Re: Win Update Alert - OK - Disappears til later

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Gis Bun wrote:
You can always go to the Windows Update site and download the updates. No sense in putting off the security updates.

There's one good reason not to go to the Windows Update and that is that there is spyware waiting for you there in the form of WGA.

Alias

"Craig S" wrote:

Thank you. It's easier to live with something if you know there's no fix for various quirks.

"Alias" wrote:

Craig S wrote:
XP SP3 --- More than not Windows' Auto-Update Alert symbol appears in my System Tray, I clk OK to DnLoad, and then the Alert disappears til a later time - often when I've pursued Updates manually - which then conflicts with the original Update effort that seems to reappear.

Is this common and / or is their a fix for this? Thanks!
It's common and no fix has been made available that I know of. Having patience is the only thing that works. I'm waiting on the yellow shield to reappear as I type this ;-)

Alias

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