Windows 10: How to stop Win 10 from updating Office 2010 ?

I have the Picture Manager of MS Office 2010 installed , its the only thing I choosed with the setup.
Now Windows-updates is trying to update the Office 2010 ( SP2 ,etc.) , how can I prevent it from updating ?
And ; are these updates usefull when only the Picture Manager is installed ?

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Windows 10 Update Shows multiple office 2010 Updates even though I do not have Office 2010

I did a clean install of Windows 10 . I did a clean Install of office 2016. Starting today, Windows Update showing I have 6 Office 2010 Updates to make. I do not have Office 2010. I did confirm via "Programs & Features" that 2010 is not listed. The only
thing I did when I installed Win 10 is to uninstall "Get Office" app as I was installing my Office 2016.

With Win 7 I could select and "Ignore" updates. Since we can't do that in Win 10, how should I proceed? Win 10 Update should specify the file size of each update and allow us to select and ignore updates.

 

Windows 10 and Office Updates

Niranjan,

Thanks for your reply. I ran Windows Update Troubleshooter (for Windows 8.1, unavailable for Win 10). The result "Service registration is missing or corrupt" probably refers to Office Home and Student 2010, which allows three installs. When my new computer
with Windows 2010 arrived last week, I uninstalled Office Home and Student 2010 from the old computer running Windows 7. I then installed this software from the DVD with no problem (I had the key code from my original purchase) and have had no problems using
Word and Excel from this install on Windows 10. Waiting in line to download and install are 10 updates, seven of which are for Office 2010, 32-bit edition. Currently, One Note 2010-32-Bit Edition update (KB2553290) has stalled downloading at 4%.

How do I fix service registration? Perhaps, this is causing the pause in the download. Note that downloads (#) were successful on 8/13 (5) and 8/17 (4). Apparently, if one download stalls, others may or may not be stopped.

I'll wait on doing a clean boot pending a fix for service registration.

 

Hi pietcorus2

Start > Settings > Update and Security> Bottom of right side > show Advanced Options > Top line in Window that opens, remove check mark.

I don't think there is a way in the Office product. Seems you have to ask for updates in the Help menu.

I would take the updates. It won't be new functionality, could be error fixes but more likely Security Patches.


Ken

 

Yes, you mean "receiving updates for other products" in the advanced update-options , in Win10 ?
I think if you switch this option off , you will , indeed, receive no office updates , but you will get no other updates either anymore !
So , maybe not a good solution . Im not interested in the ( bloated) security updates , only in real functional updates for the only Off.2010-program I installed ; Picture Manager .

 

You will get all updates for Windows if you shut this off. It is for other MS products as it states.

Security updates are the most important type of update, they protect you.

 

Ok, so no Off.2010 updates when switched off.
Still receiving all other updates ( adobe flash, security, etc. ) , if so this is a working solution , with no other important updates switched off , besides the office-updates .............??

 

Switched off, you get all the updates for the Windows system - this includes Cumulative Updates, security patches, Adobe Flash (which is supplied as part of Windows by Microsoft) and Defender definitions. What you won't get is updates for other installed Microsoft programs that were not included in Windows, such as Office.

If you were using other Office products besides Picture Manager (such as Excel, Word, etc.) then turning off security updates for Office would be a bad idea. I can't see Picture Manager on its own as being much of a security risk, though there may be bug fixes included in the updates. In the end, it's your choice.

 

Yes, Office 2016 Click to Run installed also , but this updates inside the Office 2016 , so not with Win-updates .
Just checked on virtual machine ; SP2 etc. does not improve Picture Manager , besides its ridiculous bloated.........
So, thanks for all help , will not install SP2 ,etc for Picture Manager only , coz its not an improvement of the Picture Manager .
So I can switch off the advanced update-option also............!

 

I have to ask, why would you block security updates. Not challenging you, would just like to understand your perspective. If you wouldn't mind, otherwise just ignore this post.

There is no way they would be improving a seven year old product. They are strictly closing errors or fixing holes.

Ken

 

Take the Service Pack anyway.
It's probably going to smooth the functionality and certainly the security of any of the Office features.
It's not like it's GB's large!

 

I've never had a problem with office 2010 updates. Why don't you want the updates?

 

Im on a SSD , and you must not "overcrowd" it, so I put the 2010-folder on a different partition ( HDD).This folder is about 45MB.
Im only using the Picture Manager from Office 2010 , why should you take all the updates , too much space waisted/useless .
Anyway will try SP2 only , with an installer from MS, about 303MB ( KB2687463), will let you know.............

 

Ok update...just installed the SP2 over Office 2010 ( SharePointDesigner) and it brought me from 240MB ( Picture Manager without any updates) to..........2.91GB !! I did this fortunately in a virtual machine so went back to "normal" soon.
How in the world want someone spent about 3GB for the Picture Manager ...........???
And this ; "There is no way they would be improving a seven year old product." !