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ntl customer · 12-04-2006, 13:59

Or download the MBSA, scan your machine with it and download the updates manually.

Or subscribe to the Microsoft security bulletin each month - which gives links to the articles and the direct download links to the patches. Two minute job to download and patch your system.

If you are going to use automatic updates, then make sure it's set to notify, or download but choose when to install them. I've seen lots of complaints on forums about the patch for Microsoft's patent battle, which means you've got to click on an activex control to make it work - even Flash or WMP controls - and the update for this appears to have been installed automatically, so novice users are a bit "wtf???" when they've got to click on the things to make it work properly.

So be careful if you don't want pushed updates to your machine to install automatically.

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ntl customer Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Services: Weddings, christenings, barmitzvahs and funerals. Posts: 860	Re: MS Updates today Or download the MBSA, scan your machine with it and download the updates manually. Or subscribe to the Microsoft security bulletin each month - which gives links to the articles and the direct download links to the patches. Two minute job to download and patch your system. If you are going to use automatic updates, then make sure it's set to notify, or download but choose when to install them. I've seen lots of complaints on forums about the patch for Microsoft's patent battle, which means you've got to click on an activex control to make it work - even Flash or WMP controls - and the update for this appears to have been installed automatically, so novice users are a bit "wtf???" when they've got to click on the things to make it work properly. So be careful if you don't want pushed updates to your machine to install automatically.