KB4023057 Microsoft Update Health Tools Installed?

@Callender
Thanks very much

Matthew Wai said:

Your tools should have stopped it being installed automatically.
My scripts will certainly stop it.

It didn't auto install. I just wasn't paying enough attention when choosing which updates to install.

Matthew Wai said:

Your tools should have stopped it being installed automatically.
My scripts will certainly stop it.

Callender said:

It didn't auto install. I just wasn't paying enough attention when choosing which updates to install.

Update: I've just remembered that I did a windows updates cleanup that required WU Service to be running so it must have sneaked in then. I suppose that I should have done the cleanup offline.


The script I'm using can be used to temporarily enable windows updates service for maintenance reasons like disc cleanup.

@Matthew Wai

So that leads to questions.

How does your script deal with those occasions when windows update service needs to be left running such as during disc cleanup (cleanup windows updates) or when manually installing a downloaded update via .cab file?

I think that sometimes Windows Update service needs to be enabled even on reboot for some manually installed updates to complete install.


I could be wrong.

@Matthew Wai
Thanks. That makes sense. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention and installed the update without checking it first.

@Callender
Re: "Except possibly that update could reconfigure your settings so consider removing it."

Just one more thing ... I did install KB4023057 with no problem, but didn't verify I could see it.
When I attempted to uninstall it, I couldn't find it.
Looking both here:
Update & Security>Windows Update>View update history>Uninstall Updates
and here:
Control Panel>Programs and Features>View installed updates

All updates begin with: KB45...

I'd appreciate any thoughts or comments.
Thanks very much

@Callender ... et al.
Re: Windows Update MiniTool Can't Uninstall KB4023057

Howdy Folks!
Since I couldn't find KB4023057 to uninstall it, I downloaded Windows Update MiniTool and found it, but see that it cannot be uninstalled. (attached)

Appreciation to all who read this post and to those with thoughts or comments.


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Sniggler said:

KB4023057 is sneaky... it shows up as an installed KB update, but actually installs the program "Microsoft Update Health Tools". The KB then does not appear as a installed in Programs and Features. As I said earlier on, I used Geek Uninstaller to remove "Microsoft Update Health Tools" to get rid of KB4023057. You can do the same with Programs and Features, but I prefer Geek.

@Sniggler @Callender @Paul-Black

Scanning backwards I (now) see that I have "Microsoft Update Health Tools" installed dated the same as KB4023057.
As I am controlling updates with Group Policy Settings, can I get comments on whether it's advisable to uninstall "Microsoft Update Health Tools" or no harm to leave it in place.
Thanks again to all!

@jdUnionngarden

From ghacks article:

If you have configured Windows 10 to block the automatic installation of updates, this update will undo the changes and you end up getting all updates pushed to the system and installed.

I don't know what you've done via group policy to "control updates"