[blu] [OT] Windows Automatic Update installs when asked not to...

[bbj at innismir.net (Ben Jackson)]

Grant M wrote:

> Just an FYI -
>    I just got done installing about 20 updates in Win2k from WindowsUpdate.
> I specifically clicked the "Remove" button when I got to the "Windows
> Automatic Update" entry. Now that the updates are complete I surprisingly
> have a "Windows Automatic Update" icon on my toolbar. I can't figure out how
> to turn it off, and there are no instructions to. Just a warning to the
> Windows admins out there. And now it's telling me it will keep reminding me
> to update whether I want it to or not.
> Grant M.
> 

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Automatic Updates

Uncheck 'Keep my computer up to date automagically'

(This won't work if you are configured in a Software Update Service 
Environment, or don't have Admin rights)

As a side note, speaking for countless people on Internet, if you remove 
patches, please don't get hacked. I really don't want to deal with 
another 0wn3d windows box spewing crap across the Internet.

					~Ben

(Bitter and Surley Windows Admin by day, daring Linux user by night!)

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