re: Microsoft Software Distribution Service 3.0
Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 8:40 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by michele2007
(131 messages posted)
I'm working on the same problem. I am forever turning off Windows Update but then
when I turn off McAfee Security System stuff temporarily, it always enables Windows
Update again. So Windows Update installed 4 files. I Restored but then it installed
them again (even though I had updated turned off) when I closed down my computer.
This morning I had 1 screen and then blank. I hit F2 (Setup) and chose Default
for my hard drive and things are okay for the time being. I don't use Internet Explorer
(I use Avant Browser). I have Windows XP Home. By going to Start, Control Panel,
Add or Remove Programs and then checking the box at top for Show Updates, these are
the 4 files Windows keeps installing:
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB928365) no date it was installed
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB944533) Installed on 2/14/2008
Security Update for Windows XP (KB946026) Installed on 2/14/2008
Security Update for Wiindows XP (KB943055) Installed on 2/14/2008
I think the problem is the Internet Explorer 7 update or the NET Framework update.
Can anyone tell me if it would be okay to remove these two?
On Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 12:00 pm, Nayatwa wrote:
>Thanks, Steve for your suggestion. I checked, and turned off automatic updating,
>selecting the option "Notify me, but don't automatically download or install them."
>I thought my problem would be solved, but a few days later I had to reboot my computer.
>During the reboot process, my computer was "kidnapped," and a number of updates
were
>automatically performed (without my having been given an opportunity to decide whether
>or not to install them. After that my double-click was again broken!
>
>I check the System Restore utility, and Microsoft had AGAIN surreptitiously downloaded
>the dreaded "Software Distribution Service 3.0" (on December 24).
>
>Am I relegated to a lifetime of trying to restore my system every time Microsoft
>downloads junk to break my machine?
>
>What is this thing anyway? If any other company repeatedly did something like that
>to my machine, it would be classified as a virus or trojan horse or something much
>more malevolant than an "upgrade."
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