Silverlight?

Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/30/2015 5:19 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
Today I was offered two optional updates at Windows Update:

* An AMD graphics driver update that I'm going to hide.
* Silverlight.

Should I allow the download of Silverlight? I gather it's supposed to
substitute for Flash on some websites in Internet Explorer, but I don't
know if it's useful or not.


I JUST received yet another optional update to Silverlight, so I went
back to the ones I had hidden, and it appears I now have three optional
updates--which appears to mean that somewhere I do have the program
(although I can't find it). The updates are

KB2636927
KB2977218
KB3056819

How can I tell if I have the program?


Run the removal tool. See what it says.

Paul

Jo-Anne wrote:

On 7/30/2015 8:55 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Jo-Anne wrote:

Today I was offered two optional updates at Windows Update:

* An AMD graphics driver update that I'm going to hide.
* Silverlight.

Should I allow the download of Silverlight? I gather it's supposed to
substitute for Flash on some websites in Internet Explorer, but I don't
know if it's useful or not.

I had Silverlight installed for a couple years. In all that time, I had
yet to hit a site that used Silverlight - other than deliberately
looking for one to test Silverlight was working. Eventually I
uninstalled both Flash and Silverlight. There was an estimate that 2%
of multimedia sites were using Silverlight. I've yet to hit one in all
the time Silverlight was on my computer. That 2% must've been some
special list in favor of Silverlight. I've seen it more used for
in-house presentations within companies than with publicly accessed web
sites. It was Microsoft trying to compete with Adobe but many years too
late and so late that HTML5 will be replacing it.

Netflix switched from Silverlight to HTML5. Youtube (Google) switched
from requiring Flash to using an HTML5 player. There are sites that are
heavily invested in Flash content, like CNN, and few that are invested
in Silverlight so they won't discard those media players for quite
awhile. So far, after uninstalling both Flash and Silverlight, I've
found little that was "hidden" that wasn't available via some other
method. Not having them sure does quiet down the busy web sites that
want to shove crap in your face for just visiting their home page.

Both are ancient technologies that are getting replaced with HTML5 or
Javascript players at most of the sites that I visit or they stream the
video or they provide a link to a video file that will play.
Silverlight is dead. No one expects there to a version 6. Even at
Microsoft, for example, they discarded the Silverlight UI for the
Windows Azure portal to replace it with an HTML5 UI. Even their "Meet
the new Windows Azure" announcement was streamed using Flash instead of
Silverlight. Guess they wanted to have a larger audience see their
announcement. VisualStudio Lightswitch which generates Silverlight apps
is being revised to also offer HTML apps.

In all the time you had Silverlight installed, did you ever happen to
visit a web site that Microsoft didn't drag you to? Microsoft says
Silverlight is dead so you should follow their lead.


Thank you, Vanguard. I don't think the program is installed. My
impression was that this was the offer to download it. As I mentioned to
Paul, I couldn't find it in a search by name, and it's not in my list of
what used to be called Add/Remove Programs.

If you don't have it installed, Windows Update will nuisance you with
about 5-6 updates for it (install and then update). You will need to
rerun WU several times to hide all the current Silverlight updates. If
there are updates in the future, you'll have to hide those, too. Same
for Microsoft, OneDrive for Business (if you have MS Office installed,
and is not the same as OneDrive), and other crap that Microsoft hopes
you will be negligent in watching what the updates do. You can install
the security updates but the other updates require you to click the More
button to get a web page with an article about the update so you know
what it does.

Paul wrote:

Silverlight has a removal program. Mr.Fixit to the rescue.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2608523

Be careful. That script will modify registry entries and then it tries
to get you to install Silverlight (so click Skip).

In article , (Jo-Anne) wrote:

*From:* Jo-Anne
*Date:* Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:41:16 -0500

I JUST received yet another optional update to Silverlight, so I
went back to the ones I had hidden, and it appears I now have three
optional updates--which appears to mean that somewhere I do have
the program (although I can't find it). The updates are

KB2636927
KB2977218
KB3056819

How can I tell if I have the program?


It should be listed as 'Microsoft Silverlight', not just 'Silverlight' under
Programs and Features in Control Panel.

Regards
John ) Remove the obvious to reply...

En el artículo , Jo-Anne Jo-
escribió:

Should I allow the download of Silverlight?

No. Microsoft has abandoned it, so heaven knows why Windows Update
still offers it. Hide it.

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On 7/30/2015 6:19 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
Today I was offered two optional updates at Windows Update:

* An AMD graphics driver update that I'm going to hide.
* Silverlight.

Should I allow the download of Silverlight? I gather it's supposed to
substitute for Flash on some websites in Internet Explorer, but I don't
know if it's useful or not.


