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Homer J. Simpson
Really generic Automatic Updates question for y'all...I'll be damned if I
can find a definite answer in a MS whitepaper or any technical doc...
Say you install XP Pro, totally clean, on a new machine. No service pack,
no hotfix, nothing. You don't change *any* of the default settings after a
clean installation. No group or domain policies to override anything.
Under those circumstances, *will* this machine eventually start downloading
updates or not? After a clean install, the radio button selected by default
in the System Properties|Automatic Updates tab is on "Download
automatically/notify me when ready to install".
However, I'll be damned if I can see anything new that gets downloaded, even
after leaving the machine running for a few hours...
PS -- I know that selecting "Turn off (...)" and then turning it back on
does eventually cause downloads to start happening--I've seen it happen;
after a while new files start getting created under C:\Program
Files\WindowsUpdate. But if I *don't* go to the Automatic Updates property
sheet, *ever*, it seems that nothing ever gets downloaded. Is this correct?
:-/
PPS - I'm trying to confirm this is the expected behavior for XP, without
any SP.
can find a definite answer in a MS whitepaper or any technical doc...
Say you install XP Pro, totally clean, on a new machine. No service pack,
no hotfix, nothing. You don't change *any* of the default settings after a
clean installation. No group or domain policies to override anything.
Under those circumstances, *will* this machine eventually start downloading
updates or not? After a clean install, the radio button selected by default
in the System Properties|Automatic Updates tab is on "Download
automatically/notify me when ready to install".
However, I'll be damned if I can see anything new that gets downloaded, even
after leaving the machine running for a few hours...
PS -- I know that selecting "Turn off (...)" and then turning it back on
does eventually cause downloads to start happening--I've seen it happen;
after a while new files start getting created under C:\Program
Files\WindowsUpdate. But if I *don't* go to the Automatic Updates property
sheet, *ever*, it seems that nothing ever gets downloaded. Is this correct?
:-/
PPS - I'm trying to confirm this is the expected behavior for XP, without
any SP.