Why Is 'Logitech Download Assistant' in Windows (7) Update? And Uneeded Products Offered During Download Process...

Anonymous
2011-10-06T07:37:08+00:00

For crying out loud, if MS let's every vendor that has download products deveop and distribute their own download manager for their own products the OS is going to become another big mess!  I like Logictech products but I see absolutely no reason under the sun why Windows Update should be offering up Logitech's Download Assistant!?  Since I'm not aware of how to simply delete a Windows Update product if not needed I have hidden it.  I hope the next time I look to see what I've hidden it will be gone.

And while I'm on the kick...  I really hate getting into so many downloads today where you have to be a sort of detective to make sure you click on the right download button of what you are looking for in order to avoid downloading or getting tangled up in something you are not looking for.  Likewise once you are installing a downloaded product you have to uncheck one or more varieties of unwanted special browser menus.

As far as I'm concernied it all fits under 'dirty advertising' and so far I'm pretty good at taking my time to make sure things I don't want get unchecked!  Shame on the industry.

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2011-10-07T08:23:36+00:00

Hi,

Thanks for sharing your information with us if you have any suggestion or feedback on Windows 7 you can post at Windows 7 feedback link mentioned below:

http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%20%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-13T23:28:09+00:00

    Could you tell me what the KB number for this update is?  I'm using Windows 8. Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-06-13T23:23:41+00:00

    How do yo u hide it? I inherited my laptop and don't know when this update was installed. So now when I go check the installed Windows Updates I don't see anything for Logitech. Does anyone know the KB number for it? Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-04-02T04:02:43+00:00

    Ratsneve, totally agree with your rant. Funny to see the drone replies which do not address the question-- they are just trying to earn a "resolved".

    Logitech Download Manager thing showed up in my list of updates and is bullshit, it is not even clearly described, without doing a google search someone might assmue that it includes important/useful driver updates as well as a download manager. The only way to resolve an issue with Microsoft is to publicly blog/write about their shortcomings and hope they are embarrassed enough to do something about, which may take a decade.

    Though experiment: Would MS allow Logitech to register an update that adds a download manager that downloads Logitech download managers? Or perhaps they should take it a step further and issue a download manager that downloads a download manager that downloads Logitech download managers. Maybe they could bundle that with a paperclip character that asks you if you want to download a download manager that downloads a download manager that downloads Logitech download manager bundled with a paperclip character that asks you if you want to download different "skins" for you download manager. That would be the sane thing to do ;).

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-03T15:51:22+00:00

    I agree.

    Why does MS include a download manager from a third party, and put it in Start-Up?

    It is listed as having impact "High".

    I have of course disabled it.

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