Windows auto update service

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Travlyt wrote:

> I would like to install some select updates but I'm always prompted to
> install windows auto update which I don't want because of some unbelievable
> problems I've had with it in the past.Buy problems I mean...it totally
> screwed up my system several times until I got rid of it per recommondation
> of several pc techs.Not to mention all the similar nightmare stories I'v
> heard from other auto update users.I have a 64 bit sys.w/xp home, but not XP
> 64 bit.
> Also, have they worked out all the bugs in service pack 2 and will it cause
> any problems not having it?Specifically crashing in games or other programs.
>
> Thanks for any info, Terry B.

Not sure what your question is about updates. With respect to SP2 it
hasn't changed since it first came out.

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