Re: Running Windows Update


Robin - thanks for your persistence (and patience)...

I have:

"Automatically download updates for my computer
Every day
at 07:00"

Please note that I am not always online at 07:00. I do not have ADSL. I
typically logon to Internet then send/ receive/ disconnect through Outlook
Express. Sometimes I am only logged on for about 15 minutes. Sometimes it's
all over before 07:00 and sometimes it's after 07:00.

Does this affect the automatic update scheduling?

Ideally, I want Windows/ Norton/ etc to go looking for updates the moment
they know I've gone online. I thought that these programs "detected" online
status.

When you ask "What happens if you send Internet Explorer to Windows
Updates?" - if I go online and ask for Windows (or Norton) updates (there are
often fresh ones there) it goes and gets them and installs them without a
problem - it's getting the pc to go and do it itself...

Thanks for any thoughts. N


"Nook" wrote:


Hi Robin. I am getting confused between XP "Services" and "Scheduled tasks".

I am having problems getting Windows/Norton/etc live updates to run
automatically - hence I have been trying to manually add them!

I can't find them in "Services" so I tried adding
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\wupdmgr.exe" and
"C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUALL.EXE" respectively to get live updates.

I was expecting both Windows and Norton to update automatically after they
were initially installed, but this is not happening. Norton thinks it may be
a "corrupted user account" issue (not sure why!).

I logon as an administrator always (I am only user of the pc) - the default
administrator is then hidden.

Would appreciate any guidance you can give.

"Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:

Nook <Nook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In my scheduled tasks I have added Windows and LiveUpdate (Norton).

There is no need to add anything for Windows Update to Scheduled Tasks (what
did you add, anyway?)

There is also no need to add LiveUpdate to Scheduled Tasks - Live Update
looks after itself.

You might be adding confusion by trying to add things to Scheduled Tasks.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
rdhw@xxxxxxxxx



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