch Windows Installer neu konfiguriert. Produktname: Google Earth. Produktversion: 6.2.2.6613. Produktsprache: 1031. Hersteller: Google. Erfolg- bzw. Fehlerstatus der neuen Konfiguration: 0. It is always the same version number, and sometime even two such messages get logged per day. GE works normal over here, and also does not raise any troubles. Connection to the update server however when hitting the update button gets billed with a message saying that no connection could be established. I have the latest version (two weeks old system new installation). Is it normal that Windows Installer reconfigures the GE installation every time Windows is booted? I also noted in my Firewall setting (Avira Internet Security 2012) that Google Earth is listed with zero conection when not called up. But when I open GE, it immediately opens 19 (!) connections. Is that normal? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-13-12, 11:04 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I have just deactivated Google auto-updater in task manmager, both of them. Let's see what that does in coming days. I also threw it out via msconfig and Services. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-13-12, 12:22 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Google is very persistent about its updaters, and seems to re-enable them rather keenly and regularly. I don't have google earth, but I've had to do that for their other software on my system repeatedly... __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

09-14-12, 06:43 AM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Well, at no cost I would ever lock a Google account or use Chrome, due to their datakrakenism and their penetrative attitude that you just mentioned. However, GE runs without an account, and I note today that having switched of those two updaters yesterday, today at booting Windows they remained switched off. The message in the reliability history is missing, too. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-14-12, 08:08 AM	#6
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	My friends in the open source community will probably kill me for this, but I find Bing maps highly excellent I was a long time user of Nokia maps, but now Bing maps use Nokia for its backend. It is a pretty good mapping solution, and I highly recommend it. (no street view though) __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

09-13-12, 09:40 AM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I think it is normal to open a number of connections. Since it needs to download new data for the maps. Stuff that is in your cache might be outdated. Or it is overwritten with different data from other places at your last voyage on this marble. I can't imagine why it would reinstall every bootup though. I never notice that on my end. But I'm still using Google Earth ver 6.1.0.5001. No need to change, imho.