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W 7 updates today

john bunyan

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 5:26PM

I had 9 W7 Updates today. When I did a CCleaner "Issues" check in it's registry mode, many things - mainly to do with silverlight (why do I need this anyway ?) showed up. I saved the registry settings then let CCleaner fix all the issues. I wonder why this is not dealt with by MS as part of the update.People who don't do this must have a very messy registry in a few months.

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sunnystaines

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 5:33PM

every silverlight update leaves loads of dead reg entries behind, cannot understand why MS is so slack with silverlight.

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BT

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 5:58PM

My W7 updates totally crashed my McAfee and stopped it working. Couldn't even access McAfee. Ended up having to do a System Restore and everything now OK.

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rdave13

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 6:18PM

*(why do I need this anyway ?) * I don't know really as it wont work with IE9-64bit!

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compumac

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 6:20PM

On my Win 7 CCleaner found that there were more than 49 Silverlight bits and pieces left behind.

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john bunyan

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 6:39PM

rdave13. I have w7 64 bit . I have never noticed silverlight in use, and wonder why MS installs it and updates it. I usually accept all updates as I naievly assume MS know what they are doing! What is it for in any case?

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rdave13

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 6:45PM

It's for viewing videos, If you run This page in IE9 32-bit you'll see the video.

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john bunyan

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 6:56PM

rdave13. It ran ok. Althoigh I have W7 64 bit many programmes only run in 32 bit (eg Photoshop CS5 in 64 bit mode is ok for editing but I launch the 32 bit version for scanning as there are no TWAIN drivers for PS 64 bit). I guess silverlight launches in 32 bit mode as do other programmes in my C: Programme Files(x86). I also have the usual Adobe flash player and Quick time player and am never sure which one is used in these on line videos.

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rdave13

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 7:23PM

Running programs is different to running browsers. You have a choice of browsers. I also run Win 7 64-bit and sometimes if you right click the program icon and select properties and compatibility tab then possibly try Vista service pack 2? If it doesn't work then back to the usual. Worth a try.

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sunnystaines

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 7:28PM

you need silverlight to watch skyplayer on your pc. not found any other uses.

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northumbria61

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Posted October 13, 2011 at 11:21PM

I usually accept all updates by that I presume you have your updates set to Automatic? You can change this in Control Panel - Windows Updates - Change Settings - change to Download Updates but let me choose whether to Install them. This gives you greater control over you updates - critical/optional. Those you choose not to install you can hide.

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