Turning off automatic updates

[Barney]

I have turned off auto updating on my XP Pro system.
How can I stop the red shield appearing in the task bar and the bubble
reminder always telling me that my computer is at risk because I have turned
off auto updating?




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[Rich Barry]

Barney, go to Control Panel>Security Center>Click on "Change the way
Security Center alerts me" and uncheck Automatic Updates.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Turn it back ON!

 

[Drew Moreland]

Why is it so important to allow the system to update automatically? I have a
dial-up connection so my system won't update until I connect.anyway. And
there are some updates I don't need (e.g. the application-specific ones) and
there are others I want to download individually if I read that there are
known issues regarding their installation. If I update manually every
Wednesday morning after the patches are released, what harm am I doing to my
system by turning off Auto-Update?

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Drew

It may not be so important for those who check WU now and again, but for the
almost completely computer illiterate users, auto update is a good feature..

 

[Unknown]

Did you try clicking on the shield and turn it off? I don't have XP PRO but
I have done the same on Home edition.

 

[Barney]

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately no one has told me how to stop the
security alert from appearing on the task bar every time I boot up.
The auto updates is turned off and Microsoft obviously don't like me doing
this!
How do I stop the alerts bubble appearing?
Is there a way?

I have turned off auto updating on my XP Pro system.
How can I stop the red shield appearing in the task bar and the bubble
reminder always telling me that my computer is at risk because I have
turned off auto updating?



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[Barney]

Sorry Rich Barry, I hadn't read your reply correctly.
That works.
Thanks a lot.

I have turned off auto updating on my XP Pro system.
How can I stop the red shield appearing in the task bar and the bubble
reminder always telling me that my computer is at risk because I have
turned off auto updating?



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