Comments on: GoogleUpdate.exe

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:48:24 +0000

Thanks. mine kept reloading from Scheduled Tasks as well. Got the little bugger.

By: siliconcrab

siliconcrab — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:37:55 +0000

Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it… I want the app that is featured in the screenshots

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:14:12 +0000

It’s MWSnap.

By: siliconcrab

siliconcrab — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:08:27 +0000

I want the name of the software with which you took the screenshots. I know it’s a freeware, i’ve used it, but now I couldn’t find it. Please give its homepage. Thank you

By: satyanarayana

satyanarayana — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:23:50 +0000

download

By: satyanarayana

satyanarayana — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:37:05 +0000

i want google earth to find all world

By: Lyn

Lyn — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:47:24 +0000

Thank u!! I was able to disable it from windows xp->control panel-> scheduled tasks, right-clicked on the googleupdate task and properties.

I had recently removed the Google Chrome program from my computer and was still getting these error messages about GoogleUpdate load errors?? Didn’t understand where that was coming from since I had gotten rid of Chrome.

Thanks again! :)

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:12:50 +0000

@Dante

Thanks,
I had scheduled task, no wonder it still ran after deleting/disabling it in msconfig/services.

By: Srini

Srini — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:44:13 +0000

thank you it helped me, i could able to disable it from windows xp->control panel-> scheduled tasks.

By: haft

haft — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:01:09 +0000

Starter;
http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html

By: Google Update Turns Open Source

Google Update Turns Open Source — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:39:16 +0000

[...] who are interested in removal instructions can take a look at our article about removing Google Update on the Windows operating [...]

By: BorisBadinoff

BorisBadinoff — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:17:46 +0000

there is an instance of GU in msconfig/services tab (may be 2) and 1 or 2 in startup tab. also the Services.msc, 2 there. check the “Scheduled Tasks” folder there was a little bugger in there that would “reinstall” the task even after disabling all the others.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:08:34 +0000

i can’t find the website/download for “Starter” all i get on google are pages related to starting windows.

if anyone could provide a link to Starter i would appreciate it.

By: Dante

Dante — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:27:48 +0000

Do a search on “Googleupdate.exe”. You might find it under “Scheduled Tasks” in your Control panel.
In that case you simply delete the task.

Additionally you have to use msconfig to stop Googeleupdate from running at startup again.

Sneaky little bugger!

By: Flo

Flo — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:49:43 +0000

weird enough, i don’t have google update under services, i think it starts up once chrome is started :S

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:24:35 +0000

That’s Starter.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:22:35 +0000

Kevin did you stop the service as well?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:58:59 +0000

I disable the google update in my services list just as the article suggests and it still runs without fail.

By: Jojo

Jojo — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:28:48 +0000

Since I install software in places other than C:\Program Files, most of the time, these update tasks don’t work for me. I also always store the source .exe or .zip in a folder called ZIP as a subfolder of the install folder which the auto update tasks wouldn’t do. So I always turn these things off.

btw: Is Google still forcing Google Earth into C:\Program Files? I gave up on that app when they started doing this a while back.

If you are developing an application, you should let the user decide where to install it.

By: JD

JD — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:32:41 +0000

I hate crapware that runs without my permission, thanks Martin.