XP SP2 is set to download and install high priority updates automatically. I
usually get the "shield" icon in SysTray telling me it's downloading, showing
status, and asking if I'm ready to install. I don't recall any other details
from that icon.

But now IE7 is being foisted on me as a "critical" update. I don't want to
go to it yet. I'm hearing too much about bugs. If I do a manual Windows
Update I have no problem avoiding it.

But what will the automatic updates behavior do here? Does it in fact give
me a summary of the updates it's going to install and let me choose to accept
or decline, or is it just going to end up installing IE7 if I keep it enabled?

Chigongman wrote:
> XP SP2 is set to download and install high priority updates
> automatically. I usually get the "shield" icon in SysTray telling
> me it's downloading, showing status, and asking if I'm ready to
> install. I don't recall any other details from that icon.
>
> But now IE7 is being foisted on me as a "critical" update. I don't
> want to go to it yet. I'm hearing too much about bugs. If I do a
> manual Windows Update I have no problem avoiding it.
>
> But what will the automatic updates behavior do here? Does it in
> fact give me a summary of the updates it's going to install and let
> me choose to accept or decline, or is it just going to end up
> installing IE7 if I keep it enabled?

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Example results from a search containing:
"internet explorer 7" and automatic updates

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/upd...ouncement.mspx

Where it states, "... Automatic Updates will only offer Internet Explorer 7
to users with local administrator accounts. Automatic Updates will notify
all such users (including those with Automatic Updates configured to
automatically download and install updates) when Internet Explorer 7 has
been downloaded and is ready to install. The notification and installation
process will not start unless and until a user who is a local administrator
logs on to the machine. Users who are not local administrators will not be
prompted to install the update and will thus continue using Internet
Explorer 6 ..."

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

you can use the "IE 7 blocker tool" from Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

HTH,
_Edwin.




"Chigongman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:AEF2C73D-ED11-4A31-899C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> XP SP2 is set to download and install high priority updates automatically.
I
> usually get the "shield" icon in SysTray telling me it's downloading,
showing
> status, and asking if I'm ready to install. I don't recall any other
details
> from that icon.
>
> But now IE7 is being foisted on me as a "critical" update. I don't want to
> go to it yet. I'm hearing too much about bugs. If I do a manual Windows
> Update I have no problem avoiding it.
>
> But what will the automatic updates behavior do here? Does it in fact give
> me a summary of the updates it's going to install and let me choose to
accept
> or decline, or is it just going to end up installing IE7 if I keep it
enabled?
>
>
>
>

Chigongman wrote:
> XP SP2 is set to download and install high priority updates
> automatically. I usually get the "shield" icon in SysTray telling
> me it's downloading, showing status, and asking if I'm ready to
> install. I don't recall any other details from that icon.
>
> But now IE7 is being foisted on me as a "critical" update. I don't
> want to go to it yet. I'm hearing too much about bugs. If I do a
> manual Windows Update I have no problem avoiding it.
>
> But what will the automatic updates behavior do here? Does it in
> fact give me a summary of the updates it's going to install and
> let me choose to accept or decline, or is it just going to end up
> installing IE7 if I keep it enabled?

Edwin vMierlo wrote:
> you can use the "IE 7 blocker tool" from Microsoft
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Not sure why a single user would need the Internet Explorer 7 Blocker
Toolkit.
Seems overkill.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

True, however it works though ...



"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Chigongman wrote:
> > XP SP2 is set to download and install high priority updates
> > automatically. I usually get the "shield" icon in SysTray telling
> > me it's downloading, showing status, and asking if I'm ready to
> > install. I don't recall any other details from that icon.
> >
> > But now IE7 is being foisted on me as a "critical" update. I don't
> > want to go to it yet. I'm hearing too much about bugs. If I do a
> > manual Windows Update I have no problem avoiding it.
> >
> > But what will the automatic updates behavior do here? Does it in
> > fact give me a summary of the updates it's going to install and
> > let me choose to accept or decline, or is it just going to end up
> > installing IE7 if I keep it enabled?
>
> Edwin vMierlo wrote:
> > you can use the "IE 7 blocker tool" from Microsoft
> >
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Not sure why a single user would need the Internet Explorer 7 Blocker
> Toolkit.
> Seems overkill.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>

Seems the automatic update will give you the choice of installing or not
installing:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/upd...ouncement.mspx

"If a user selects “Don’t Install”: The notification process will not
re-prompt the user to install at a later time; however, any user who is a
local administrator will be able to install Internet Explorer 7 at any time
as an optional update from the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites or
from the Microsoft Download Center."

BTW, a useful blog is at: http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html





"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Chigongman wrote:
> > XP SP2 is set to download and install high priority updates
> > automatically. I usually get the "shield" icon in SysTray telling
> > me it's downloading, showing status, and asking if I'm ready to
> > install. I don't recall any other details from that icon.
> >
> > But now IE7 is being foisted on me as a "critical" update. I don't
> > want to go to it yet. I'm hearing too much about bugs. If I do a
> > manual Windows Update I have no problem avoiding it.
> >
> > But what will the automatic updates behavior do here? Does it in
> > fact give me a summary of the updates it's going to install and
> > let me choose to accept or decline, or is it just going to end up
> > installing IE7 if I keep it enabled?
>
> Edwin vMierlo wrote:
> > you can use the "IE 7 blocker tool" from Microsoft
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Not sure why a single user would need the Internet Explorer 7 Blocker
> Toolkit.
> Seems overkill.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>