How to disable ICQ Update 8. What happened to ICQ and why it now use. The familiar interface, modern and convenient

Eh, this is nostalgia! Messenger downloaded and realized that everything had changed from those times.

I am sure (and I hope) that most of our readers at some point had their own "ICQ". Someone had a super-elite 5-digit or 6-digit number and terribly proud of them.

And someone, as I, simply communicated in this present messenger of the future and felt at the point of progress.

The time has long gone, but ICQ remained. Many things forced us to go to other messengers, and we forgot about "Asya". And in vain, because she grew up, hesitated and generally became completely different.

As for me, these changes to her face. We remembered the 20th anniversary of ICQ that it was a long time ago and looked that there is a service today. Is it worth it to put and try to fall in love again? We read.

A little story. How everything was recently

About 15 years ago, communication on the Internet was seriously distinguished from today. We did not have in the hands of the most powerful smartphones and there was no mobile Internet, we corresponded with acquaintances using stationary computers and push-button phones.

The most popular messenger at that time was ICQ (in the commoner "ICQ"). Simple and reliable program. As Winamp, only from the world of messengers. Schoolchildren will probably not understand. The Internet was then not a dump of garbage ... well, okay, let's not talk about it now :)

ICQ (I Seek You) - translated into Russian title of this program means "I'm looking for you."

The fate of ICQ is not easy, there were ups and downs. So, in 2005, the total number of users came to the mark of 500 million users, but over time the situation began to change. The main program has become a bulky and stuffing advertising, third-party clients appeared, which used the same protocol (Miranda, QIP).

A serious impact on ICQ positions were actively developing social networks, many users began to communicate exclusively there.

As a result, in 2010, the company was purchased by the Digital Sky Technologies investment fund, which was led by the famous billionaire Alisher Usmanov and entered Mail.Ru Group. At this point, the world of online communication began to capture messengers for WhatsApp and Viber smartphones. Many began to forget the "grandfather" of all popular instant messaging clients.

We decided to figure out what ICQ is today and can it be used.

1. Universality, you can communicate anywhere

ICQ client can be downloaded for any platform. From Android to OS X. There is even a web version that allows you to communicate anything without installing anything. We go to web.icq.com, authorized through a mobile phone (comes SMS from the confirmation code) and boldly communicate directly in the browser.

As before, each user is assigned UIN. (Universal Internet Number). Accordingly, you can log in as with it and via email or mobile number. Unfortunately, I could not restore the data of my ancient account from the 2000s, I did not remember the password, I could not answer the secret question either.

I had to register anew. All elementary and does not differ from the actions in Telegram.

Also, as in any modern messenger, right in "ICQ" you can call or make a video call. All calls to ICQ are protected by End-to-End Encryption.

2. Notifications long forgotten sound can still be heard

Version for MAC.

The program asks access to the address book in the iPhone and reports who among friends is a very old dinosaur use ICQ.

Of course we will hear the famous sound of notifications (Oh-oh!)He works in all versions.

Notifications are easily configured, you can block an annoying contact if necessary, and in one click. Convenient chip, "ICQ" will not be annoyed (or filling) the number of unread messages. The same Telegram does not know how much, there is a maximum of the alerts, you can turn off.

3. The usual interface, modern and convenient

Version for MAC.

The program meets a familiar interface. But we are not familiar to "ICQ", but according to any standard modern messenger. On the left menu with all the contacts, on the right of the main chat with a specific user. There is a light logical customization - selected contacts, various backgrounds. All like people, in one word.

Pleases the limit logicality of the entire menu, you do not have to look for the necessary items at all. All at hand.

4. Group chats, communicate with the whole world

Version for iPhone

You can communicate not only a tet-a-tete, but also a large company. Added everyone to one group and decide the questioned question, for example, where to hold a new year company? Just and comfortable.

There are also public group chat rooms, a sort of public account option in Viber. You can communicate, receive useful news, newsletter new music, etc. Dating chat rooms more resemble schoolchildren's assembling, it is interesting that they do here at all?

5. Snaps - photo and do stories

Version for iPhone

Perhaps the most interesting innovation of modern ICQ is the so-called snaps. These are temporary photoprisulations, they appeared even earlier than a similar feature of Stories in Instagram.

"ICQ" also proposes to process the media file in its own editor using a neural network. New-fashioned chipMany people like it. In addition, there is an analogue of MSQRD with its own blackjack and whores a list of branded masks from bunnies to the terminator.

The most popular pictures fall into the list of best snaps to the appropriate page of the application. You can become famous.

What is the result?

In the dry residue, modern ICQ - stable reliable messenger. If it were not for his difficult fate in 2008-2012, he would be now in world trends.

Oddly enough, today they enjoy not only the "old" users of the Internet, but also the youth disappointed with Skype glitches and the restrictions of Telegram and WhatsApp. Much of what is in ICQ today is impossible anywhere else.

