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re: Question about 'Remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension'
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 6:13 am
Posted by Steve
(23810 messages posted)
Turn off auto update.
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re: Question about 'Remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension'
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:09 am
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
You can control which updates are offered, but only if you're willing to Update manually.
First uninstall any M$ update you do not want, then go to Windows Update and wait
till the update Scan is complete. You'll be offered "EXPRESS" or "CUSTOM" Install.
Select the "CUSTOM" button and you'll see the available Updates in List form. On
any Update you do NOT want, un-tic the Box, click on the "+" and locate the option;
"Do not show me this again".
Leave the check marks only in the desired updates and install what you want.
You will not see the de-selected updates again. Unfortunately, I do not know if this
affects "Auto-Update" but then, I'm with Steve on disabling Automatic Updates.
It's rather difficult to blame M$ when you've given them permission to install most
anything they want by allowing Automatic Updates.
Implied Consent?
On Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 9:27 pm, Steve Olive wrote:
>I have a question about Remove
>the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension:
>
>I followed the instructions and successfully removed this "assistant" but as soon
>as I do the next Windows/Microsoft Update the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant
>(ClickOnce) Firefox Extension is re-installed. I'm doing this as the administrator
>of a network before deploying a new image to the rest of the network and I consider
>this to be very close to illegally installing software (or hacking) my PCs.
>
>Does anyone know how to stop this happening each time a .NET update occurs?
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re: Question about 'Remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension'
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(33640 messages posted)
As an aside do you even need/want .NET installed? If you have no applications that
require it, all versions can go.
Also, there are alternative sites you can download updates from. I refuse to even
visit the update site any longer. Who knows what all info they gather from the scan.
Knowing M$, more than they need!
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
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re: Question about 'Remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension'
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Posted by NigelHH
(1324 messages posted)
You will have to tell AutoUpdate not to install updates for the .NET framework.
If you have Autoupdate on, the yellow shield appears in the notification area when
an update is avalable. When you click on the shield, choose the Custom install option,
and untick the .NET update.
If you untick an update it will give you a choice to not be asked about the update
again. You can always get it again later if required...
Though better still would be to uninstall .NET 3.0 and 3.5 if you do not need them.
90% of programs use .NET 2.0 or earlier...
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re: Question about 'Remove the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension'
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 3:04 am
Posted by Steve Olive
(2 messages posted)
Thanks for all the "don't install .NET then" or "don't use Auto Updates" but this
is an adult teaching environment that I manage. Student's need the .NET functionality
for some course materials so we have to keep updating .NET, just not the "ClickOnce
feature".
Why do Microsoft automatically install software to third party applications? If this
is such a good "feature" why not just upload to the Mozilla Add-on repository?
Regards,
Steve
On Friday, July 3, 2009 at 7:13 pm, NigelHH wrote:
>You will have to tell AutoUpdate not to install updates for the .NET framework.
>
>If you have Autoupdate on, the yellow shield appears in the notification area when
>an update is avalable. When you click on the shield, choose the Custom install option,
>and untick the .NET update.
>
>If you untick an update it will give you a choice to not be asked about the update
>again. You can always get it again later if required...
>
>Though better still would be to uninstall .NET 3.0 and 3.5 if you do not need them.
>90% of programs use .NET 2.0 or earlier...
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