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

[mattg at theworld.com (matt galster)]

Alternate:

Stop & Disable these two services:
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer Service

MEG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin at blu.org]On Behalf Of
> Ben Jackson
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 10:18 AM
> To: Grant M
> Cc: BLU
> Subject: Re: [blu] [OT] Windows Automatic Update installs 
> when asked not
> to...
> 
> 
> 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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