"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Kathandbrian" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:ddb1e9903079f45d3fdb3d2e29ecf7ca@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote:
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>> I seem unable to get my PC to download and install MS updates
>> automatically. My system is set to download and install automatically,
>> all the required Services are showing automatic and are running.
>> Windows Defender is updated automatically. Each month I check manually
>> in Contgrol Panel/Windows Updates and I see that there are updates to
>> download and install. I am having to manually carry out this action.
>> They are all then downloaded and installed correctly. Any help would be
>> appreciated please.
>>
>> I have Windows Vista Home Premium, 2GB RAM, Avast AntiVirus and use
>> Windows Firewall with Vista Firewall Control.
>>
>>
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>> Kathandbrian
>
>
> Setting "Automatic Updates" to be fully automatic is a BAD, BAD, BAD
> idea!!!!
> Set them this way:
> Select the radio button beside "Download updates but let me choose whether
> to install them."
> That way, if an update will break something on your machine, it will not
> be installed without your intervention.
> IF there are updates, the Windows Update icon will show up in your
> Notification Area (System Tray) and allow you to CHOOSE the updates you
> actually want, and reject the ones you don't want.
>
> Believe me, you DON'T want Windows Update automatically installing every
> update which is supposedly for your machine, especially hardware updates,
> which CAN EASILY break your System.
>
> Keep current in these newsgroups if one shows up which breaks systems.
> The updates aren't coming on your schedule, but Microsoft's schedule.
> JUST WAIT a little longer, and they will be delivered automatically.
>
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>
> Donald L McDaniel
> Please reply to the original thread and Newsgroup
> ===================================== I've always wondered about this "don't do it" approach. Always allowed the
automatic updates through the entire time I had XP, and never had a problem.
Now allow them under Vista; same thing. Perhaps if a person tweaks their
machine, it's a bad idea, but for those of us who are running 'standard'
equipment, the automatic approach doesn't seem to create problems. (Not a
neophyte; got my first computer in 83; took my first computer lessons in
72.)
LesleyO