Auto Update Service REQUIRED to use WU5????

Hi all,

I am new to WU5 but was frustrated once I installed it to learn that I need
to enable the Auto Update service and BITS (both I disabled to clean up my
system of useless things - for me at least).

To me it seems the whole point of having Windows Update is to give an option
for people who don't really use Auto Update such as myself. I consider myself
knowledgable enough to browse to a site and click update when I hear about a
new service pack (and I find out rather quickly). Thus, if you understand
what I am saying, then you understand that this makes no sense: in order to
use an update webpage, you need some waste of a service that automatically
updates your system. Without that service, you can't update your system
soo.... I frankly don't get it. Can someone explain why I must change my
computer ways for this waste of an update to Windows Update? (BTW, I heard
about WU5 and was curious so since I have AutoUpdates disable and WU5
wouldn't install automatically, I just went to v5 instead of
v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com to test it out and now I'm stuck... BLAHHH!!!)

Drew