"Updates ready to install"

Start/Control Panel/Security Center/Automatic Updates
Check the "Turn off Automatic Updates" option
Click 'Apply'
Click 'OK' to exit.

What I do is to turn off 'Automatic Updates',
Then I manually update Windows by going the URL listed below.
Then choosing the 'Custom' option,
Windows begin a will scan of your PC.
Next list the updates that are available for your PC will be displayed.
From the displayed list of updates I then remove the checkmarks
from any of the updates that I do not want installed.

Note: You will be asked to review the updates you have selected to
be installed before Windows starts the download and install process.

I do not "ever" download and install drivers from Microsoft, far too often
they cause more problems then they fix.

Windows Update Site:
http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us

Also may be of some value:
How to Configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525/en-us

How to change your Automatic Updates:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875349/en-us

Configure Automatic Updates to Prompt You Before You Download Updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283629/en-us

How to remove Automatic Updates icon in system tray:
Control Panel/Security Center/Change the way Security Center Alerts Me

JS
www.pagestart.com


"William B. Lurie" <billurie.RemoveThis@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:uDNY22%239IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Most of the time my bottom toolbar has this
> shield-type yellow icon which expands to tell
> me that "Updates are ready for your computer".
> When I go there, I find, after the usual wait,
> that it is trying to get me to download and
> install SP3. Well, I had SP3, found it caused
> some needed stuff to not work right, so I
> uninstalled SP3.
>
> I thought I had clicked all the right buttons to
> set my Update routine so that it leaves it completely
> up to me, to visit the Windows Update site when I
> feel like it, and doesn't send me any reminders of
> any kind. Obviously I didn't.....so please tell me how,
> and thank you.

Twayne wrote:
>> Most of the time my bottom toolbar has this
>> shield-type yellow icon which expands to tell
>> me that "Updates are ready for your computer".
>> When I go there, I find, after the usual wait,
>> that it is trying to get me to download and
>> install SP3. Well, I had SP3, found it caused
>> some needed stuff to not work right, so I
>> uninstalled SP3.
>>
>> I thought I had clicked all the right buttons to
>> set my Update routine so that it leaves it completely
>> up to me, to visit the Windows Update site when I
>> feel like it, and doesn't send me any reminders of
>> any kind. Obviously I didn't.....so please tell me how,
>> and thank you.
>
> I can't recall it well enough to give you a step by step but if you go
> to the windows update site you can tell it not to offer you SP3 (or any
> other single update) any longer. Then you won't see it again.
> Or, you can turn off auto-upates too, in which case you have to do
> them all manually. Personally I don't recommend that; too easy to
> forget to do it.
>
>
>
Thanks, Twayne, but if I forget to go looking
for updates, that's MY mistake. But I hate
the long delays that all of the Windows Updates
entail, every time, and sometimes when I just
turned on and want to DO something. I want the the H***
out of my way.

I tried your setting some time ago, JS, and it
seems to be interlocked with Symantec's software
so that I get a red warning flag in my Norton
toolbar. I just wish they'd go away and stop
being so darn solicitous and so intrusive. I
really don't mind their notifying me, but to
tie up my machine while they download tons of
stuff that I don't want is a disservice.

JS wrote:
> Start/Control Panel/Security Center/Automatic Updates
> Check the "Turn off Automatic Updates" option
> Click 'Apply'
> Click 'OK' to exit.
>
> What I do is to turn off 'Automatic Updates',
> Then I manually update Windows by going the URL listed below.
> Then choosing the 'Custom' option,
> Windows begin a will scan of your PC.
> Next list the updates that are available for your PC will be displayed.
> From the displayed list of updates I then remove the checkmarks
> from any of the updates that I do not want installed.
>
> Note: You will be asked to review the updates you have selected to
> be installed before Windows starts the download and install process.
>
> I do not "ever" download and install drivers from Microsoft, far too often
> they cause more problems then they fix.
>
> Windows Update Site:
> http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
>
> Also may be of some value:
> How to Configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525/en-us
>
> How to change your Automatic Updates:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875349/en-us
>
> Configure Automatic Updates to Prompt You Before You Download Updates
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283629/en-us
>
> How to remove Automatic Updates icon in system tray:
> Control Panel/Security Center/Change the way Security Center Alerts Me
>
> JS
> www.pagestart.com
>
>
> "William B. Lurie" <billurie DeleteThis @nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:uDNY22%239IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Most of the time my bottom toolbar has this
>> shield-type yellow icon which expands to tell
>> me that "Updates are ready for your computer".
>> When I go there, I find, after the usual wait,
>> that it is trying to get me to download and
>> install SP3. Well, I had SP3, found it caused
>> some needed stuff to not work right, so I
>> uninstalled SP3.
>>
>> I thought I had clicked all the right buttons to
>> set my Update routine so that it leaves it completely
>> up to me, to visit the Windows Update site when I
>> feel like it, and doesn't send me any reminders of
>> any kind. Obviously I didn't.....so please tell me how,
>> and thank you.
>
>

start>Right-click My Computer>Auto updates>Set it to Notify you when they are
ready to be downloaded..
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"William B. Lurie" wrote:

