> Microsoft always sends these updates and stealthily > loads them whether you want them or not. You can select how you want updates handeled. In the Control Panel, = double click on Automatic Updates. You have choices to install the updates automatically or to download them and wait until you choose to install = them or just to be notified that updates are available but not to even = download them. You can also turn automatic updates off entirely and just do it manually, but that's not a good idea. Shortly after updates are = released, viruses that take advantage of those holes often appear to attack people = who don't bother to install the updates. John