This automatic update thing is a pain in the you know what

I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now why
won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with Microsoft?
I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this platform wouldn't you
say?

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George Hester
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George Hester wrote:
> I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now
> why won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with
> Microsoft? I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this
> platform wouldn't you say?

Lack of confidence is showing when you have to ask complete
strangers for "permission" and/or "opinions" on what *you* should do....
*grin*

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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"George Hester" <> wrote in message
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>I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now why
> won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with Microsoft?
> I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this platform wouldn't you
> say?
>
> --
> George Hester
> _________________________________
>

It's time for you to stop posting so many posts about the problem *your
computer* is having.
Whatever problem(s) *your computer* is having is not the fault of Microsoft.
Your numerous extraneous posts are the only ones I see claiming problems
with WU.

Judging by the number of posts you have made, your current installation has
significant problems.

Sometimes, it is just better to reformat and re-install.

Bobby

"George Hester" <> wrote in message news:...
>I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now why
> won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with Microsoft?
> I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this platform wouldn't you
> say?


Does Task Manager's Go To Process command show you which
process is putting that dialog up? Is it stoppable?


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Confidence in what? in Microsoft well you got that right.

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George Hester
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"Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
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> George Hester wrote:
> > I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now
> > why won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with
> > Microsoft? I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this
> > platform wouldn't you say?
>
> Lack of confidence is showing when you have to ask complete
> strangers for "permission" and/or "opinions" on what *you* should do....
> *grin*
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>

I doubt it. The current installation is nothing but Windows 2000
Professional and has no issues but this issue of being hassled by Automatic
Upadte and that is unique to this technology. Unless you haven't noticed
being Automatic probably yourself. I suggest you try again.

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George Hester
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"NoNoBadDog!" <no_@spam_verizon.net> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "George Hester" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now why
> > won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with
Microsoft?
> > I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this platform wouldn't
you
> > say?
> >
> > --
> > George Hester
> > _________________________________
> >
>
> It's time for you to stop posting so many posts about the problem *your
> computer* is having.
> Whatever problem(s) *your computer* is having is not the fault of
Microsoft.
> Your numerous extraneous posts are the only ones I see claiming problems
> with WU.
>
> Judging by the number of posts you have made, your current installation
has
> significant problems.
>
> Sometimes, it is just better to reformat and re-install.
>
> Bobby
>
>

Yes it is stoppable. By turning off the Update Service. But if I do that
then I cannot use the Update Site. It is not that I don't want to use it it
is that when I use it I prefer to not be hassled to shut down after I tell
it I do not want to.

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George Hester
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"Robert Aldwinckle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "George Hester" <> wrote in message
news:...
> >I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now why
> > won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with
Microsoft?
> > I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this platform wouldn't
you
> > say?
>
>
> Does Task Manager's Go To Process command show you which
> process is putting that dialog up? Is it stoppable?
>
>
> ---
>
>
>

George Hester wrote:
> I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now
> why won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with
> Microsoft? I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this
> platform wouldn't you say?

Shenan wrote:
> Lack of confidence is showing when you have to ask complete
> strangers for "permission" and/or "opinions" on what *you* should
> do.... *grin*

George Hester wrote:
> Confidence in what? in Microsoft well you got that right.

You are asking strangers in a group for opinions/permission to do something
for YOURSELF. This lack of confidence is obviously in your ability to
change platforms/use the platform you have.. as you asked if it was time for
you to get out of "this platform" (meaning Microsoft.)

If you had the confidence and actual conviction you present in most of your
postings, your postings would likely not even exist or at least have a
different point of view.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
news:...
> George Hester wrote:
> > I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now
> > why won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with
> > Microsoft? I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this
> > platform wouldn't you say?
>
> Shenan wrote:
> > Lack of confidence is showing when you have to ask complete
> > strangers for "permission" and/or "opinions" on what *you* should
> > do.... *grin*
>
> George Hester wrote:
> > Confidence in what? in Microsoft well you got that right.
>
> You are asking strangers in a group for opinions/permission to do
something
> for YOURSELF. This lack of confidence is obviously in your ability to
> change platforms/use the platform you have.. as you asked if it was time
for
> you to get out of "this platform" (meaning Microsoft.)
>
> If you had the confidence and actual conviction you present in most of
your
> postings, your postings would likely not even exist or at least have a
> different point of view.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>

My rhetorical question was not a question of what I should do but more a
statement of fact of what many are probably asking themselves. Why should I
put up with this? The answer is probably don't- change your platform if it
upsets you so much.

--
George Hester
_________________________________

George Hester wrote:
> I can't reboot right now and I won't be able to for a few days. Now
> why won't it let me be? What a pain! What the hell is wrong with
> Microsoft? I'm telling you it's time for me to get out of this
> platform wouldn't you say?

Shenan wrote:
> Lack of confidence is showing when you have to ask complete
> strangers for "permission" and/or "opinions" on what *you* should
> do.... *grin*

George Hester wrote:
> Confidence in what? in Microsoft well you got that right.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> You are asking strangers in a group for opinions/permission to do
> something for YOURSELF. This lack of confidence is obviously in
> your ability to change platforms/use the platform you have.. as you
> asked if it was time for you to get out of "this platform" (meaning
> Microsoft.)
>
> If you had the confidence and actual conviction you present in most
> of your postings, your postings would likely not even exist or at
> least have a different point of view.

George Hester wrote:
> My rhetorical question was not a question of what I should do but
> more a statement of fact of what many are probably asking themselves.
> Why should I put up with this? The answer is probably don't- change
> your platform if it upsets you so much.

Again.. You wouldn't bother asking the question, rhetorical or not, if you
had the conviction and confidence you seem to display in your postings. You
would just switch to some other operating system and move on.

No one here could care less what operating system you use. They are here to
help people with problems when asked specifically about them or they are
here to get answers to their own problems. What you are mistaking this
newsgroup for is a blog. You can setup one of those elsewhere.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html