Intuit Update Service
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From: Rick Hess on 3 May 2010 14:04 "Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle(a)att.net> wrote > > "Han" <nobody(a)nospam.not> wrote in message > news:Xns9D6CC644D732ikkezelf(a)216.151.153.19... >> "Jeff(a)nospam.fake" <Jeff(a)nospam.fake> wrote in >> news:WKkDn.110619$iL1.59620 >> @newsfe24.iad: >> >>> I just added a new outgoing firewall which shows me that "Intuit Update >>> Service" is repeatedly trying to access the internet even when my 2 >>> Intuit programs (Quicken 2008 and TurboTax 2009) are not open. >>> Is there a way to make this update only occur if and when I start an >>> Intuit program - or at least reduce the frequency? >>> Thanks. >> >> There probably is a program always running checking it. I can't find it >> with task manager on my vista system, but maybe you can on yours. > > It's IntuitUpdateService.exe. You have to click "Show processes from all > users" to see it in Task Manager. > > TurboTax is a likely suspect. Select Online -> Updater Preferences and > change "Automatically Download Updates" to "Ask me before getting > updates." > > There may also be a Quicken auto-update preference but I can't find it. (snip) I agree, it's probably not Quicken that initiates it. I'm running Q2008 on Win XP, but have never run Turbo Tax on this machine. I see no "Intuit Update Service" running.
From: Jerry Boyle on 3 May 2010 16:13 "Rick Hess" <Rick_Eliminate_Spammers_Hess(a)BellSouth.net> wrote in message news:hrn379$7on$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > "Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle(a)att.net> wrote >> >> "Han" <nobody(a)nospam.not> wrote in message >> news:Xns9D6CC644D732ikkezelf(a)216.151.153.19... >>> "Jeff(a)nospam.fake" <Jeff(a)nospam.fake> wrote in >>> news:WKkDn.110619$iL1.59620 >>> @newsfe24.iad: >>> >>>> I just added a new outgoing firewall which shows me that "Intuit Update >>>> Service" is repeatedly trying to access the internet even when my 2 >>>> Intuit programs (Quicken 2008 and TurboTax 2009) are not open. >>>> Is there a way to make this update only occur if and when I start an >>>> Intuit program - or at least reduce the frequency? >>>> Thanks. >>> >>> There probably is a program always running checking it. I can't find it >>> with task manager on my vista system, but maybe you can on yours. >> >> It's IntuitUpdateService.exe. You have to click "Show processes from all >> users" to see it in Task Manager. >> >> TurboTax is a likely suspect. Select Online -> Updater Preferences and >> change "Automatically Download Updates" to "Ask me before getting >> updates." >> >> There may also be a Quicken auto-update preference but I can't find it. > (snip) > > I agree, it's probably not Quicken that initiates it. I'm running Q2008 > on Win XP, but have never run Turbo Tax on this machine. I see no "Intuit > Update Service" running. I was just about to change my mind and blame it on Quicken when I found this: http://turbotax.intuit.com/corp/desktoplicense.jsp Search for "Intuit Update Service" in the Updates section.
From: Rick Hess on 3 May 2010 16:24 "Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle(a)att.net> wrote in message news:hrnaqh$52i$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Rick Hess" <Rick_Eliminate_Spammers_Hess(a)BellSouth.net> wrote in message > news:hrn379$7on$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> "Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle(a)att.net> wrote >>> >>> "Han" <nobody(a)nospam.not> wrote in message >>> news:Xns9D6CC644D732ikkezelf(a)216.151.153.19... >>>> "Jeff(a)nospam.fake" <Jeff(a)nospam.fake> wrote in >>>> news:WKkDn.110619$iL1.59620 >>>> @newsfe24.iad: >>>> >>>>> I just added a new outgoing firewall which shows me that "Intuit >>>>> Update >>>>> Service" is repeatedly trying to access the internet even when my 2 >>>>> Intuit programs (Quicken 2008 and TurboTax 2009) are not open. >>>>> Is there a way to make this update only occur if and when I start an >>>>> Intuit program - or at least reduce the frequency? >>>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> There probably is a program always running checking it. I can't find >>>> it >>>> with task manager on my vista system, but maybe you can on yours. >>> >>> It's IntuitUpdateService.exe. You have to click "Show processes from all >>> users" to see it in Task Manager. >>> >>> TurboTax is a likely suspect. Select Online -> Updater Preferences and >>> change "Automatically Download Updates" to "Ask me before getting >>> updates." >>> >>> There may also be a Quicken auto-update preference but I can't find it. >> (snip) >> >> I agree, it's probably not Quicken that initiates it. I'm running Q2008 >> on Win XP, but have never run Turbo Tax on this machine. I see no >> "Intuit Update Service" running. > > I was just about to change my mind and blame it on Quicken when I found > this: > > http://turbotax.intuit.com/corp/desktoplicense.jsp > > Search for "Intuit Update Service" in the Updates section. Interesting. I use another tax product from Intuit called ProSeries, which does not install "Intuit Update Service" (or anything similar) that I can tell. -- Rick Hess New Orleans To email, eliminate All_Spammers
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