John
Tue Dec 05 12:50:37 CST 2006
That's interesting to know about XP-MCE.
"Tom" <t.wyckoff@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:GB4bh.13091$J5.2716@trnddc04...
> Well John, I'm glad to hear you know that, because I couldn't get an
> answer out of Microshaft.
> Auto-updates used to install when I said to install them, and did not wait
> for shutdown time. I asked Microshaft if this change was a result of
> something I did, something they did or a spyware site spoofing a
> Microshaft server. All they told me was to ask my PC vendor, they don't
> provide support for XP-MCE.
>
> When I asked my vendor, Gateway, I was told that automatic updates should
> never be run on an XP-MCE based system, it can do a lot of damage
> overwriting customized drivers, and I should use the update system they
> provide. I have shut off auto-updates.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> John Tiesi wrote:
>> This is a perfectly normal function of Windows that happens after the
>> second Tuesday of every month with Automatic Updates enabled. Choose
>> Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer.
>> Once the updates are installed, this option will go away until the
>> following month.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Patrick Whittle" <patrick_whittle@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u2I9GApCHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>HELO,
>>>
>>>When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the dialog
>>>window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is different.
>>>
>>>It now has:
>>>
>>>"Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"
>>>
>>>I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut down
>>>start happening again. (this was after watching some processes happen
>>>before
>>>automatic power-down). After using my computer for a couple days now,
>>>that
>>>peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up again. Do you know what is
>>>happening? Is this a virus?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>