Greetings Lucy,
Yes, the WindowsUpdates feature has nothing to do with Windows Messenger.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"Lucy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If you disable your windows messenger, are you still able to get your automatic updates
from Microsoft?