Yes, that's what should be done at the very *least*. At least that way your PC isn't taken over and attacked by ALL of the updates. Look at what happened to all those that had them set to automatically install and haven't been able to access their PC since SP3 was installed. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Springer" On 10 Jul 2008 at 15:14 -0500, Vistro wrote, at least in part: > I'm kinda tired of every "critical" update launching a > "Windows will shut down in 5:00" box every five minutes. > Windows can wait a couple of minutes for me to finish what > I'm > doing, I'll reboot when I'm good and ready! To minimize "critical update" annoyances, some users change the default setting on the Automatic Updates menu to "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them." Karl ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts.