Disabled Updates

Though Auto Updates was set to 'notify', when I finally disabled Automatic
Updates in services.msc, XP quit locking up several times per day. Sure nice
being able to use my computer again.

If disabling the AU service resulted in the machine not locking up anymore,
something else is very wrong with your machine.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net; DTS-L http://dts-l.org/

iPC wrote:
> Though Auto Updates was set to 'notify', when I finally disabled Automatic
> Updates in services.msc, XP quit locking up several times per day. Sure
> nice
> being able to use my computer again.

Machine's working great now. Maybe it has more to do with MS nonsense:

September 13th, 2007
Confirmation of stealth Windows Update

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=779


"PA Bear" <> wrote in message
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> If disabling the AU service resulted in the machine not locking up
> anymore, something else is very wrong with your machine.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net; DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>
> iPC wrote:
>> Though Auto Updates was set to 'notify', when I finally disabled
>> Automatic
>> Updates in services.msc, XP quit locking up several times per day. Sure
>> nice
>> being able to use my computer again.
>
>

Here is Microsoft's explanation -- and Mea Culpa -- from one of its techies:

http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/...p-to-date.aspx

Alan


"iPC" <> wrote in message
news:uhhX$...
> Machine's working great now. Maybe it has more to do with MS nonsense:
>
> September 13th, 2007
> Confirmation of stealth Windows Update
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=779
>
>
> "PA Bear" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> If disabling the AU service resulted in the machine not locking up
>> anymore, something else is very wrong with your machine.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net; DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>>
>> iPC wrote:
>>> Though Auto Updates was set to 'notify', when I finally disabled
>>> Automatic
>>> Updates in services.msc, XP quit locking up several times per day. Sure
>>> nice
>>> being able to use my computer again.
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks, Alan.

Gotta agree with many discomfited comments on the page. I maintain a couple
dozen computers for 'senior users' and unexpected changes are needlessly
upsetting for them. Finally convinced a Mac user that MS doesn't support IE
anymore on her computer and that's why she can't check her Hotmail. Got
FireFox installed and now she's rockin' hot again. But she doesn't
understand Browser Wars. And most senior Windows users won't understand
stealth upgrades either. I sure don't. Might pack around a USB-bootable
Linux and get them all used to that instead. Argh.


"Alan" <> wrote in message
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> Here is Microsoft's explanation -- and Mea Culpa -- from one of its
> techies:
>
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/...p-to-date.aspx
>
> Alan
>
>
> "iPC" <> wrote in message
> news:uhhX$...
>> Machine's working great now. Maybe it has more to do with MS nonsense:
>>
>> September 13th, 2007
>> Confirmation of stealth Windows Update
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=779
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> If disabling the AU service resulted in the machine not locking up
>>> anymore, something else is very wrong with your machine.
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) since 2002
>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net; DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>>>
>>> iPC wrote:
>>>> Though Auto Updates was set to 'notify', when I finally disabled
>>>> Automatic
>>>> Updates in services.msc, XP quit locking up several times per day. Sure
>>>> nice
>>>> being able to use my computer again.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

My situation is that I normally run an alternative OS, and only run Win-XP a
few minutes a month just to keep things updated and secure. But after reading
several articles similar to the one at zdnet, I'm a bit concerned.

I have my Win-XP WU set to notify only, and according to the article at
http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/...p-to-date.aspx

Ok, all well and good, but since I only run Win-XP such a short time, how
can I verify that I let it run long enough that WU would be updated, and that
I'm fully patched?

Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks.

Well, if you want to ensure that you have ALL updates, go to the Windows
Update page at
http://www.update.microsoft.com/wind....aspx?ln=en-us

You can then manually check for -- and select -- the updates you want by
clicking the Custom radio button.

Alan

"azca" <> wrote in message
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> My situation is that I normally run an alternative OS, and only run Win-XP
> a
> few minutes a month just to keep things updated and secure. But after
> reading
> several articles similar to the one at zdnet, I'm a bit concerned.
>
> I have my Win-XP WU set to notify only, and according to the article at:
> http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/...p-to-date.aspx
>
>

Quote:

> Before closing, I would like to address another misconception that I have > seen publically reported. WU does not automatically update itself when > Automatic Updates is turned off, this only happens when the customer is > using WU to automatically install upgrades or to be notified of > updates. >

>
> Ok, all well and good, but since I only run Win-XP such a short time, how
> can I verify that I let it run long enough that WU would be updated, and
> that
> I'm fully patched?
>
> Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks.
>