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Automatic Update Download OFF but still Downloads
I think that MS is downloading updates even though updates is set to
Notify Only. I just saw a bunch of data being downloads at 200KBpS for some time. Then the Yellow Shield indicated that there were updates to be downloaded. I again checked my settings and found them still set to Notify Only. I then clicked on the Shield opened window and told it to Download. Again I got a lot of KBpS. What is going on? Previously I had to reboot after I killed svchost that was eating up 95+% of my CPU for a long time - minutes. svchost command line was for -k netsvcs. While downloading right now it is eating up 50% of the CPU. Is there any way to throttle that back? I need to do my work! Not good! --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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On 10/16/2013 07:49 PM, OldGuy wrote:
I think that MS is downloading updates even though updates is set to Notify Only. I just saw a bunch of data being downloads at 200KBpS for some time. Then the Yellow Shield indicated that there were updates to be downloaded. I again checked my settings and found them still set to Notify Only. I then clicked on the Shield opened window and told it to Download. Again I got a lot of KBpS. What is going on? Previously I had to reboot after I killed svchost that was eating up 95+% of my CPU for a long time - minutes. svchost command line was for -k netsvcs. While downloading right now it is eating up 50% of the CPU. Is there any way to throttle that back? I need to do my work! Not good! Re-check your settings. I've notice that on a lot of XP machines...if set to "notify only" ...the application of updates often changes the settings to "automatically update" and yes, that is very annoying and uncalled for. There is a possibility that if you turn off updates completely it will stay that way...and you can just manually update when you have the time. |
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Yes, I agree [philo] - Sometimes, just turning off "Automatic Updates" in
the Window's Control Panel extension of the same name, is not enough... If, for *any* reason, you need updates turned off completely (something that I don't recommend, without manually turning in back on again - once in a while), but if you want to stop the auto-update featu- open the MMC Console Add-In - "Local Services" - (should be found in "Administrative Tools", on your Start Menu, or type: "" into the "Run-Box"), then open the "Automatic Updates" service and firstly "Stop" the "Automatic Updates" service (by pressing the "Stop" button - if it was started), then, change the "Startup type", displayed in the "drop-down-menu", from "Automatic" or "Manual", to: "Disabled" It is important to, periodically, re-enable "Automatic Updates", in order to keep Windows XP up-to-date, which is very important when it comes to essential updates that address recently discovered security vulnerabilities. Do remember, then, to reverse the procedure, by first re-enabling "Automatic Updates" service start-up type to "manual" before opening Control Panel's "Window's Updates" and setting it to: "Automatic"... P.S. You can then "force" a search for updates, in the background, by typing the following command into the Run-Box on your Start Menu : wuauclt.exe /detectnow == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "philo " wrote in message ... On 10/16/2013 07:49 PM, OldGuy wrote: I think that MS is downloading updates even though updates is set to Notify Only. I just saw a bunch of data being downloads at 200KBpS for some time. Then the Yellow Shield indicated that there were updates to be downloaded. I again checked my settings and found them still set to Notify Only. I then clicked on the Shield opened window and told it to Download. Again I got a lot of KBpS. What is going on? Previously I had to reboot after I killed svchost that was eating up 95+% of my CPU for a long time - minutes. svchost command line was for -k netsvcs. While downloading right now it is eating up 50% of the CPU. Is there any way to throttle that back? I need to do my work! Not good! Re-check your settings. I've notice that on a lot of XP machines...if set to "notify only" ...the application of updates often changes the settings to "automatically update" and yes, that is very annoying and uncalled for. There is a possibility that if you turn off updates completely it will stay that way...and you can just manually update when you have the time. |
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Per philo*:
Re-check your settings. I've notice that on a lot of XP machines...if set to "notify only" ...the application of updates often changes the settings to "automatically update" and yes, that is very annoying and uncalled for. That burned me last week. I had lent my laptop to somebody - who reported a problem a week later. Turned out the night before, MS qued a bunch of updates even though updates were turned off. After about the third re-boot, it finally became usable again. Whew! -- Pete Cresswell |
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Automatic Update Download OFF but still Downloads
On 10/17/2013 09:16 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per philo : Re-check your settings. I've notice that on a lot of XP machines...if set to "notify only" ...the application of updates often changes the settings to "automatically update" and yes, that is very annoying and uncalled for. That burned me last week. I had lent my laptop to somebody - who reported a problem a week later. Turned out the night before, MS qued a bunch of updates even though updates were turned off. After about the third re-boot, it finally became usable again. Whew! One more annoyace is that if you turn off automatic updates, you get nagged about them being turned off! That notification needs to be disabled as well. |
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Automatic Update Download OFF but still Downloads
I have all those notifications turned off.
I check manually about once a month. I noticed that the update service is a bit of a hog for download time slices. What would be nice is to be able to download just critical downloads at some preset time and date. Take care, Andy |
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Tim Meddick wrote:
Yes, I agree [philo] - Sometimes, just turning off "Automatic Updates" in the Window's Control Panel extension of the same name, is not enough... If, for *any* reason, you need updates turned off completely (something that I don't recommend, without manually turning in back on again - once in a while), but if you want to stop the auto-update featu- open the MMC Console Add-In - "Local Services" - (should be found in "Administrative Tools", on your Start Menu, or type: "" into the "Run-Box"), then open the "Automatic Updates" service and firstly "Stop" the "Automatic Updates" service (by pressing the "Stop" button - if it was started), then, change the "Startup type", displayed in the "drop-down-menu", from "Automatic" or "Manual", to: "Disabled" It is important to, periodically, re-enable "Automatic Updates", in order to keep Windows XP up-to-date, which is very important when it comes to essential updates that address recently discovered security vulnerabilities. Why would you ever need to turn on automatic updates. All I need to do is click start, all programs, windows update and then check for updates and tell it which ones I want. |
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Automatic Update Download OFF but still Downloads
Andy wrote:
I have all those notifications turned off. I check manually about once a month. I noticed that the update service is a bit of a hog for download time slices. What would be nice is to be able to download just critical downloads at some preset time and date. Take care, Andy How do you turn off the "turned off" warning philo mentions? |
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Per Bob F:
Why would you ever need to turn on automatic updates. All I need to do is click start, all programs, windows update and then check for updates and tell it which ones I want. That was my policy until, one day, an update hosed my laptop - which was, if not exactly required, at least a major convenience factor for work. The thing was down for something like 4 days. Can't recall what I did to get it back, but it involved a lot of Googling.... I've had other instances too. Now I try to accumulate updates for a month or so at a time and take an image of the system before I try to apply them. -- Pete Cresswell |
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Bob F: Why would you ever need to turn on automatic updates. All I need to do is click start, all programs, windows update and then check for updates and tell it which ones I want. That was my policy until, one day, an update hosed my laptop - which was, if not exactly required, at least a major convenience factor for work. The thing was down for something like 4 days. Can't recall what I did to get it back, but it involved a lot of Googling.... I've had other instances too. Now I try to accumulate updates for a month or so at a time and take an image of the system before I try to apply them. Makes sense to me. I do try to make an image of my C drive weekly or so anyway. |
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On 10/17/2013 11:14 AM, Bob F wrote:
Andy wrote: I have all those notifications turned off. I check manually about once a month. I noticed that the update service is a bit of a hog for download time slices. What would be nice is to be able to download just critical downloads at some preset time and date. Take care, Andy How do you turn off the "turned off" warning philo mentions? You right click in the notification area (the right side of your taskbar) and you can select how you want to display warnings. You can take the option not to show notifications |
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