auto update

[Guest]

Help....I am running Windows XP Home Edition with service pack 2
installed....yesterday the auto update came on & wanted me to download an
update for 'Office' it was going to take me nearly 3 hours & I went to click
cancel but just as did my dog jumped up & I clicked download by
mistake....now the little yellow icon keeps coming on saying
'downloading'...Is there any way I can stop it.

 

[Guest]

Usually you can right click on that icon and view downloading process, which
may have a cancel button. I take it that you must have a phone line
connection and have not done any updates in a while for an update to take 3
hours. Anyhow one way and the worst way to stop a download is to power off
the system. Then go to the Start menu and locate Windows Update. Let that
load up and choose custom to check your system for updates needed. This will
allow you to pick and choose how many updates you want to do at a time. Just
read about the non critical updates to see if you need it or want it.
Chris

 

[Guest]

Thanks Chris...problem solved.....but no it wouldn't let me right click on
the icon. Yes I am on dial up but my computer is set to notify me of
updates so it isn't my fault if they are not up to date...the update was
actually for the 'Office XP' Service Pack 3....even though I only have 'word'
on my computer so I went to Microsoft Office web site & let it scan my
computer & it tells me that I only need a download of 14512KB instead of the
52.3MB that the 'XP' update keeps telling me I need....today when I checked
the "XP" site again it tells me that it will take 5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!
hopefully if I download the smaller version from "Office" that will be OK.

Thanks again for your help.

 

[Guest]

Sometimes it is faster to check for updates yourself than waiting I have
found out. I have found that updates were posted faster than being notified
by the icon on the task bar, so I got in the habbit of checking for updates
and being notified of upcoming security updates via Microsoft Newsletters.
If this is on a laptop, I would say to bring it to a Wi-Fi Hot Spot, a
friends, or relatives house who has cable or digital access and download what
you need from there. The only reason I can think of why it might be telling
you that you need that Office update is that there are embedded files that
you may need that is also used in other Office programs. Not sure if
Microsoft still does this since I have not looked, but one use to be able to
order a disk of the updates for about 5 or 10 U.S. dollars. I got the disk
for I.E. 6 along with Windows Media Player 9 and a couple other updates when
I had dial up a couple years ago.
Chris