Cannot stop Win Update

Hi everyone

I recently purchased a new computer which had Windows XP Media Centre
Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 already installed.

To prevent the Windows Updates from slowing my browsing speed, I set the
Auto Updates to OFF. However, it continues to download updates. I have since
gone into Control Panel - Admin Tools - System, and disabled the auto updates
from the start up. But it continues to download updates!

I can see this through Norton Internet Security as the connection appears
whilst connected to the internet.......How can I stop the updates ?!?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated !!!

JG

Most likely it's Nortons Live Update that is downloading/searching for updates.
Check Nortons.



"JG1" wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> I recently purchased a new computer which had Windows XP Media Centre
> Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 already installed.
>
> To prevent the Windows Updates from slowing my browsing speed, I set the
> Auto Updates to OFF. However, it continues to download updates. I have since
> gone into Control Panel - Admin Tools - System, and disabled the auto updates
> from the start up. But it continues to download updates!
>
> I can see this through Norton Internet Security as the connection appears
> whilst connected to the internet.......How can I stop the updates ?!?
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated !!!
>
> JG

Hi TaurArian

Many thanks for your reply. I am still unable to stop the auto updates - I
have checked Norton's Live Update which was already turned off (as well as
turning off anything else that mentioned "download" or "update"). It appears
though the downloads are coming directly from Microsoft....in the logs I can
see this in the IP address: au.download.windowsupdate.com (61.9.193.142) -
although the numbers in the IP address usually change.....

From another post, I used the idea of deleting the contents of
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution directory. This also didn't seem to work as
the next time I connected, Windows downloaded the deleted directories and
recreated them.

Do you have any other ideas?

Many thanks
JG1

"TaurArian" wrote:

> Most likely it's Nortons Live Update that is downloading/searching for updates.
> Check Nortons.
>
>
>
> "JG1" wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I recently purchased a new computer which had Windows XP Media Centre
> > Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 already installed.
> >
> > To prevent the Windows Updates from slowing my browsing speed, I set the
> > Auto Updates to OFF. However, it continues to download updates. I have since
> > gone into Control Panel - Admin Tools - System, and disabled the auto updates
> > from the start up. But it continues to download updates!
> >
> > I can see this through Norton Internet Security as the connection appears
> > whilst connected to the internet.......How can I stop the updates ?!?
> >
> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated !!!
> >
> > JG

For testing only - you can stop the automatic update service (are you still getting
updates downloading?)
You'll need to turn the automatic update service on again to get updates.


Stop the Automatic Updates service

Click Start, Choose Run.
In the Run box, type services.msc.
Click OK.
Right-click the Automatic Updates service.
Click Stop.
Stopping the service will take a moment.

Start the Automatic Updates service
Click Start. Choose Run.
In the Run box, type services.msc.
Click OK.
Right-click the Automatic Updates service.
Click Start.
Starting the service will take a moment.


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"JG1" <> wrote in message
news:4B4744A6-BB07-4F1B-9144-...
| Hi TaurArian
|
| Many thanks for your reply. I am still unable to stop the auto updates - I
| have checked Norton's Live Update which was already turned off (as well as
| turning off anything else that mentioned "download" or "update"). It appears
| though the downloads are coming directly from Microsoft....in the logs I can
| see this in the IP address: au.download.windowsupdate.com (61.9.193.142) -
| although the numbers in the IP address usually change.....
|
| From another post, I used the idea of deleting the contents of
| C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution directory. This also didn't seem to work as
| the next time I connected, Windows downloaded the deleted directories and
| recreated them.
|
| Do you have any other ideas?
|
| Many thanks
| JG1
|
| "TaurArian" wrote:
|
| > Most likely it's Nortons Live Update that is downloading/searching for updates.
| > Check Nortons.
| >
| >
| >
| > "JG1" wrote:
| >
| > > Hi everyone
| > >
| > > I recently purchased a new computer which had Windows XP Media Centre
| > > Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 already installed.
| > >
| > > To prevent the Windows Updates from slowing my browsing speed, I set the
| > > Auto Updates to OFF. However, it continues to download updates. I have since
| > > gone into Control Panel - Admin Tools - System, and disabled the auto updates
| > > from the start up. But it continues to download updates!
| > >
| > > I can see this through Norton Internet Security as the connection appears
| > > whilst connected to the internet.......How can I stop the updates ?!?
| > >
| > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated !!!
| > >
| > > JG