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I have a Windows XP Operating System (Home Edition) with Service Pack 2
installed. My ISP is MSN Dial-Up service. When I purchased my computer, my
system was set-up to receive Microsoft critical updates for Windows XP. Up
until a few months ago, these critical updates were always downloaded when I
turned off my computer; the computer stayed on until the downloads were
installed and then the computer shut down or turned off. Recently, however,
the downloads in this format are much less frequent, but I noticed that I now
have a gold shield icon with a black explanation mark in the center on
display with other icons in the tray. This shield is located in the tray on
the right hand side of my screen and it pops up with greater frequency. When
I scroll my curser over the shield it says that updates are now ready for
your computer. Click now to install. Since I have owned Windows XP, my
downloads have always come when I am ready to shut down. The gold shield that
now pops up in my tray is new and I have not seen this before. Does anyone
know what is being downloaded into my computer from the gold shield? Has
Microsoft changed the way it provides critical updates to XP users and is
this their new format for downloading critical updates? I have tried to
ignore the updates provided by the shield, but it automatically downloads on
occasion.When this happens, the gold shield disappears from the tray. Do I
need to be concerned or should I download these updates?
Thank you.
installed. My ISP is MSN Dial-Up service. When I purchased my computer, my
system was set-up to receive Microsoft critical updates for Windows XP. Up
until a few months ago, these critical updates were always downloaded when I
turned off my computer; the computer stayed on until the downloads were
installed and then the computer shut down or turned off. Recently, however,
the downloads in this format are much less frequent, but I noticed that I now
have a gold shield icon with a black explanation mark in the center on
display with other icons in the tray. This shield is located in the tray on
the right hand side of my screen and it pops up with greater frequency. When
I scroll my curser over the shield it says that updates are now ready for
your computer. Click now to install. Since I have owned Windows XP, my
downloads have always come when I am ready to shut down. The gold shield that
now pops up in my tray is new and I have not seen this before. Does anyone
know what is being downloaded into my computer from the gold shield? Has
Microsoft changed the way it provides critical updates to XP users and is
this their new format for downloading critical updates? I have tried to
ignore the updates provided by the shield, but it automatically downloads on
occasion.When this happens, the gold shield disappears from the tray. Do I
need to be concerned or should I download these updates?
Thank you.