scheduling updates

OS XP Pro. Internet - dial-up. Cable 20 mi away. DSL 20 miles away. How
do I schedule updates so they don't drive me crazy with little baloons
telling me my computer is in danger or if I have automatic update, it
downloads while I am trying to do other online activity driving the speed to
zero. Setting the schedule in the update window seems to do nothing. Faster
network not an option unless I put out the big bucks for a satalite system.
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Orvis

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How to configure and use Automatic Updates in WinXP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525

Select the Notify Only option.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Orvis wrote:
> OS XP Pro. Internet - dial-up. Cable 20 mi away. DSL 20 miles away.
> How
> do I schedule updates so they don't drive me crazy with little baloons
> telling me my computer is in danger or if I have automatic update, it
> downloads while I am trying to do other online activity driving the speed
> to
> zero. Setting the schedule in the update window seems to do nothing.
> Faster network not an option unless I put out the big bucks for a satalite
> system.

Thank you Pappa Bear for your input. However this does not solve my problem.
First, I live 20 miles from the nearest town with cable so I cant get cable
or a cable modem this far out. Same for the DSL line. ONLY reasonable
choice is dial up. Right now it’s running at 26.4 kbps. Right now that’s a
download rate of 891 bps. That is because automatic update is using the rest
to download the latest updates. If I set it to the recommended mode
(automatic), it is always downloading whenever I am connected to the
internet. I set the schedule but it ignores it. It looks like my only
option is to set the choice to download and install only when I tell it. It
would be so much better if the scheduler worked. Thank you for your help.
--
Orvis


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> [It took 48 hours for your post to show up here.]
>
> How to configure and use Automatic Updates in WinXP:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
>
> Select the Notify Only option.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> Orvis wrote:
> > OS XP Pro. Internet - dial-up. Cable 20 mi away. DSL 20 miles away.
> > How
> > do I schedule updates so they don't drive me crazy with little baloons
> > telling me my computer is in danger or if I have automatic update, it
> > downloads while I am trying to do other online activity driving the speed
> > to
> > zero. Setting the schedule in the update window seems to do nothing.
> > Faster network not an option unless I put out the big bucks for a satalite
> > system.
>
>

Repost:
>> Select the Notify Only option (not the Automatic option).

With Notify Only selected, you will have to approve which updates are
downloaded (approving the download will usually start the download process).
Once the installers have downloaded, you will then have to approve which
updates to install (approving the install will start the installation
process so be ready to reboot, if necessary).

[If the humongous KB951847 update is what's downloading, you *may* not need
it.]

PS: It's "PA Bear" (PA, as in Pennsylvania)

Orvis wrote:
> Thank you Pappa Bear for your input. However this does not solve my
> problem. First, I live 20 miles from the nearest town with cable so I cant
> get cable or a cable modem this far out. Same for the DSL line. ONLY
> reasonable choice is dial up. Right now it’s running at 26.4 kbps. Right
> now that’s a download rate of 891 bps. That is because automatic update
> is
> using the rest to download the latest updates. If I set it to the
> recommended mode (automatic), it is always downloading whenever I am
> connected to the internet. I set the schedule but it ignores it. It
> looks
> like my only option is to set the choice to download and install only when
> I tell it. It would be so much better if the scheduler worked. Thank you
> for your help.
>
>> [It took 48 hours for your post to show up here.]
>>
>> How to configure and use Automatic Updates in WinXP:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
>>
>> Select the Notify Only option.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> Orvis wrote:
>>> OS XP Pro. Internet - dial-up. Cable 20 mi away. DSL 20 miles away.
>>> How
>>> do I schedule updates so they don't drive me crazy with little baloons
>>> telling me my computer is in danger or if I have automatic update, it
>>> downloads while I am trying to do other online activity driving the
>>> speed
>>> to
>>> zero. Setting the schedule in the update window seems to do nothing.
>>> Faster network not an option unless I put out the big bucks for a
>>> satalite
>>> system.

Orvis wrote:

> Thank you Pappa Bear for your input. However this does not solve my problem.
> First, I live 20 miles from the nearest town with cable so I cant get cable
> or a cable modem this far out. Same for the DSL line. ONLY reasonable
> choice is dial up. Right now it’s running at 26.4 kbps. Right now that’s a
> download rate of 891 bps. That is because automatic update is using the rest
> to download the latest updates. If I set it to the recommended mode
> (automatic), it is always downloading whenever I am connected to the
> internet. I set the schedule but it ignores it. It looks like my only
> option is to set the choice to download and install only when I tell it. It
> would be so much better if the scheduler worked. Thank you for your help.

The scheduler, by design, controls when updates are *installed* rather than when
they are *downloaded*.

Harry.

Ooook. That's what I was afraid of. Thank you fellows for the information.
Regards,

--
Orvis


"Harry Johnston [MVP]" wrote:

> Orvis wrote:
>
> > Thank you Pappa Bear for your input. However this does not solve my problem.
> > First, I live 20 miles from the nearest town with cable so I cant get cable
> > or a cable modem this far out. Same for the DSL line. ONLY reasonable
> > choice is dial up. Right now it’s running at 26.4 kbps. Right now that’s a
> > download rate of 891 bps. That is because automatic update is using the rest
> > to download the latest updates. If I set it to the recommended mode
> > (automatic), it is always downloading whenever I am connected to the
> > internet. I set the schedule but it ignores it. It looks like my only
> > option is to set the choice to download and install only when I tell it. It
> > would be so much better if the scheduler worked. Thank you for your help.
>
> The scheduler, by design, controls when updates are *installed* rather than when
> they are *downloaded*.
>
> Harry.
>

"Orvis" <> wrote in message news:1A89273B-B2C4-4AC1-B2E9-...
> OS XP Pro. Internet - dial-up. Cable 20 mi away. DSL 20 miles away. How
> do I schedule updates so they don't drive me crazy with little baloons
> telling me my computer is in danger

> or if I have automatic update, it downloads while I am
> trying to do other online activity driving the speed to zero.


If you are doing automatic downloads while you are online
you can still control them. Use right-click Suspend for one.
That's probably an easy equivalent to issuing a suspend
command using bitsadmin in a cmd window. At worst
you could stop and if necessary disable the BITS service
temporarily. The only problem you have then is being
responsible for undoing such blocks and managing them
appropriately.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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> Setting the schedule in the update window seems to do nothing. Faster
> network not an option unless I put out the big bucks for a satalite system.
> --
> Orvis