Google Software Updater

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Recently the task "Google Software Updater" has appeared in my Scheduled Tasks folder (Windows XP Home SP2).

Its schedule means that often when I start up I get the annoying "some scheduled tasks did not execute..." message.

However, if I change this task's schedule, disable it, or even delete it completely, it reappears with its original settings within a few days.

Are Google sneakily setting this task on my computer whenever I use them? Can I stop it?
 
It might have come with something like Google Toolbar, Picasa or another of the free Google programs. You should be able to disable it using the following:

  • Click the Start menu on your computer taskbar.
  • Select Programs.
  • Select Google Updater.
  • Select Google Updater again in the submenu.
  • Click the Preferences tab.
  • Click the Advanced options link.
  • In the 'Updates' section, select 'Let me check for updates myself'
  • Then click the Save Preferences button.
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http://www.google.com/support/pack/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35735
 
Great! Thanks, Ian. I never noticed it as an installed program.

Must have come with a recent version of Google Earth. It's a bit sneaky, isn't it?
 
gplondon said:
Must have come with a recent version of Google Earth. It's a bit sneaky, isn't it?
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Yup thats where you would have got it from..It comes as part of Google Chrome...Unchecking the box would have stopped it downloading....Not really sneaky if you research what you download...
 
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