"Updates ready to install"

[William B. Lurie]

Most of the time my bottom toolbar has this
shield-type yellow icon which expands to tell
me that "Updates are ready for your computer".
When I go there, I find, after the usual wait,
that it is trying to get me to download and
install SP3. Well, I had SP3, found it caused
some needed stuff to not work right, so I
uninstalled SP3.

I thought I had clicked all the right buttons to
set my Update routine so that it leaves it completely
up to me, to visit the Windows Update site when I
feel like it, and doesn't send me any reminders of
any kind. Obviously I didn't.....so please tell me how,
and thank you.

 

[Twayne]

Most of the time my bottom toolbar has this

shield-type yellow icon which expands to tell
me that "Updates are ready for your computer".
When I go there, I find, after the usual wait,
that it is trying to get me to download and
install SP3. Well, I had SP3, found it caused
some needed stuff to not work right, so I
uninstalled SP3.

I thought I had clicked all the right buttons to
set my Update routine so that it leaves it completely
up to me, to visit the Windows Update site when I
feel like it, and doesn't send me any reminders of
any kind. Obviously I didn't.....so please tell me how,
and thank you.

I can't recall it well enough to give you a step by step but if you go
to the windows update site you can tell it not to offer you SP3 (or any
other single update) any longer. Then you won't see it again.
Or, you can turn off auto-upates too, in which case you have to do
them all manually. Personally I don't recommend that; too easy to
forget to do it.

 

[JS]

Start/Control Panel/Security Center/Automatic Updates
Check the "Turn off Automatic Updates" option
Click 'Apply'
Click 'OK' to exit.

What I do is to turn off 'Automatic Updates',
Then I manually update Windows by going the URL listed below.
Then choosing the 'Custom' option,
Windows begin a will scan of your PC.
Next list the updates that are available for your PC will be displayed.
From the displayed list of updates I then remove the checkmarks
from any of the updates that I do not want installed.

Note: You will be asked to review the updates you have selected to
be installed before Windows starts the download and install process.

I do not "ever" download and install drivers from Microsoft, far too often
they cause more problems then they fix.

Windows Update Site:
http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us

Also may be of some value:
How to Configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525/en-us

How to change your Automatic Updates:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875349/en-us

Configure Automatic Updates to Prompt You Before You Download Updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283629/en-us

How to remove Automatic Updates icon in system tray:
Control Panel/Security Center/Change the way Security Center Alerts Me

JS
www.pagestart.com

 

[William B. Lurie]

I can't recall it well enough to give you a step by step but if you go
to the windows update site you can tell it not to offer you SP3 (or any
other single update) any longer. Then you won't see it again.
Or, you can turn off auto-upates too, in which case you have to do
them all manually. Personally I don't recommend that; too easy to
forget to do it.

Thanks, Twayne, but if I forget to go looking
for updates, that's MY mistake. But I hate
the long delays that all of the Windows Updates
entail, every time, and sometimes when I just
turned on and want to DO something. I want the the H***
out of my way.

 

[William B. Lurie]

I tried your setting some time ago, JS, and it
seems to be interlocked with Symantec's software
so that I get a red warning flag in my Norton
toolbar. I just wish they'd go away and stop
being so darn solicitous and so intrusive. I
really don't mind their notifying me, but to
tie up my machine while they download tons of
stuff that I don't want is a disservice.

 

[Mick Murphy]

start>Right-click My Computer>Auto updates>Set it to Notify you when they are
ready to be downloaded..

 

[William B. Lurie]

start>Right-click My Computer>Auto updates>Set it to Notify you when they are
ready to be downloaded..

Sorry, Mick.....
Start>>Right-click My Computer>> doesn't give me any
Auto Updates option. Maybe some intermediate steps needed?

 

[JS]

Strange, I use NAV and don't have your problem with the Norton red warning
flag.
I just checked my setting in Norton AV and found nothing that could explain
your particular problem.

JS

 

[William B. Lurie]

Mine is kind of a funny-farm installation. I used Norton
System Works Premier for years, and a few months ago it
developed a 'bug' and their Chat help (which is, by the
way, excellent) decided the best way to fix it was to
upgrade me for free to this year's NSW Premier. Some-
how they managed to leave me with two icons, one for NAV
2008 (which they installed separately, maybe in error), and
one for NSW 2008 Prem, from which I can also access NAV.

I have an e-mail request with them pending right now; first
response was to click somewhere in NAV on a tab or radio
button or box that doesn't exist. I don't know why my NAV
pays any attention to Windows Update at all.
Bill L.

 

[JS]

I'm using the older System Works Premier 2006 which at that time included
Ghost, the last time I checked Ghost was no longer a part of the product and
had been replaced by something called Save and Restore.

JS

 

[Mick Murphy]

Sorry William.
right-click My computer>Left-click Properties>automatic updates on the tabs
across the top.
Change it to notify you in there.

 

[William B. Lurie]

You're 100% correct, JS. I made darn sure it was a good replacement
before I accepted it. It works almost exactly like the GHOST that
you have, only with some relatively minor improvements.

 

[JS]

Is it Ghost in disguise or just similar and will it work with the ghost
image files I have created using Ghost version 10.
Most importantly does it come with or allow you to create a rescue CD?

Any info you have would be appreciated.

JS

 

[William B. Lurie]

I had those same concerns, JS, but experience has taught
me that the "Recovery Points" made with GHOST 10 can be
recovered to full bootable systems exactly as though
made with the new Save & Restore. The interface looks
a bit different....improved, I feel.....

I haven't done anything with rescue CDs, so I really
can't answer that question. The suspenders and a belt
on which I have depended has been to always have at
least one cloned hard drive off line, bootable, at all
times.

Symantec's Chat system, which they encourage, has been
of great help, and I encourage you to try it.

Bill L.

 

[JS]

Thank you very much.

JS

I had those same concerns, JS, but experience has taught
me that the "Recovery Points" made with GHOST 10 can be
recovered to full bootable systems exactly as though
made with the new Save & Restore. The interface looks
a bit different....improved, I feel.....

I haven't done anything with rescue CDs, so I really
can't answer that question. The suspenders and a belt
on which I have depended has been to always have at
least one cloned hard drive off line, bootable, at all
times.

Symantec's Chat system, which they encourage, has been
of great help, and I encourage you to try it.

Bill L.

 

[Blake]

I have Norton Internet Security 2007 on my laptop and I also have Norton 360
2.0 on my two desktops and if I turn off Automatic updates it says system is
At Risk click here to fix every 5 minutes. But you can disable this.