Windows vista not automaticly downloading and installing updates

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GreatNate

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As many of you may know about 7 reccomended vista security updates were released today. Well I have windows update set to automaticly download and install updates. But I had to click on windows update- it said 7 updates need to be installed. WHAT THE HECK. Shouldent it have already done that? At least I got the updates
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
I wish someone would respond
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
posting error?????
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
Mine happened in exactly the same way and it is also set to do automatic updates. :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 5920gmi notebook
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.00GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800 x 4294967296 colors
    Internet Speed
    crawl
Of course your computer must be turned on to receive the updates. When you switch it off there is no access. As soon as you turn it back on it will check for updates automatically.:D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 5920gmi notebook
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.00GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800 x 4294967296 colors
    Internet Speed
    crawl
Well It finds the updates but it does not tell me about them or automaticly download and install them I have to do it myself manually
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
Same thing happened to me, except my windows update service stopped working and then asked to send info to M$. I tried to start update and the windows explorer crashed. Restarted PC and then ran update. found 1 optional update for gaming driver, applied this, ran find updates and it found a critical update, applied said update and the update service says no additional updates needed. I am somewhat disenchanted with the quality of the patches and updates the last few months. It seems that after a round of major patches that the system is usually a bit unstable for a few days. This is not the level of quality that I have been accustomed to over the years with M$.

To any Microsoft reps that read this - Come on guys....Lets put a little more effort into the patches and testing because at the end of the day this is just lousy customer service and before everyone flames me about M$ not being responsible for other products Microsoft is the one who touts their compatibility so lets not shift the blame to the loayal customers who chose to run Microsoft products. It is in M$ best interest to at least verify the compatibility with the major video, audio, etc products and drivers. No one says that all older products must work flawlessly but the current levels of Hardware and software drivers darn sure should.

:(
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Systemax N2000
    CPU
    Q6600 (G0 stepping)
    Motherboard
    XFX nForce 680i LT
    Memory
    4 X 2gb OCZ SLI-Ready PC-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual XFX GeForce 9800GT 512MB in SLI mode (Stock)
    Sound Card
    Integrated High Def audio 192 kHz/32-bit eight channel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 24" Septre widescreen, 2 17" Optiquest Q171b's
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x1200 Sceptre / 1280X1024 Optiquest's
    Hard Drives
    250GB 7200 RPM SATA II
    PSU
    Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1250W
    Case
    n2000
    Cooling
    Thermaltake bigwater 760is - Liquid cooling
    Keyboard
    MicroSoft wireless 6000 v2.0 keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft wireless laser Mouse 6000
    Internet Speed
    Wild blue -darn it 1.5mb down and 200k up 17gb p/month FAP
    Other Info
    Windows home server x86(1.5 Tb on 5 drives), Ubuntu 9.0.4 x86, vista x86 sp1, XP pro sp3 x86. SQLserver 2005, MySQL DB 5.0.
I have 1 optional sound update, I dont want it but should I apply it. because you said you had 1 optional update, downloaded it and then if found critical update should I?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
I don't know if it will help...but....you can always back the sound update out if you want to. I'm not sure it would hurt anything to leave it in. I'm just not sure what is going on with the updates but I plan to check on a regular basis until I see all updates downloaded and installed for at least 2 months without any intervention from me.

Let us know what happens for you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Systemax N2000
    CPU
    Q6600 (G0 stepping)
    Motherboard
    XFX nForce 680i LT
    Memory
    4 X 2gb OCZ SLI-Ready PC-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual XFX GeForce 9800GT 512MB in SLI mode (Stock)
    Sound Card
    Integrated High Def audio 192 kHz/32-bit eight channel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 24" Septre widescreen, 2 17" Optiquest Q171b's
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x1200 Sceptre / 1280X1024 Optiquest's
    Hard Drives
    250GB 7200 RPM SATA II
    PSU
    Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1250W
    Case
    n2000
    Cooling
    Thermaltake bigwater 760is - Liquid cooling
    Keyboard
    MicroSoft wireless 6000 v2.0 keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft wireless laser Mouse 6000
    Internet Speed
    Wild blue -darn it 1.5mb down and 200k up 17gb p/month FAP
    Other Info
    Windows home server x86(1.5 Tb on 5 drives), Ubuntu 9.0.4 x86, vista x86 sp1, XP pro sp3 x86. SQLserver 2005, MySQL DB 5.0.
At least we can get the updates
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq SR5612f
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    N-Vidia GeForce 6150 SE
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq W17Q
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