why has vista stopped automatic updates?

KEEPING SILVERLIGHT AND MSRT UP-TO-DATE ON THE VISTA O/S

I know that Microsoft is no longer supporting Vista SP2 machines.  I have been following information on this forum as to how to keep Office 2007 up to date, despite that fact.  

Now, I have two questions:

a.  I  have Silverlight installed and the Windows Updater is no longer delivering updates for it.  Should I be manually installing new releases?  For example, there is a new version in the June 13 patch Tuesday summary.   In other words, are these newer releases happening because of some security issue which a new release will fix in Vista SP2?

b  Should I be downloading and manually executing each post-April monthly Malicious Smart Removal Tool (MSRT)?  In other words, even though the Windows Updater is no longer providing this monthly tool, will newer releases of it do the job they are supposed to do, were Microsoft still supporting Vista SP2?

Karen wrote - Did it actually say you already had it?  Or did it just say it didn't apply? So, if it reported back that you already had it, I'd be interested to know that.

The message said does not apply after searching for updates about a minute when executed. It seems they use the same message if you already have it, or it's the wrong one for other reasons. Mine is listed in Installed Updates and in Update History.

KEEPING SILVERLIGHT AND MSRT UP-TO-DATE ON THE VISTA O/S

I know that Microsoft is no longer supporting Vista SP2 machines.  I have been following information on this forum as to how to keep Office 2007 up to date, despite that fact.  

Now, I have two questions:

a.  I  have Silverlight installed and the Windows Updater is no longer delivering updates for it.  Should I be manually installing new releases?  For example, there is a new version in the June 13 patch Tuesday summary.   In other words, are these newer releases happening because of some security issue which a new release will fix in Vista SP2?

b  Should I be downloading and manually executing each post-April monthly Malicious Smart Removal Tool (MSRT)?  In other words, even though the Windows Updater is no longer providing this monthly tool, will newer releases of it do the job they are supposed to do, were Microsoft still supporting Vista SP2?

Suggest two things - See if System Requirements state which OS it applies to and if none listed, give it a try. Even if Vista is not listed among others, the does not apply message should appear if not compatible. MSRT may still work with Windows XP. I always create Restore Points before experimenting.

I just installed VZ's recommended (Revised 6-13-2017) two "NEW" Office 2007 Updates and then ran Windows Update as above. WU found and installed several Office Updates, but found nothing new for the OS which I will now install manually. See screenshot below for my Office Updates. I had to use FireFox to upload screenshot - IE9 did not allow Upload. OUgrad