Clicking "Shut Down" for Important Updates

[Patrick Whittle]

HELO,

When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the dialog
window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is different.

It now has:

"Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"

I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut down
start happening again. (this was after watching some processes happen before
automatic power-down). After using my computer for a couple days now, that
peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up again. Do you know what is
happening? Is this a virus?

[C A Upsdell]

Patrick Whittle wrote:
> HELO,
>
> When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the dialog
> window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is different.
>
> It now has:
>
> "Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"
>
> I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut down
> start happening again. (this was after watching some processes happen before
> automatic power-down). After using my computer for a couple days now, that
> peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up again. Do you know what is
> happening? Is this a virus?

If you have automatic updates enabled for Windows, this might be the
security updates that took place earlier this week: at least one of teh
updates required a reboot. I suppose that, if one of the updates had
failed, it might be re-tried, and you might see the message again a
little later.

[JS]

You can go to the Windows Update site:
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
Choose the option named: Review your update history
This should identify if any of the updates failed.

JS

"Patrick Whittle" > wrote in message
...
> HELO,
>
> When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the dialog
> window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is different.
>
> It now has:
>
> "Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"
>
> I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut down
> start happening again. (this was after watching some processes happen
> before
> automatic power-down). After using my computer for a couple days now, that
> peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up again. Do you know what is
> happening? Is this a virus?
>
>
>

[Tom]

C A Upsdell > wrote:
> Patrick Whittle wrote:
>
>> HELO,
>>
>> When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the
>> dialog window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is
>> different.
>>
>> It now has:
>>
>> "Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"
>>
>> I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut
>> down start happening again. (this was after watching some processes
>> happen before automatic power-down). After using my computer for a
>> couple days now, that peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up
>> again. Do you know what is happening? Is this a virus?
>
>
> If you have automatic updates enabled for Windows, this might be the
> security updates that took place earlier this week: at least one of teh
> updates required a reboot. I suppose that, if one of the updates had
> failed, it might be re-tried, and you might see the message again a
> little later.
>
>
>
I just got the same thing on my Gateway laptop. My Automatic update
settings are "download, but ask me before installing", and it didn't
ask, just installed 6 of them on shutdown. I'm getting a twitching
feeling in my fanny that tells me this batch may not have come from
Microsoft, I emailed them and am awaiting an answer.

[John Tiesi]

This is a perfectly normal function of Windows that happens after the second
Tuesday of every month with Automatic Updates enabled. Choose Click Turn
Off to install important updates and turn off your computer. Once the
updates are installed, this option will go away until the following month.




"Patrick Whittle" > wrote in message
...
> HELO,
>
> When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the dialog
> window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is different.
>
> It now has:
>
> "Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"
>
> I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut down
> start happening again. (this was after watching some processes happen
> before
> automatic power-down). After using my computer for a couple days now, that
> peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up again. Do you know what is
> happening? Is this a virus?
>
>
>

[Tom]

Well John, I'm glad to hear you know that, because I couldn't get an
answer out of Microshaft.
Auto-updates used to install when I said to install them, and did not
wait for shutdown time. I asked Microshaft if this change was a result
of something I did, something they did or a spyware site spoofing a
Microshaft server. All they told me was to ask my PC vendor, they don't
provide support for XP-MCE.

When I asked my vendor, Gateway, I was told that automatic updates
should never be run on an XP-MCE based system, it can do a lot of damage
overwriting customized drivers, and I should use the update system they
provide. I have shut off auto-updates.

Tom



John Tiesi wrote:
> This is a perfectly normal function of Windows that happens after the second
> Tuesday of every month with Automatic Updates enabled. Choose Click Turn
> Off to install important updates and turn off your computer. Once the
> updates are installed, this option will go away until the following month.
>
>
>
>
> "Patrick Whittle" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>HELO,
>>
>>When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the dialog
>>window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is different.
>>
>>It now has:
>>
>>"Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"
>>
>>I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut down
>>start happening again. (this was after watching some processes happen
>>before
>>automatic power-down). After using my computer for a couple days now, that
>>peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up again. Do you know what is
>>happening? Is this a virus?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

[John Tiesi]

That's interesting to know about XP-MCE.


"Tom" > wrote in message
news:GB4bh.13091$J5.2716@trnddc04...
> Well John, I'm glad to hear you know that, because I couldn't get an
> answer out of Microshaft.
> Auto-updates used to install when I said to install them, and did not wait
> for shutdown time. I asked Microshaft if this change was a result of
> something I did, something they did or a spyware site spoofing a
> Microshaft server. All they told me was to ask my PC vendor, they don't
> provide support for XP-MCE.
>
> When I asked my vendor, Gateway, I was told that automatic updates should
> never be run on an XP-MCE based system, it can do a lot of damage
> overwriting customized drivers, and I should use the update system they
> provide. I have shut off auto-updates.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> John Tiesi wrote:
>> This is a perfectly normal function of Windows that happens after the
>> second Tuesday of every month with Automatic Updates enabled. Choose
>> Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer.
>> Once the updates are installed, this option will go away until the
>> following month.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Patrick Whittle" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>HELO,
>>>
>>>When choosing "Turn off Computer" on Windows XP's start bar, the dialog
>>>window "Stand by | Turn off | Restart " comes up BUT it is different.
>>>
>>>It now has:
>>>
>>>"Click Turn Off to install important updates and turn off your computer"
>>>
>>>I clicked "Turn Off" yesterday and it made the normal dialog to shut down
>>>start happening again. (this was after watching some processes happen
>>>before
>>>automatic power-down). After using my computer for a couple days now,
>>>that
>>>peculiar "shut-down" dialog window comes up again. Do you know what is
>>>happening? Is this a virus?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>