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From: R. Ganesan on 25 Feb 2010 22:34
I am using windows xp professional media centre edition. I have selected
'notify me befoore installing and updating windows xp' option. If I allow an
update to be downloaded, will it proceed with in the background whenever
internet connection is available? Or should I download the update in one lot?

Thanking you and expecting your posts,

Yours sincerely,
R. Ganesan.
From: Mark Adams on 25 Feb 2010 23:35


"R. Ganesan" wrote:

> I am using windows xp professional media centre edition. I have selected
> 'notify me befoore installing and updating windows xp' option. If I allow an
> update to be downloaded, will it proceed with in the background whenever
> internet connection is available? Or should I download the update in one lot?
>
> Thanking you and expecting your posts,
>
> Yours sincerely,
> R. Ganesan.

No. It will offer you the option to "Express install" or "Custom Install".
If you select "Express" it will install all of the available updates. If you
select "Custom" it will offer you a dialog box in which you can select check
boxes to install only the updates that you want. Those that you do not check,
you will also be offered to "Not be notified of this update again". Check
that box, and you will not be notified of that update again.
From: Shenan Stanley on 25 Feb 2010 23:39
R. Ganesan wrote:
> I am using windows xp professional media centre edition. I have
> selected 'notify me befoore installing and updating windows xp'
> option. If I allow an update to be downloaded, will it proceed with
> in the background whenever internet connection is available? Or
> should I download the update in one lot?
>
> Thanking you and expecting your posts

What you have stated you have chosen is actually not an option... What did
you actually choose?

- Automatic
- Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them.
- Notify me but don't automatically download or install them.
- Turn off Automatic Updates.

There is a good bit of detail about what each of those options do...

How to configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525

- Automatic (recommended) Automatically download recommended updates for my
computer and install them

If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses
your Internet connection to find updates on the Windows Update Web site or
on the Microsoft Update Web site that apply to your computer. Updates are
downloaded automatically in the background, and you are not notified or
interrupted during this process. An icon appears in the notification area of
your taskbar when the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the
icon to view the download status. When the download is complete, you receive
another message in the notification area so that you can review the updates
that are scheduled for installation.

- Click to select the day and time for scheduled updates to download and
install. You can schedule Automatic Updates for any time of day. However,
your computer must be on at the scheduled time for updates to be installed.

- You can choose to install the updates as soon as they are finished
downloading. To do this, click the download message (or update icon), and
then click Install. If you choose not to install the updates when they
finish downloading, Windows starts the installation on your set schedule.


- Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them

If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses
your Internet connection to automatically download updates from the Windows
Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site. An icon appears in
the notification area of your taskbar when the updates are being downloaded.
You can point to the icon to view the download status. When the download is
complete, you receive another message in the notification area so that you
can review the updates that are scheduled for installation.

- When you want to install the downloaded update, click the message (or
update icon), and then click Install to install the update.

- If you do not want to install a downloaded update, click Details, and
then click to clear the check box next to that update to decline it.


- Notify me but don't automatically download or install them

If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses
your Internet connection to search for downloads from the Windows Update Web
site or from the Microsoft Update Web site. An Automatic Updates icon and
message appear in the notification area of your taskbar when new updates are
available to download or to install.

- Click the icon or message to view the updates. If you do not want to
download a selected update, click to clear the check box next to that update
to decline it. Click Start Download to download the selected updates. The
Automatic Updates icon remains in the notification area of your taskbar
while the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the icon to view
the download status.

- When the download is complete, you receive another message in the
notification area stating that the updates are ready to install. Click the
Automatic Updates icon or the message, and then click Install to install the
updates.

Hope that helps - come back and let everyone know.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


From: Greg Russell on 26 Feb 2010 01:04
In news:9080ED76-E744-4149-8244-658E16661E06(a)microsoft.com,
Mark Adams <MarkAdams(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> If you select "Custom" it will offer you a dialog
> box in which you can select check boxes to install only the updates
> that you want. Those that you do not check, you will also be offered
> to "Not be notified of this update again". Check that box, and you
> will not be notified of that update again.

I've always unchecked "Malicious Software Removal Tool" and selected to "Not
be notified of this update again".

It never works, and that software component is *always* selected again by
default.


From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 26 Feb 2010 02:07
Assuming you meant the "Notify me but don't automatically download or
install them" option:

<QP>
If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses
your Internet connection to search for downloads from the Windows Update Web
site or from the Microsoft Update Web site. An Automatic Updates icon and
message appear in the notification area of your taskbar when new updates are
available to download or to install.

• Click the icon or message to view the updates. If you do not want to
download a selected update, click to clear the check box next to that update
to decline it. [If you wish to hide the update, you can do so now.] Click
Start Download to download the selected updates. The Automatic Updates icon
remains in the notification area of your taskbar while the updates are being
downloaded. [kinda/sorta] You can point to the icon to view the download
status.

• When the download is complete, you receive another message in the
notification area stating that the updates are ready to install. Click the
Automatic Updates icon or the message, [select the update(s) you want to
install] and then click Install to install the updates.
</QP>
Source & more: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


R. Ganesan wrote:
> I am using windows xp professional media centre edition. I have selected
> 'notify me befoore installing and updating windows xp' option. If I allow
> an
> update to be downloaded, will it proceed with in the background whenever
> internet connection is available? Or should I download the update in one
> lot?
>
> Thanking you and expecting your posts,
>
> Yours sincerely,
> R. Ganesan.

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