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Sun May 11 17:26:32 PDT 2008
BINGO!
AND my SP3 install went smooth as silk BECAUSE I had kept the system up to
date manually with daily checks at MS Win Update plus defrag and compression
with Perfect Disk, frequent register cleaning with NTREGOPT and backup with
TrueImage.
Piece of cake...
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
news:OytFUH8sIHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
> news:eYGf461sIHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Why an earth check winupdate daily, simply setting winupdate to download
>> critical updates will suffice
>
> I have to add that this can be a spectacularly bad plan.
>
> As a specific example, a court reporter I know came back from vacation and
> plugged in her laptop for the first time at a large hearing, in a
> networked environment. Windows Update immediately and silently took over
> in the background and promptly broke her network connections, preventing
> output from her system, and that's really not desirable.
>
> There was nothing to be done about it till the break, at which point WU
> was disabled and the machine rebooted to force WU to actually let go of
> the network connection.
>
> We now always make sure that these systems have Windows Update disabled
> when they are used in this kind of environment. Automatic system scans
> by antivirus apps are also disabled for the same reason.
>
> So I have to say, there are a number of circumstances where Windows Update
> should absolutely not be allowed to run automatically.
>
> -pk
>
>>
>> "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote in message
>> news:OE45vrxsIHA.552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> My install went as smooth as silk.
>>>
>>> Easiest Microsoft install of a major piece of software I've ever made.
>>>
>>> The download was only 69 MB since I visit the MS Windows Upgrade site
>>> every
>>> day and keep right up to date.
>>>
>>> My computer, a Dell XPS laptop, is pretty loaded with programs.
>>>
>>> All run perfectly to date -- even some of the oddball third party stuff.
>>>
>>> I didn't turn off Norton Internet Security 2008 during the install. It's
>>> also right up to date.
>>>
>>> Box runs even smoother, faster and crisper now...
>>>
>>> Excellent job by Microsoft...
>>>
>>> Kudos.
>>>
>>> My Windows Live Mail install also went off smoothly without a hitch.
>>>
>>> DSH
>>>
>>> Lux et Veritas et Libertas