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From: Daave on 30 Nov 2009 17:54
Jose wrote:
> On Nov 30, 5:03 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bob Newman wrote:
>>> My computer is constantly interrupting me with automatic updates.
>>> How do I turn this feature off? I can do itmanually.
>>
> indows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
>>
>> Which has a section titled, "Turn off Automatic Updates"...
>>
>> Which states:
>> "If you want to turn off the automatic updates, follow these steps:
>> Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then press ENTER.
>> Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click to select Turn off
>> Automatic Updates.
>> Click OK."
>>
>> Come back, reply to this message... Let everyone know if it helped!

> Won't that just replace one annoying message with another annoying
> message that Automatic Updates is turned off?

Not if you do it correctly. ;-)


From: Shenan Stanley on 30 Nov 2009 17:58
Bob Newman wrote:
> My computer is constantly interrupting me with automatic updates. How do I
> turn this feature off? I can do itmanually.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> "Constantly"? Are you over-stating or is there a problem with your
> computer and some update is repeating over and over? (You can tell
> by noting the KB###### of the updates being installed.)
>
> Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
> information on problems you may be having and solutions others have
> found:
>
> Search using Google!
> http://www.google.com/
> (How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )
>
> Using only your words and where you posted...
>
> Turn off auto-update Windows XP
> http://www.google.com/search?q=Turn+off+auto-update+Windows+XP
>
> Which will lead you to:
> How to configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
>
> Which has a section titled, "Turn off Automatic Updates"...
>
> Which states:
> "If you want to turn off the automatic updates, follow these steps:
> Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then press ENTER.
> Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click to select Turn off
> Automatic Updates.
> Click OK."
>
> Come back, reply to this message... Let everyone know if it helped!

Jose wrote:
> Won't that just replace one annoying message with another annoying
> message that Automatic Updates is turned off?

No. Not if you change the way Security Center alerts you (and also - I
don't recall the Security Center constantly bugging you other than the red
shield sitting there.)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_disablescalerts.mspx

One question at a time. ;-)

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


From: ANONYMOUS on 30 Nov 2009 18:12
By changing the systems date/time. You are already on 1st December 2009
while the rest of us are still on 30th Nov 2009 even after adjusting for
the time difference. The idiot by the name of John John won't like it
because his knowledge of time zones is virtually zilt!



Bob Newman wrote:

>How do I turn this feature off? I can do itmanually.
>
>
>
>
>
From: SC Tom on 30 Nov 2009 18:58
Maybe he's in Japan, or thereabouts? I think that would be right. Then
again, maybe not.


"ANONYMOUS" <ANONYMOUS(a)EXAMPLE.COM> wrote in message
news:O8k2PKhcKHA.4708(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> By changing the systems date/time. You are already on 1st December 2009
> while the rest of us are still on 30th Nov 2009 even after adjusting for
> the time difference. The idiot by the name of John John won't like it
> because his knowledge of time zones is virtually zilt!
>
>
>
> Bob Newman wrote:
>
>>How do I turn this feature off? I can do itmanually.
>>
>>
>>
>>

From: Jose on 30 Nov 2009 19:36
On Nov 30, 5:58 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Bob Newman wrote:
> > My computer is constantly interrupting me with automatic updates. How do I
> > turn this feature off?  I can do itmanually.
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > "Constantly"?  Are you over-stating or is there a problem with your
> > computer and some update is repeating over and over?  (You can tell
> > by noting the KB###### of the updates being installed.)
>
> > Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
> > information on problems you may be having and solutions others have
> > found:
>
> > Search using Google!
> >http://www.google.com/
> > (How-to:http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html)
>
> > Using only your words and where you posted...
>
> > Turn off auto-update Windows XP
> >http://www.google.com/search?q=Turn+off+auto-update+Windows+XP
>
> > Which will lead you to:
> > How to configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP
> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
>
> > Which has a section titled, "Turn off Automatic Updates"...
>
> > Which states:
> > "If you want to turn off the automatic updates, follow these steps:
> > Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then press ENTER.
> > Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click to select Turn off
> > Automatic Updates.
> > Click OK."
>
> > Come back, reply to this message... Let everyone know if it helped!
> Jose wrote:
> > Won't that just replace one annoying message with another annoying
> > message that Automatic Updates is turned off?
>
> No.  Not if you change the way Security Center alerts you (and also - I
> don't recall the Security Center constantly bugging you other than the red
> shield sitting there.)
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_disabl...
>
> One question at a time.  ;-)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
>      MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

As soon as you disable it, you will get the message and the shield.

The red shield itself is annoying and something "new" that some folks
will not understand and find undesirable, generating additional Q&A.
The article doesn't warn you about the message or the new shield in
your Notification area.

Why stimulate needless back and forth Q&A with yet another link when
the next question is predictable.

It is +13 hours from EST to Japan (Okinawa) :)... I should not need
to know that.
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