pick and choose updates. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize () I have my updates set up to download automatically and install when I tell it to, except that it wants to install the updates it has downloaded right before it shuts...

pc (with xp pro updates) and also reading forums on the amount of people having problems after updates, I wonder is it worth using ms updates? I know you can pick and choose which updates to put on pc but of course you don't know which ones may cause...

choosing the custom install, you should be able to pick&choose which updates you know won't booger your machine. Can't you go to Start - Settings - Control Panel - System Click the Automatic Update Tab and choose to turn it off? Best, Treeman -- Treeman...

use the space on an older >>laptop, but I don't want to have to reinstall all the updates the >>next time I check Windows Update. >>>> Hotfixes are the updates (security and other) that you've been installing. > If you delete them you will put...

well. It only took a small amount of recofiguring and such. Darkrats, I warned you to update through Windows Update and not blaze your own trail and pick and choose your own updates and see I told you so this is the consequence(s) that are a result of your...

maybe a 3rd for advanced servers (more than X # of physical processors or something). $100 or $150 for a client license, and you get to use Windows Update free for 4 years. After that, your license runs out and you can buy a new one for further updates. Changes...

download an update will give you a better chance of a clean install. But as NotMe said, I would definitely get any critical updates. The others you can pick and choose. I have quite a few hidden, because the don't apply to my machine. -- Bruce...

Software Firewalls. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin () I have Windows XP Pro SP2 and I tried to install ZoneAlarm Pro, but my computer would not boot, so I am wondering if there is a firewall out there that is compatible...

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