TaurArian
Tue May 06 03:14:34 PDT 2008
It may or may not work:
Click Start, select Run and then type in: wuauclt.exe /detectnow
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"99XJ" <rnwrede@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:399F807E-3575-4E21-9B71-126DA9D1DC4C@microsoft.com...
| (Windows XP sp2..). Actually I do have it set (now) on the red shield (total
| manual update) but what happened is,... before, I had it set to the yellow
| shield (ask me what-when) and my wife clicked OK on a pop-up and it
| apparently downloaded several updates including SP2, it installed sp2 and
| apparently had to restart before the other downloads would install.
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| (I'm guessing, because immediately after installing and restarting the SP2
| download, I set it to the red shield, so that is the only way these updates
| in question could have been downloaded)
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| I did try restarting and a cold start to prompt for the updates but nothing,
| that is why I want to know if there is a trick to force the yellow shield
| (near clock) to appear so I can install the (pesky to my wife) downloads...
| (whew, breath... ... ...)
|
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| "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
| news:upV4NewrIHA.800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| 99XJ wrote:
| > Windows downloaded some updates, asked "Install Now or Later?" I
| > chose later... now it keeps reminding at an inconvenient time. How
| > can I chose to install the updates when I want if the little yellow
| > shield isn't present in the task bar?
| >
| > It is on my wife's work PC and it pop's up "Install now..." when
| > she is logged on to her work and can't install just then, but when
| > it is a convenient time, there is no little yellow shield to click
| > to install... where are the downloaded files stored? how can I
| > install them when I want to, not when windows wants to?
|
| Change the settings so that *you* completely control when you download and
| install updates instead of allowing Windows to automate any of it.
|
| Just have it notify you if you cannot manage to remember to check for new
| updates on the second Tuesday of each month.
|
| Also - next time you might want to specify what Operating System you are
| speaking of.
|
| BTW - I wonder if you were to shutdown the computer - it would give you the
| option to install updates and then shut down. ;-)
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