Mandatory Auto Update

[Guest]

I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on. I
normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Turn it on back, and schedule how you would like your updates downloaded and
installed. Trust me, its worth it.

Andre

 

[Guest]

Turn it on back, and schedule how you would like your updates downloaded and
installed. Trust me, its worth it.

Andre

 

[Guest]

Turn it on back, and schedule how you would like your updates downloaded and
installed. Trust me, its worth it.

Andre



Thank you for replying, but your answer dosen't answer my question, and sounds like it came from the MS manifesto. I suppose I'll have to look elsewhere for an answer.

 

[Sharon F]

I have the update site set as my IE homepage. I turned off Auto Update
because it was using a nice sized chunk of my phys. memory (and I can't
afford to increase it now). Things went fine until the last few days, now
when I launch IE, updates will not process until I set Auto Update to on. I
normally checked for updates 3 or 4 times daily.
Is this behaviour a new MS policy, and if so, why give the option to turn
the feature off. Or, is it a glitch/incorrect setting in my box?

I run with AutoUpdates off and have no problem running manual checks at the
Update site. I do not try to setup the page so that launching it also
starts the scan for updates. Instead I click the desired link (Automatic or
Custom) to initiate the scan.

There is a newsgroup for Windows Update. Follow the troubleshooting links
and it will lead you to them.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Called 'microsoft.public.windowsupdate', funnily enough.