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Snow White
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      10-18-2005
I've been a learn on my own user. Has anyone noticed if when you go into
the control panel-click on add remove programs--and look at the bottom that
shows updates that they see the following ? I use auto updates and I noticed
that the udates downloaded on 8-12-2005 and then not again till 10-13-2005 ?
Wonder if there were no updates even in september.


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Michael Jennings
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      10-18-2005
The only update posted in September was the malice remover.
They gave everybody a break - no updates that month.

"Snow White" <> wrote in message
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> I've been a learn on my own user. Has anyone noticed if when you go into
> the control panel-click on add remove programs--and look at the bottom
> that
> shows updates that they see the following ? I use auto updates and I
> noticed
> that the updates downloaded on 8-12-2005 and then not again till
> 10-13-2005 ?
> Wonder if there were no updates even in September.
>
>
> --
> Snow White



 
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oknowhi
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      10-18-2005
You can always go to the Update Catalog (link below) and just just check "by
date" and see what is new.

I have found during this past year that many of the updates coming in on the
Auto Update site give problems. Either downloading or installing or giving
error messages or screwing something up on my computer.

So I have generally taken to seeing which ones are there to be updated and
then finding them either on a MS download site or go to the MS Updates
catalog http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp and get
them from there.

Another trick that works for me is to download and SAVE them first to a
folder I keep them in and then Install them one by one later. Many folks
claim you should also keep your AV off while installing and /or downloading
them.

Most of these problems started when MS offered Microsoft Updates instead of
only Windows Updates. I, in fact then disabled Microsoft Updates and only use
Windows Updates and go to Office Updates to get them seperately. My Windows
Update site works fine now but as I said often things screw up in the process
of DL and Installing the updates so I use the procedure discribved above.


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Dan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin


"Snow White" wrote:

> I've been a learn on my own user. Has anyone noticed if when you go into
> the control panel-click on add remove programs--and look at the bottom that
> shows updates that they see the following ? I use auto updates and I noticed
> that the udates downloaded on 8-12-2005 and then not again till 10-13-2005 ?
> Wonder if there were no updates even in september.
>
>
> --
> Snow White

 
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