New Windows updates screw up Win 7 installations ?

Catfish · 08-25-15, 11:36 AM

Seems MS has a hard time differentiating between Win 7, 8 and 10, when it comes to "updates"

Herr-Berbunch · 08-25-15, 02:48 PM

Care to expand? A link perhaps, or the trouble you've had?

Catfish · 08-25-15, 04:07 PM

Since this Win 10 update icon appeared, i had too much problems to describe, simple as that. Running Win 7 64 bit here, legal copy, activated and all. If you can call this sorry state "running".

Some of the stuff:

- Some Internet do not open with Internet Explorer 11, including just of all MS's own help and service pages.
- Java does not seen to work with IE11, but inconsistently, sometimes it does, sometimes not.
- Uninstalling IE11 in Win 7 not possible, you can only decativate it. Reactivating gives you the same old problems.
- Internet with IE11 is unbelievably slow, sometimes slow or no reaction to inputs
(- Internet no problem with Firefox or other browsers)
- USB WLAN not working after update, fallback to prior installation possible, but rest of the problems are of course still there
- Updating MS sec. essentials not possible anymore, stops with errors.
- Media player 12 not working anymore
- Cannot hear/see music/videos, cannot be opened with media player sometimes due to admin authorisation (i never changed anything, usr is admin), sometimes due to file type (can open some mp4s, but not other mp4s, some mp3s cannot be opened as well, Player cannot play cda files from bought Ausio CDs)

This is around 10 percent of problems, Office got its own.

I have an MSCE and several MCPs, have contact to all kinds of forums, but no help possible. Happens every 6 monzths roughly.

I give up, sick and tired of this. Re-install will be better and easier, at least for some time.
I guess i will switch to another OS sooner or later.

Sailor Steve · 08-25-15, 08:08 PM

I'm sorry you're having all those problems. I've had nothing like that.

Buddahaid · 08-25-15, 08:13 PM

He's looking for IE to work. I think it may be gone in lieu of Edge. Nope I still have it but it's been buried.

Sailor Steve · 08-25-15, 09:06 PM

As I've said elsewhere, I switched from Edge back to IE with one click, and it was MS that gave me the instructions.

Wolferz · 09-04-15, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

He's looking for IE to work. I think it may be gone in lieu of Edge. Nope I still have it but it's been buried.

It's still in there for now. Ask Cortana.
I'm sure MS will deploy an update to kill it off for good
soon enough.

Maybe a re-install would be good, Catfish. I have always done it at least every six months because Windows op systems have always been like an old jalopy car that needs frequent engine overhauls because of all the gunk that builds up in it.

08-25-15, 11:36 AM	#1
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	New Windows updates screw up Win 7 installations ? Seems MS has a hard time differentiating between Win 7, 8 and 10, when it comes to "updates" __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

08-25-15, 02:48 PM	#2
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Care to expand? A link perhaps, or the trouble you've had? __________________

08-25-15, 04:07 PM	#3
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Since this Win 10 update icon appeared, i had too much problems to describe, simple as that. Running Win 7 64 bit here, legal copy, activated and all. If you can call this sorry state "running". Some of the stuff: - Some Internet do not open with Internet Explorer 11, including just of all MS's own help and service pages. - Java does not seen to work with IE11, but inconsistently, sometimes it does, sometimes not. - Uninstalling IE11 in Win 7 not possible, you can only decativate it. Reactivating gives you the same old problems. - Internet with IE11 is unbelievably slow, sometimes slow or no reaction to inputs (- Internet no problem with Firefox or other browsers) - USB WLAN not working after update, fallback to prior installation possible, but rest of the problems are of course still there - Updating MS sec. essentials not possible anymore, stops with errors. - Media player 12 not working anymore - Cannot hear/see music/videos, cannot be opened with media player sometimes due to admin authorisation (i never changed anything, usr is admin), sometimes due to file type (can open some mp4s, but not other mp4s, some mp3s cannot be opened as well, Player cannot play cda files from bought Ausio CDs) This is around 10 percent of problems, Office got its own. I have an MSCE and several MCPs, have contact to all kinds of forums, but no help possible. Happens every 6 monzths roughly. I give up, sick and tired of this. Re-install will be better and easier, at least for some time. I guess i will switch to another OS sooner or later. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

08-25-15, 08:08 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm sorry you're having all those problems. I've had nothing like that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-25-15, 08:13 PM	#5
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,321 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	He's looking for IE to work. I think it may be gone in lieu of Edge. Nope I still have it but it's been buried. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-25-15, 09:06 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	As I've said elsewhere, I switched from Edge back to IE with one click, and it was MS that gave me the instructions. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo