Re: Microsoft Update

You don't have to do anything. It's just an information notation that if
you don't have SP1 or SP2, automatic update won't work.

Tom
"Octavio" <octaven@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Thanks, I installed it after reading your comment below.
| There is now under an "i" a note saying: "Window XP users - new security
| updates are now available for SP1 and S2 only"
| Is this one automatic and I don't have to do anything abo9ut it, or do I
| have to mmanually install it by clicking it, etc? (The contents of what I
| clicked seems complicated, do I installa it manually, or it is installed
| with the automatic updates?)
|
|
| "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Its free, and in addition to supporting Windows, it will also support
Office
| 2003 and some other MS products. Handy to keep up on all the critical
| updates for several applications/platforms.
|
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| Display\Security
| Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
| http://www.dougknox.com
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| "Octavio" <octaven@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| >I note that my Windows Update window now has an area with a new
"Micrososft
| > Update" and is sort of tryng to get me to get it, and upon opening the
| > window it says that it updates also Office, etc., it says "Try Microsoft
| > Update today" (but I never went further)
| > Is this a free software, or one that I will eventually have to pay after
a
| > trial period?
| > Please advose.
| >
| >
| >
|
|


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