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| 251723 | 2004-07-12 08:51:00 | Strange days............. I crashed after being bumped offline while installing Norton Anti Virus updates. I have XP Home and a firewall. I visit the update site regularly and believed my computer was up to date with updates. After the crash I couldn't boot Windows. After a lot of head scratching and deep thinking I decided to go into Safe Mode and disable all Norton's files. After this, Windows booted and I was able to uninstall the Norton completely at Control Panel/Add remove. I went online, got Avast's free anti-virus Pro4 and ran it. It found 2 trojans which the Norton must have missed but I deleted them. Next stop was MS update but while I was on the way, Auto updates came up with new updates and so I allowed them to download. All night!! In the morning there were 18 Criticals and 4 Windows and 1 driver update. I couldn't believe it as I have updated every three or four days, they show on Add Remove and yet Auto Updates could not "see" them so disabled Auto Updates and went to All Programs MS Update. It too found many updates, some slightly different from the Auto Updates but many were the same. Can anyone explain to me how the updates I previously installed have become invisible to MS Updates? Do I need to re-install them? If I re-install them on top of updates already installed, will this cause conflicts? Should I first remove the "unseen" updates that appear in my control panel but are not recognised? I am completely lost and asking MS support has yielded nothing. What is going on please? I am eagerly awaiting your replies with thanks firebrix |
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| 251724 | 2004-07-12 11:53:00 | ** Bump ** | stu120404 (268) | ||
| 251725 | 2004-07-13 02:34:00 | another gentle bump - still confused here. | firebrix (5731) | ||
| 251726 | 2004-07-13 09:36:00 | Bump. Someone must have a theory and be able to help. Oxie (Lyn) |
Oxie (1318) | ||
| 251727 | 2004-07-14 11:34:00 | Still lost here. Sorry about all the bumps firebrix |
kaos (1172) | ||
| 251728 | 2004-07-14 13:21:00 | Hi Firebrix, I too received an auto update appear on my screen but told it to remind me again later. In the meantime i went thru Start>Programs>Windows Update to do it myself so that I can choose what I want to download. That auto update was going to do it all by itself without any input from me. I'm a stubborn beggar and can't stand any program, etc dictating to me what it is going to install on my computer. And there is no way they are going to push SP2 down my throat either. I am happy with Windows believe it or not. So that is probably why I only got 5 critical updates whereas I see from other posts that there was quite a few, and some just related to previous Windows OS systems that I don't have. Either way I'm not worried about it. Marg. |
pulling hair out (4493) | ||
| 251729 | 2004-07-14 14:05:00 | > i went thru Start > Programs > Windows > Update to do it myself so that I can choose what I > want to download. That auto update was going to do it > all by itself without any input from me. > Marg. I just this minute finished installing 4 windows updates via auto update. I was given the option to review and select, or de-select, which I did: that is I reviewed, then opted to install. Hope this clarifies things. Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 251730 | 2004-07-15 01:14:00 | < I just this minute finished installing 4 windows updates via auto update . I was given the option to review and select, or de-select, which I did: that is I reviewed, then opted to install > I wasn't aware of this . It appeared while I was on the net once and let it go ahead (thought it went ahead and did it in the background) as I didn't remember having to do anything . Sorry I must have got that wrong . :-( Thanks for clarifying it for me . Marg . |
pulling hair out (4493) | ||
| 251731 | 2004-07-15 14:36:00 | > Sorry I must have got that wrong. :-( Thanks for > clarifying it for me. > > Marg. Please don't be sorry, learning is what this forum is all about. Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 251732 | 2004-07-15 22:40:00 | pulling hair out Have a look at your Windows Automatic Updates settings. Click on Start, Control Panel, System, Automatic Updates. If you don't want them to download automatically and notify you when they are ready to install then I suggest you choose the option Notify me before downloading any updates and notify me again before installing them on my computer. This way you have control of what you actually download. firebrix, this is not helping your original post. I would have thought someone would have had a theory by now. Oxie (Lyn) |
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