> I tried your setting some time ago, JS, and it
> seems to be interlocked with Symantec's software
> so that I get a red warning flag in my Norton
> toolbar. I just wish they'd go away and stop
> being so darn solicitous and so intrusive. I
> really don't mind their notifying me, but to
> tie up my machine while they download tons of
> stuff that I don't want is a disservice.
>
> JS wrote:
> > Start/Control Panel/Security Center/Automatic Updates
> > Check the "Turn off Automatic Updates" option
> > Click 'Apply'
> > Click 'OK' to exit.
> >
> > What I do is to turn off 'Automatic Updates',
> > Then I manually update Windows by going the URL listed below.
> > Then choosing the 'Custom' option,
> > Windows begin a will scan of your PC.
> > Next list the updates that are available for your PC will be displayed.
> > From the displayed list of updates I then remove the checkmarks
> > from any of the updates that I do not want installed.
> >
> > Note: You will be asked to review the updates you have selected to
> > be installed before Windows starts the download and install process.
> >
> > I do not "ever" download and install drivers from Microsoft, far too often
> > they cause more problems then they fix.
> >
> > Windows Update Site:
> > http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
> >
> > Also may be of some value:
> > How to Configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525/en-us
> >
> > How to change your Automatic Updates:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875349/en-us
> >
> > Configure Automatic Updates to Prompt You Before You Download Updates
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283629/en-us
> >
> > How to remove Automatic Updates icon in system tray:
> > Control Panel/Security Center/Change the way Security Center Alerts Me
> >
> > JS
> > www.pagestart.com
> >
> >
> > "William B. Lurie" <billurie.DeleteThis@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > news:uDNY22%239IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> Most of the time my bottom toolbar has this
> >> shield-type yellow icon which expands to tell
> >> me that "Updates are ready for your computer".
> >> When I go there, I find, after the usual wait,
> >> that it is trying to get me to download and
> >> install SP3. Well, I had SP3, found it caused
> >> some needed stuff to not work right, so I
> >> uninstalled SP3.
> >>
> >> I thought I had clicked all the right buttons to
> >> set my Update routine so that it leaves it completely
> >> up to me, to visit the Windows Update site when I
> >> feel like it, and doesn't send me any reminders of
> >> any kind. Obviously I didn't.....so please tell me how,
> >> and thank you.
> >
> >
>

Mick Murphy wrote:
> start>Right-click My Computer>Auto updates>Set it to Notify you when they are
> ready to be downloaded..
Sorry, Mick.....
Start>>Right-click My Computer>> doesn't give me any
Auto Updates option. Maybe some intermediate steps needed?

Strange, I use NAV and don't have your problem with the Norton red warning
flag.
I just checked my setting in Norton AV and found nothing that could explain
your particular problem.

JS

"William B. Lurie" <billurie.TakeThisOut@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OViibcD%23IHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I tried your setting some time ago, JS, and it
> seems to be interlocked with Symantec's software
> so that I get a red warning flag in my Norton
> toolbar. I just wish they'd go away and stop
> being so darn solicitous and so intrusive. I
> really don't mind their notifying me, but to
> tie up my machine while they download tons of
> stuff that I don't want is a disservice.
>
> JS wrote:
>> Start/Control Panel/Security Center/Automatic Updates
>> Check the "Turn off Automatic Updates" option
>> Click 'Apply'
>> Click 'OK' to exit.
>>
>> What I do is to turn off 'Automatic Updates',
>> Then I manually update Windows by going the URL listed below.
>> Then choosing the 'Custom' option,
>> Windows begin a will scan of your PC.
>> Next list the updates that are available for your PC will be displayed.
>> From the displayed list of updates I then remove the checkmarks
>> from any of the updates that I do not want installed.
>>
>> Note: You will be asked to review the updates you have selected to
>> be installed before Windows starts the download and install process.
>>
>> I do not "ever" download and install drivers from Microsoft, far too
>> often
>> they cause more problems then they fix.
>>
>> Windows Update Site:
>> http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
>>
>> Also may be of some value:
>> How to Configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525/en-us
>>
>> How to change your Automatic Updates:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875349/en-us
>>
>> Configure Automatic Updates to Prompt You Before You Download Updates
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283629/en-us
>>
>> How to remove Automatic Updates icon in system tray:
>> Control Panel/Security Center/Change the way Security Center Alerts Me
>>
>> JS
>> www.pagestart.com
>>
>>
>> "William B. Lurie" <billurie.TakeThisOut@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:uDNY22%239IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Most of the time my bottom toolbar has this
>>> shield-type yellow icon which expands to tell
>>> me that "Updates are ready for your computer".
>>> When I go there, I find, after the usual wait,
>>> that it is trying to get me to download and
>>> install SP3. Well, I had SP3, found it caused
>>> some needed stuff to not work right, so I
>>> uninstalled SP3.
>>>
>>> I thought I had clicked all the right buttons to
>>> set my Update routine so that it leaves it completely
>>> up to me, to visit the Windows Update site when I
>>> feel like it, and doesn't send me any reminders of
>>> any kind. Obviously I didn't.....so please tell me how,
>>> and thank you.
>>