Automatic Updates

[Jon]

How often does the automatic update service check for new updates? And
is there anyway to change the frequency that it checks?

 

[PA Bear]

Every time you start Windows.

No.
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[Thumper]

Yes there is way to check the frequency at which it checks:
Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | System | Automatic
Updates tab.

;_)

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Every time you start Windows.

It has to be more frequently than that, since I start windows about once
a month, and updates appear anyway. Of course, I connect by ISDN, so
maybe it's 'every time I go on-line' .. not sure what that would mean
for a broadband user though.

 

[Jon]

It has to be more frequently than that, since I start windows about once
a month, and updates appear anyway. Of course, I connect by ISDN, so
maybe it's 'every time I go on-line' .. not sure what that would mean
for a broadband user though.

Well I'm gonna have this XP Pro computer behind a Linux firewall/router
so I'll setup something to monitor it on the firewall and then post the
answer.

My Debian Linux and FreeBSD machines download updates every morning
about about 3 AM. It would be nice to be able to schedule the XP machine
to do the same thing.