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Stops the "APP Center" utility included with Gigabyte motherboards from asking you to update Chrome with an outdated version. Also removes the Norton and Google Toolbar bundleware offers from the app list. Requires a reboot to take effect. Registry keys and Chrome version comparison bug discovered by reverse engineering DrvUpd.exe
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AppCenter.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DownloadCenter]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DownloadCenter\Sub]
"Google Chrome (R) a faster way to browse the web"="9223372036854775807"
"Google Drive"="9223372036854775807"
"Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer"="9223372036854775807"
"Norton Internet Security(NIS)"="9223372036854775807"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\DownloadCenter]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\DownloadCenter\Sub]
"Google Chrome (R) a faster way to browse the web"="9223372036854775807"
"Google Drive"="9223372036854775807"
"Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer"="9223372036854775807"
"Norton Internet Security(NIS)"="9223372036854775807"
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This didnt work for me. It actually added a new entry for Norton.

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