Unfortunately, silverlight is required for the best free stock charting
website currently available freestockcharts.com

En el artículo , Jo-Anne Jo-
escribió:

Love it! So Microsoft is offering me what appears to be a close-to-dead
program.

Yes, it's called Windows 10. :-)

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On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:28:28 -0500 "Jo-Anne" wrote
in article
I didn't find it in a search by name, and it's not in the list
of what used to be called Add/Remove Programs.


Did you look in Add/Remove for Microsoft Silverlight? It was on the list
on my machine.

Paul in Houston TX wrote:

I never found a use for Silverlight and so hide all updates for it.

I have a Logitech Harmony universal remote control. The configuration
app for that at least used to use Silverlight, that's why I installed
it. Now there is an application that you install on your computer that
does the job. I don't know whether that uses Silverlight, but I kind
of don't think so.

--
Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com

On 7/30/2015 11:41 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/30/2015 5:19 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
Today I was offered two optional updates at Windows Update:

* An AMD graphics driver update that I'm going to hide.
* Silverlight.

Should I allow the download of Silverlight? I gather it's supposed to
substitute for Flash on some websites in Internet Explorer, but I don't
know if it's useful or not.


I JUST received yet another optional update to Silverlight, so I went
back to the ones I had hidden, and it appears I now have three optional
updates--which appears to mean that somewhere I do have the program
(although I can't find it). The updates are

KB2636927
KB2977218
KB3056819

How can I tell if I have the program?

If you are using FireFox look in Tools Add-Ons Plugins and if you
have Silverlight it will be shown there alphabetically.
- If you want to keep it set it to "Ask to Activate", or,
- Remove it from "Programs and Features"

On 7/31/2015 10:30 AM, Zaidy036 wrote:
On 7/30/2015 11:41 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
On 7/30/2015 5:19 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
Today I was offered two optional updates at Windows Update:

* An AMD graphics driver update that I'm going to hide.
* Silverlight.

Should I allow the download of Silverlight? I gather it's supposed to
substitute for Flash on some websites in Internet Explorer, but I don't
know if it's useful or not.


I JUST received yet another optional update to Silverlight, so I went
back to the ones I had hidden, and it appears I now have three optional
updates--which appears to mean that somewhere I do have the program
(although I can't find it). The updates are

KB2636927
KB2977218
KB3056819

How can I tell if I have the program?

If you are using FireFox look in Tools Add-Ons Plugins and if you
have Silverlight it will be shown there alphabetically.
- If you want to keep it set it to "Ask to Activate", or,
- Remove it from "Programs and Features"


Thank you, Zaidy! It's not there...

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Jo-Anne

On 7/31/2015 6:21 AM, John K.Eason wrote:
In article , (Jo-Anne) wrote:

*From:* Jo-Anne
*Date:* Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:41:16 -0500

I JUST received yet another optional update to Silverlight, so I
went back to the ones I had hidden, and it appears I now have three
optional updates--which appears to mean that somewhere I do have
the program (although I can't find it). The updates are

KB2636927
KB2977218
KB3056819

How can I tell if I have the program?


It should be listed as 'Microsoft Silverlight', not just 'Silverlight' under
Programs and Features in Control Panel.

Regards
John ) Remove the obvious to reply...


Thank you, John! It's not there.

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Jo-Anne

On 7/31/2015 6:46 AM, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Jo-Anne Jo-
escribió:

Should I allow the download of Silverlight?

No. Microsoft has abandoned it, so heaven knows why Windows Update
still offers it. Hide it.


Thank you, Mike. I don't seem to have it, but I've now been offered
three updates for it. I keep hiding them.

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Jo-Anne

On 7/31/2015 6:46 AM, al wrote:
On 7/30/2015 6:19 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
Today I was offered two optional updates at Windows Update:

* An AMD graphics driver update that I'm going to hide.
* Silverlight.

Should I allow the download of Silverlight? I gather it's supposed to
substitute for Flash on some websites in Internet Explorer, but I don't
know if it's useful or not.


Unfortunately, silverlight is required for the best free stock charting
website currently available freestockcharts.com

Thank you, Al. No need for it, then...

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Jo-Anne

On 7/31/2015 9:20 AM, Jason wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:28:28 -0500 "Jo-Anne" wrote
in article
I didn't find it in a search by name, and it's not in the list
of what used to be called Add/Remove Programs.


Did you look in Add/Remove for Microsoft Silverlight? It was on the list
on my machine.


It's not there, Jason. So I guess I don't have it. Why Microsoft keeps
offering me updates (and all with different KB numbers), I don't know.

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Jo-Anne