Herb, Right click on My Computer and select Properties from the context menu. Click on the Automatic Updates tab and you'll find the controls for handling these things without IE's help. You would still need to use IE only if you wanted to check out the non-Critical updates available. All Critical ones will be piped in through a small yellow shield that apprears in the Notification Area near the system clock. Peace, Gman http://www.bornagainamerican.org "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "HNCantor" <odysseus99@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:31 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows updates > MS auto-updates can only be done vie IE, if that is how you are set to do > updates. > > Herb --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------