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Questions tagged [google-updates]

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How can I check the version of Google Chrome without it upgrading itself without asking me?

The version of Google Chrome can be checked by going to chrome://help. However, if Google Chrome is not up to date, it will upgrade itself without asking the user. How can I check the version of Google Chrome without it upgrading itself without…
Franck Dernoncourt
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Which Google Updater is the one that I should allow to run?

My machine has 5 Google updaters running: Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) Keeps your Google software up to date. If this service is disabled or stopped, your Google software will not be kept up to date, meaning security vulnerabilities…
Ian Boyd
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Is there a way to permanently disable updates of all Google software?

Is there a way to stop updating Google Chrome, Picasa, Google Desktop, Sketchup - all Google products?
vishal sharma
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Safe to delete Google's Update folder?

I am on Windows 7. This folder is located in C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Google. WinDirStat tells me that it is currently 3.1GB in size! Is this some sort of temporary update folder that I can delete the contents of?
Spidermain50
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Uninstalling Google Update

So, I installed Google Chrome a while back to test it, but I'm still too attached to Firefox to let go. Today I uninstalled Chrome, but I see Google Update spread all around my PC. There's a Firefox plugin, a task to run on startup, a task on task…
Malabarba
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How to disable google updater, running in background as googleupdate.exe?

Possible Duplicate: How to stop the Google Update background tool? Hello, How to disable google updater, running in background as googleupdate.exe ? I tried Googling but none worked me well ! Since I am using a limited broadband connection,…
Aakash Chakravarthy
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No Google folder under Administrative Templates via Group Policy editor - Adding GoogleUpdate.adm does nothing

I'm unable to complete "Step 2" : Step 2. Importing Google Update ADM template. Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates Right-click Administrative Templates, and select Add/Remove Templates Add the…
Meremoth
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Google Update on windows uploading unusual amount of data

I have a network monitor tool which logs all network activity, today a program called Google Update downloaded 245.34MB and uploaded 1.19GB of data. The downloading seems like normal activity, but the uploading seems unusual. I cannot find much on…
cecilli0n
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Googleupdate "user account control"

Out of the blue, now I'm getting the UAC dialog prompt for googleupdate.exe. I've had this program on my system for more than a year now, with not a problem. Perhaps there was a silent update or something. In any case, since googleupdate runs…
James John McGuire 'Jahmic'
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Application Error on start up - libcef.dll

I have an application error on start up Exception Eexternalexception in module libcef.dll at 0013B2D0 External exception 80000003 Only thing I have installed before this error was Firefox and I have removed it but the error still persists. I…
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