"Ray Martin" <me@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>I got an update for Excel 2003 this morning. I have Auto Update set to DL
>any updates as they become available then ask me when to install them. I
>noticed the little yellow shield in the system tray and when I placed the
>cursor over it it said that there was an update waiting to install. I was
>busy with something else at the time so I left it. When I had finished what
>I had to do - about an hour later - I noticed that the shield had
>disappeared. Upon checking with Microsoft Update I found that the update had
>installed itself!
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>I haven't changed any of my Update settings - is this another of OneCare's
>'background' changes that it makes without telling anyone?
>
>Ray Martin
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Yes. OneCare *requires* that AU be set to download and install or download and
install at a scheduled time. If you set it to anything else, it will place you
in "at risk" state and then change the setting itself.
-steve
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Stephen Boots
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