Hi Alan; The updates Rick & Don are talking about are updates that are downloaded onto the computer but, not yet installed. The updates you are speaking of are updates that are installed. If you don't want these to show in your Add or Remove Programs list do the following. 1. Open the control panel and press enter on add or remove programs. You will have a little bit for the list to populate, or in lamen's terms, for all the crap to show up! LOL 2. Once the list is populated arrow down and when you have an entry / program highlighted, tab until you come a dialogue that says " Show Updates ." If this box is checked, press the spacebar to uncheck it. Now the updates won't show up in the list. Not having the updates show makes it a lot easier to find entries in this list. A lot less arrowing. Hope this helps. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Dicey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:45 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] updates listed in Add / Remove Programs list Hello List Members, I am still using XP-Home, so this might not be in context with your last message however here it is. My Windows updates appear in my list of programs which I can see when I go to my Control Panel and the "Add / Remove Programs". Is there any benefit of having these in this list, and will that "hide" make them not visible in that list? Has there ever been any times an "Update" was discovered not to be good for we JAWS users and then is that a good reason to leave them in that list to see so that we might uninstall them? Thanks for any responses to what might seem a nonsense question. With Best Regards, Alan Miami, Florida Alan Dicey, President United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA "Yes, Blind or Visually Impaired People Can, and Do, Play Chess!!!" United States Braille Chess Association Home Page: http://AmericanBlindChess.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Hiding updates in Windows 7 > Hi don, > Who would of thought of that? smile > Thanks, just what I needed. > Rick Justice > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Marang" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 8:43 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Hiding updates in Windows 7 > > >> When in the list of updates, press the Applications key. A menu item for >> hide will be one of the options. >> >> Don Marang >> >> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any >> real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am >> working on things that matter. >> Dean Kamen >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 8:25 AM >> To: "blind-computing" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Hiding updates in Windows 7 >> >>> Does anyone know how to hide unwanted updates? >>> I see where to restore hidden updates, but no where to hide them using >>> Jaws. >>> >>> Rick Justice >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
