jdean Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I have a legal copy of Windows 7 on my Lenovo laptop that I bought in the USA. I get all of these updates from Windows but I do not allow them to be automatically installed. I never use IE, Bing or Silverlight, all of which updates asks me to install but I never do. Should I install updates for something I never use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Up 2 u. I never install the Bing Bar, Silverlight etc etc (they are optional updates) but the Important Updates I always install, but then again Up 2 U 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 You can remove the ticks so that these items are not installed Probably a good idea to keep IE up to date, just as a backup My main browser is FF, but occasionally pages will not load correctly and I have to resort to IE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Do the IE updates because it updates quite a few system files used for other things. Bing Toolbar and Silverlight - Right click and "Hide Updates". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdean Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 OK, I have cone the IE updates but ignored the Bing and Silverlight requests. However there is a request for me to install IE 11. Do I need to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) TBH it's up to you, I have it installed but I rarely use it, Chrome most of the time. BUT it is considered the most secure version and gets good reviews. Have a read. Edited March 20, 2014 by Chicog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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