By the way, on November 15, 2016, the legendary messenger was already 20 years old. He is alive, it works reliably and never ceases to develop. Amazing nearby. The real history of the Internet, it takes at least once to touch - you can download the legend absolutely free on the official website of the messenger.

Many modern programs have an automatic update that independently loads updates. There is such a function in ICQ. Thus, developers add new features to utilities, change the design, make the interface available and understandable. But many users want to work with those messenger, which they downloaded, and all these changes are not needed. Let's figure out how to disable the automatic ICQ update if you do not want the updates to be installed in this program.

Observe how to disable the automatic ICQ update if you want to be installed updates

In the old ICQ, this feature is available in the options:

1. Go to the settings.
2. Remove the checkbox from the "Automatic Update".

But in the new ICQ there is no such item in the parameters. The program downloads updates, not even asking permission from the user. And disable this option or cancel the installation in the utility itself. But there are several bypass paths.

Remove the file responsible for updates

You can prohibit auto-update as follows:

1. Find the icqsetup.exe file in the Messenger folder. To do this, click on the label with the right mouse button and select "Properties". The "Object" field will be the path to the application.
2. Or enter its name in the search bar. It is right at the top of the window of any folder. Next to the search there is always an icon in the form of a magnifying glass.
3. Block the launch of icqsetup.exe using an antivirus or a brandmorezer. Or just rename the file. It is not necessary to delete it, it is better to simply disable the bootloader. So you will be able to restore it if some problems arise with ICQ.

You need to remove the file responsible for updates.

After that, the program will not be able to make an update. The windows with a proposal to download it will still appear, but they will not be able to do nothing without your knowledge. And if you accidentally agree to the download (click not on the button, for example), then the installer will give an error. And will not put a new messenger.

Through autoload

But how to disable ICQ update in autorun:

1. Go to the "Start" menu.
2. At the bottom there is a string to enter text. Write in it "msconfig" (without quotes).
3. The top file will appear. Open it.
4. You need to delete or disable the UpdateICQ parameter (if it is there). So ICQ will not be able to update through autorun.

You can remove update through autoload

After that, do the following:

1. Go to "Start" - "Run". Or press Win + R keys (Win is a button with a Windows logo. It is usually between Ctrl and Alt).
2. Enter "Services.msc" (Capture Quotes) and click OK.
3. In the window that opens, find the UpdateICQ or Icqupdate item. This is a service that is responsible for the update.
4. Click on it with the right mouse button and click "Stop" (or "Disable").
5. In the same context menu, select "Properties".
6. In the "Startup Type" drop-down list, put "manually".
7. To enable automatic update again, then click on the "Run" button.

You can also use third-party software to work with autoloaders. For example, CCleaner, Startup Manager or Autoruns. These utilities have tools that control the autorun and do not give applications to open themselves.

ICQ Update Patch.

The easiest and effective way to disable updates is to use an ICQ Update Patch add-in. Unlike other solutions that may not save you from the problem, this utility will accurately remove the automatic update. It puts on the sixth, seventh or Lite version of ICQ. It is necessary to work with it:

The easiest and effective way to disable updates - use an ICQ UPDATE PATCH superstructure

1. Run the patch.
2. Specify the path to the directory with the messenger. To do this, click the "Change" button.
3. Check "Create A Backup of Existing Files" if you want to save the backup of the original files.
4. Click on "Start".

To use the ICQ interface to which you are used to, you need to delete it yourself and put the previous option of the utility. After all, it is impossible to roll back the ICQ through the menu itself. Before you delete, save the message history in individual documents (if it is activated in the settings). To do this, follow these steps:

1. Right-click on the contact, correspond to which you want to add to the file.
2. Select "History". In different ICQs, this menu can be called differently.
3. Click the Save button. Sometimes it is represented as an icon in the form of a floppy disk.
4. Set the name and specify the path. The story will be transformed into a text document.txt. So you can always view it. And it will not be scary to roll back the program, because your data will remain in the memory of the computer.
5. Make so with all the necessary contacts.
6. In some types of messengers, it is impossible to keep the correspondence.

Need to get rid of ICQ that does not suit you

After that, you need to get rid of ICQ, which does not suit you.

1. Go to "Start" - "Control Panel".
2. Open "Programs and Components" (or "Removing Programs" if you are displayed by category).
3. In the window that appears, find ICQ.
4. Click on it right-click and click "Delete".
5. Confirm the action and wait for the end of the process.
6. After that, there may be some single program files or registry files. To get rid of them, use programs for cleaning the system and complete removal utilities. For example, for this will suit Revo Uninstaller.

Now you need to download the installer on which there are no updates. And already there to block them. If you do not have the right file, find it on the Internet.

1. Open any search engine.
2. Drive the key phrase there - for example, "Download Old ICQ." Or specify the specific version of the messenger you want to use.
3. Select the desired program, download it and install it. So it turns out to return the utility that you liked. And you can work with a convenient interface.

In the "new" ICQ to cancel the automatic update is not so easy. There is no similar option in the program settings.

