How can I stop Windows update from changing my program preferences?

Thanks, Rich

Is it just changing the Icon on your start menu, or changing your
default e-mail client all together?

"Robert Jacobs" <robertjacobsit******.com> wrote in message
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> Is it just changing the Icon on your start menu, or changing your
> default e-mail client all together?
>

It changes the email client. On one machine it changed it from Thunderbird
to Outlook and the other machine it changed it from Outlook Express to
Outlook.

So maybe it's a combination of software that I have that triggers it if no
one else is seeing this?

Rich

Rich;
AFAIK, you can't.
It is not Windows/Microsoft Update, it is the update provided by the
Outlook team.
The Outlook team continues to act as if their product is the default
for everyone.

Make the suggestion:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish
And:
mswish"AT"microsoft.com (Email)

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"Rich" <dontbotherme@work.com> wrote in message
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> How can I stop Windows update from changing my program preferences?
>
> Thanks, Rich

Don't install any OL updates, or remove OL from your install of Office if
you don't use it or Calendar.

This is a well-known bug. OL updates will hijack any default Mail Client.
Neither the Office nor Windows teams think it's a problem, though they have
given us...

Outlook 2003 is incorrectly configured as the default mail client every time
that you perform an Office installation or Office update that modifies
Outlook:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933450
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Rich wrote:
> How can I stop Windows update from changing my program preferences?
>
> Thanks, Rich