Re: Windows Updates
From: Old Bob (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/12/05
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:18:27 -0800
Thank you for all your help--I can maybe sleep tonight..
>-----Original Message-----
>Old Bob wrote:
>
>> I removed the task in the task scheduler and set the
>> updates in the contol Panel-auto updates to occur at
>> 5PM.. no update as of 5:10 so I did them manually,
after
>> all 10 updates were downloaded and the install began,
the
>> auto update icon in the tray appeared and said I had
>> updates available. Being confused, I clicked on the
icon
>> and said to download them but that screen went away and
>> the (what I think) the original manual screen continued
>> the installation. Do you think I had the schedule for
>> once a day in the control panel but a varied time in
the
>> task manager confused the issue and removing one solved
>> the problem. I guess I will never know until there are
>> more updates. Is this description of being from
>> Microsoft in the search for wupdmgr.exe the reason you
>> are confident this particular file is ligit and not
>> malware?
>
>Just set your computer to automatically download the
updates and inform
>you when they're ready instead of setting a time. See if
that works.
>
>Yes, since your wupdmgr.exe is from MS and you have a
current version AV
>in force, you are probably fine. It never hurts to scan
regularly with
>Ad-aware and Spybot Search & Destroy (both free, get
them from
>www.majorgeeks.com), either.
>
>Malke
>--
>MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
>Elephant Boy Computers
>www.elephantboycomputers.com
>"Don't Panic"
>.
>
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