Since many updates have caused a variety of problems that are worse than the problems 
that they are supposed to prevent, it is best to NOT automatically do every update 
that comes your way. Aside from the two major SP releases, I have done zero updates 
in six years. And I waited a year before re-installing with SP2 slipstreamed into 
my original XP CD. I feel that it's better to learn from the problems of others than 
to have to be the first to experience them. 
However keep in mind that one needs to be responsible for their own security -- why 
would anyone trust Microsoft on this issue anyway, since they are so inept at it? 
Use IE as little as possible, don't use OE. Keep an up to date anti-virus scanner, 
and regularly scan for spyware. Never disable your firewall. And most important of 
all, make separate backups of your system and data files on a regular basis.







On Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 10:14 pm, DuWayne wrote:

>I have my desktop set to be notified of updates, but not to have them downloaded 

>or installed automatically. In the past few days, I have downloaded updates, but 

>the pop-up to install them hasn't appeared. I found, when I went to restart my computer, 

>that an icon for updates was now on the shut down computer icon. The choices were 

>to shut down the computer with or without installing the updates.  Has anyone else 

>had this happened and why the change?

>

>Thanks 

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