Mandatory Auto Update

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I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on. I
normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?

 

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Turn it on back, and schedule how you would like your updates downloaded and
installed. Trust me, its worth it.

Andre
"hachoo_wilzer" <hachoowilzer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
> because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
> afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
> when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on.
> I
> normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
> Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
> the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?

 

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"Andre Da Costa" wrote:

> Turn it on back, and schedule how you would like your updates downloaded and
> installed. Trust me, its worth it.
>
> Andre
> "hachoo_wilzer" <hachoowilzer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:14129866-714D-4CF1-A0BC-E8338FC378D2@microsoft.com...
> >I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
> > because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
> > afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
> > when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on.
> > I
> > normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
> > Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
> > the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?
>
>
>

 

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"Andre Da Costa" wrote:

> Turn it on back, and schedule how you would like your updates downloaded and
> installed. Trust me, its worth it.
>
> Andre
> "hachoo_wilzer" <hachoowilzer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:14129866-714D-4CF1-A0BC-E8338FC378D2@microsoft.com...
> >I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
> > because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
> > afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
> > when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on.
> > I
> > normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
> > Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
> > the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?
>
>
> Thank you for replying, but your answer dosen't answer my question, and sounds like it came from the MS manifesto. I suppose I'll have to look elsewhere for an answer.

 

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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 08:59:02 -0700, hachoo_wilzer wrote:

> I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
> because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
> afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
> when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on. I
> normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
> Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
> the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?

I run with AutoUpdates off and have no problem running manual checks at the
Update site. I do not try to setup the page so that launching it also
starts the scan for updates. Instead I click the desired link (Automatic or
Custom) to initiate the scan.

There is a newsgroup for Windows Update. Follow the troubleshooting links
and it will lead you to them.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

 

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Called 'microsoft.public.windowsupdate', funnily enough.

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 08:59:02 -0700, hachoo_wilzer wrote:
>
>> I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
>> because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
>> afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
>> when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on.
>> I
>> normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
>> Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
>> the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?
>
> I run with AutoUpdates off and have no problem running manual checks at
> the
> Update site. I do not try to setup the page so that launching it also
> starts the scan for updates. Instead I click the desired link (Automatic
> or
> Custom) to initiate the scan.
>
> There is a newsgroup for Windows Update. Follow the troubleshooting links
> and it will lead you to them.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User