In the "new" ICQ to cancel the automatic update is not so simple - there is simply no similar option in the program settings. You can prohibit it download updates through autorun or block the bootloader. But it is best to use a special patch. So the messenger is definitely not able to install anything independently. And then you can understand how to return the old version of ICQ.

ICQ by the efforts of Mail.Ru is experiencing the second birth. For him, new versions are regularly published, which bring various functions and remove the former flaws. Of course, the main emphasis is done on user reviews. And now let's figure it out how to update icqWhen saving personal data.

Procedure

If you are using the last version of the application, then in its work there will be more difficulty problems (hang, lack of necessary functions and so on). Therefore, the developer recommends regularly installing updates. As a rule, they are loaded automatically. But if it is not so, then actions will have to do manually.

Mobile devices

On iPhones and phones with Android, getting the latest applications is performed through software stores (App Store and Google Play, respectively). So the user needs to go to the ICQ page and tap by update option.

Computers and laptops

As a rule, it is not necessary to update the ICQ on the computer in the case of Windows. The fact is that the program initially should do it itself. But alas, it does not always happen. In such situations, it is necessary to perform the procedure manually.

From the user you need to delete yourself, and then install the program. In this case, personal data will not be lost, but will have to be reused in your profile. Now we will examine in detail the procedure:

But with Mac OS is all easier. In this case, ICQ will independently be loaded through the APP Store with other programs. So it is not worth worrying the owners of PC and laptops on this operating system.

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This method does not work! Installed never to update, but the antivirus constantly issues a notification that you need to check new applications

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After you opened the playing market, pull the screen on the left side and the menu should also open and look for settings.

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Old versions of Mail.Ru Agent (6.4, 6.2 and earlier) began to automatically update up to 10 version, and the user is not given the opportunity to abandon the upgrade. The modern agent has a number of shortcomings and unnecessary functions, so many want to disable the program update. It is impossible to do this through the settings, and even after reinstalling the agent, the usual version remains only before rebooting the computer. However, if you figure out how the upgrade process occurs, you can disable this feature. Today I will tell you how to disable Mail.Ru agent update to 10 version.

We understand how to prevent the update of Mail.Ru agent to the new version

Disable the Mail.Ru agent update: instruction

The update is not from the inside of the agent itself - it is used for it a separate executive file MagentSetup.exe, located in one of the hidden system folders on a C: \\ disk. Easy to remove it will not help prevent the upgrade - the file will simply be reinstated. To forever disable the Mail.Ru agent update, you need to prohibit the program access to the file system.

Before doing this, you need to completely remove the messenger from the computer. Using the standard Windows tool "Install and Deleting Programs" will not help, as it leaves the "tailings" agent on the hard disk. Eliminate all hidden components of the program, as well as accompanying products Mail.Ru (satellite, browser amigo, etc.) You need to use third-party utilities - for example, Revo Uninstaller, CCleaner, Geek Uninstaller, Wise Disk Cleaner, etc.

You can delete the agent with a standard tool, but to clean the hidden folders will have to manually

When the agent is removed, you need to do the following:

1. Enable the display of hidden directories through folder parameters, the "View" tab, the "Advanced Settings" block.
2. Go to the hidden system directory C: \\ users \\ username \\ appdata \\ roaming, create a folder Mail.Ru in it, in it - Agent, inside which is bin.
3. Open the BIN folder properties, go to the Safety tab and remove all rights of all user groups.

After that, you can download and install the usual version of the messenger. The program needs to start and use it for a while, as you can only turn off the agent update only after the MagentSetup.exe file is created.

The rights to make changes are configured through the properties of folders and files.

After waiting a bit, you need to do the following:

1. Close the agent.
2. Go to the AppData \\ Roaming \\ Mail.ru \\ Agent \\ Mra \\ Update folder in the user directory on the system disk.
3. Open a Version4.txt text document by any editor, find a Silent_update line in it by pressing Ctrl + F, and change it Silent_update: 0.
4. Open the Version4.txt file properties and prohibit entries for all user groups.
5. Create a text file with the MagentSetup name, change its extension S.Txt on.exe and prohibit all rights for it.
6. Delete the original MagentSetup.exe file.

After this update is disconnected. At the same time, all accounts in Mail.Ru Agent will work normally.

Using the portable version of Mail.Ru Agent

Since in order to start the update process, the messenger must "register" in the system, saving its files in the system directories, the portable version of the program will save from the upgrade.

Externally, the portable version of the agent 6.2 is no different from the full

The portable agent is used very simple:

• download the familiar version of the messenger;
• run;
• use

There will be no updates in this case; In addition, the portable version does not need to be installed. The lack of it is that it does not save the settings and history on the hard disk.

Knowing how to disable the update of Mail.Ru agent, it is easy to turn off upgrades and other products of the company - for example, ICQ. It is done in the same order, only in the names of folders and files will be ICQ, not Magent.

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