Obsolete programs?

urk

Hi my antivirus software program (Norton) is picking these program as needing updates

microsoft live essentials (update not detected)
movie maker (ditto)
windows photo gallery (update not supported)
microsoft visual C++ Redistributable 2005 (ditto)

Are they not updating because they are obsolete and need to be uninstalled? Have run windows updater and trouble shooter. Am a pc laptop windows 10.Is it just a case of going to control panel to delete them all . With much thanks Urk

400ixl

The most obsolete and useless application on the list is Norton.

Get rid of Norton and the future bills, switch on the Microsoft Windows Defender features to do the anti virus and then ensure Windows update has been completed.

Worth installing an anti-malware solution like malwarebytes, do not activate any of the paid features and just periodically do a manual update of the database and run a manual scan.

Neil_Jones

urk said:

Hi my antivirus software program (Norton) is picking these program as needing updates

microsoft live essentials (update not detected)
movie maker (ditto)
windows photo gallery (update not supported)
microsoft visual C++ Redistributable 2005 (ditto)

Are they not updating because they are obsolete and need to be uninstalled? Have run windows updater and trouble shooter. Am a pc laptop windows 10.Is it just a case of going to control panel to delete them all . With much thanks Urk

Windows Essentials (which includes Movie Maker, Photo Gallery) hasn't been updated since 2014, dropping all support for it in 2017:

https://www.groovypost.com/news/microsoft-windows-essentials-2012-end-support-offline-installer/

This came with MSN Messenger too.  Which is also defunct, and has been since 2014.

The redistributable may be used by other software.

urk

Thanks for the replies. Does anyone know how to update the redistributable as windows update doesn't seem to be doing it for me? 

Neil_Jones

urk said:

Thanks for the replies. Does anyone know how to update the redistributable as windows update doesn't seem to be doing it for me? 

You don't.  They tend to be pushed out through Windows Update.  If there is nothing there, there is no update for them.

urk

Sorry to be a thicko - are you saying it is obsolete and I can uninstall it??

Neil_Jones

urk said:

Sorry to be a thicko - are you saying it is obsolete and I can uninstall it??

I never said it was obsolete.

It'll be used by a program on the computer.  If you get rid of it and something stops working, then...  well reinstall that program.