Microsoft Windows XP Professional Media Centre update issue.

[R. Ganesan]

Dear Sir,

I have created two accounts on my own desktop PC (not networked) one with
administrator rights and the other one with limited rights. I wish to
download windows auto updates with my account with limited rights. Is it
possible and if so, how to proceed with?

Thanking you and expecting your replies,

Yours sincerely,
R. GANESAN.

 

[ybS2okj]

No you can't use Microsoft's update programs (Windows Update OR Microsoft
Update) unless you have administrator rights. You could set your system to
automatically download updates for you (but need to be an administrator to
do this) and either install them automatically or lets you choose when to
install them. Personally, updates are becoming a joke and if you have SP3 I
wouldn't worry about other updates post SP3.

There are third party programs you can use to download all updates and save
on to a flash drive but you need to install these programs before you can
use them. For example try Windows Updates downloader or AutoPatcher.
Google for these.

hth
<PS: Unknown -- (e-mail address removed) is a cheat and a convicted thief. Do
not trust him>

 

[Mark Adams]

Dear Sir,

I have created two accounts on my own desktop PC (not networked) one with
administrator rights and the other one with limited rights. I wish to
download windows auto updates with my account with limited rights. Is it
possible and if so, how to proceed with?

Thanking you and expecting your replies,

Yours sincerely,
R. GANESAN.

Go to Control Panel open Automatic Updates. Set Automatic Updates to
"automatically download and install updates" and click the apply button.
Updates will now download and install whenever the computer is connected to
the internet and new updates are available. I don't think it matters which
account is being used; the updates will download and install in the
background while the machine is running.

 

[Alias]

Go to Control Panel open Automatic Updates. Set Automatic Updates to
"automatically download and install updates" and click the apply button.
Updates will now download and install whenever the computer is connected to
the internet and new updates are available. I don't think it matters which
account is being used; the updates will download and install in the
background while the machine is running.

Which is about the stupidest way to install updates. For example, you
want to disable your AV resident scan before installing *anything*,
including updates. If Outlook is being updated in the background and
you're using Outlook at the same time ... think, man, think! MS LIES
when they say you can continue working while the updates are being
installed.

 

[Greg Russell]

In

Which is about the stupidest way to install updates. For example, you
want to disable your AV resident scan before installing *anything*,
including updates. If Outlook is being updated in the background and
you're using Outlook at the same time ... think, man, think! MS LIES
when they say you can continue working while the updates are being
installed.

Agreed.

I don't trust Billy-Boy to install anything on my computers without my
knowledge, and then only when I am prepared for any such updates. He won't
even tell us the nature of the updates or the bug fixes, just generic crap
such as "Windows Media Update" etc. ... he thinks the world is too stupid to
need to know such things.

I have many times made the checkbox decision to NOT install the "Malicious
Software Removal Tool" and don't remind me again, yet each time it
auto-selects that piece of garbage ... if updates were automated then it
would install it, destroying my port scanning and probing tools that I use
for security checks on the LAN.

 

[Mark Adams]

In

Agreed.

I don't trust Billy-Boy to install anything on my computers without my
knowledge, and then only when I am prepared for any such updates. He won't
even tell us the nature of the updates or the bug fixes, just generic crap
such as "Windows Media Update" etc. ... he thinks the world is too stupid to
need to know such things.

I have many times made the checkbox decision to NOT install the "Malicious
Software Removal Tool" and don't remind me again, yet each time it
auto-selects that piece of garbage ... if updates were automated then it
would install it, destroying my port scanning and probing tools that I use
for security checks on the LAN.

Greg, I understand your reasoning. I don't and never will manage a LAN in a
business environment, so I have no experience with that. I just manage my own
self built computers. The only update I have ever rejected was for my Canon
printer on my Vista media center. The OP is talking about a media center
also; I'm pretty sure not in a business environment. I have never had a
problem with any of the Microsoft updates, and the OP probably won't either.
We've all seen what happened to ANGELKISSES, but she already had a rootkit on
her machine and the update broke the rootkit, not Windows.

Alias, I don't disagree with you; afterall I learned about WGA from reading
your rants about it on these newsgroups! That's why I set Automatic Updates
on my computers to notify only--- don't want no F'n WGA on my machines. On
the other hand, most people buy a preinstalled machine and AU is already
turned on and they never know about WGA or have a problem with it; (my
brother and sister for two) As for disabling the AV scanner prior installing,
probably good advice. I've never disabled mine and have never had a problem
with any update. For Service Packs, I do download the ISO, burn to disk and
install from "clean boot" state. Never had a problem (XP, Vista). I don't
have experience with Outlook updating while it's running. What has happened
to your machines?