Problem with that damn Windows update

From: Citizen_Cain (noemailhere_at_probablynotmebutmystalker.invalid)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:52:57 -0400

I'm using Microsoft XP Home Edition, NetVista platform. Anyhow, for the
last two days the damn Windows icon to the right of the task bar keeps
showing up and disappearing at random. The last time I browsed over it, it
said 37% downloading. My question is, how do I find out what it's
downloading and how do I stop it from occurring? I want the system to check
for updates and tell me when they are ready to install so *I* can choose
when to make up for Microsoft's pathetic crap, not when my *computer* or
*Microsoft* wants to.

I *think* it's trying to download the XP Pro 75 MB package or whatever it
is. I've already disabled the auto-update in the control panel by telling
it to inform me about updates and let me decide when to fix them. But I need
to know how to stop this damn XP system from trying to do it itself? It
lags the HELL out of my computer whenever it does that, and I want it
stopped ASAP.

I'm pretty sure that it's not that I actually NEED updates, because last
night I spent over three hours downloading what it told me I allegedly
needed from the windowsupdate website at Microsoft.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Software Update Services (SUS) - SA Edition
    ... And she has contacted several people at Microsoft ... >>> downloading or the appropriate CD? ... >>> "SUS is available in two versions. ... >>> system critical updates and security rollup packages ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: Software Update Services (SUS) - SA Edition
    ... And she has contacted several people at Microsoft ... >> downloading or the appropriate CD? ... >> "SUS is available in two versions. ... >> system critical updates and security rollup packages ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Problem with that damn Windows update
    ... I'm using Microsoft XP Home Edition, ... last two days the damn Windows icon to the right of the task bar keeps ... downloading and how do I stop it from occurring? ... it to inform me about updates and let me decide when to fix them. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Does this make sense to anyone?
    ... It claims that his security needs updating and that it will take 4 hours ( ... The computer normally updates XP automatically as it also does to AVG 7.5 ... as Microsoft did issue quite a few patches this last go-round. ... isn't all that unusual when downloading a lot of hotfixes on dial-up. ...
    (alt.comp.anti-virus)
  • Re: Problem with that damn Windows update
    ... > the last two days the damn Windows icon to the right of the task bar ... > over it, it said 37% downloading. ... > system to check for updates and tell me when they are ready to ... > allegedly needed from the windowsupdate website at Microsoft. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
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