From: "Robert Comer" 

> My old Thinkpad is set up to prompt before downloading auto-updates,
> and prompt again before installing them.  I saw no prompts.  I got the
> new Security dialog after installing the cumulative IE6 patch.

As I said, it's a stealth patch, I doubt very seriously if it asked -- it
didn't even notify me.  I know it's not part of the IE6 update.

>At no time did I see the little
> globe auto-update thingy in the taskbar.

Neither did I.

- Bob Comer


"Dave"  wrote in message
news:d547i0ti4hqo27gn8b99upckon0vi6jtsr{at}4ax.com...
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:04:29 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote in message
> :
>
> | Okay, *now* it's solved.
> |
> | 1: Autoupdate has to be enabled to get the new security dialog.
> |
> | 2: Autoupdate runs and installs a stealth patch that updates the above.
> | There is no notification to the user other than an event log entry.  (it
> | doesn't show up in the updates installation history! So it's not the
> update
> | you suggest.)
>
> My old Thinkpad is set up to prompt before downloading auto-updates,
> and prompt again before installing them.  I saw no prompts.  I got the
> new Security dialog after installing the cumulative IE6 patch.
>
> I did nothing else to that system in the time that it was booted up
> last night.  I pulled it out of the case, plugged it into the network,
> and booted it up specifically to check for this feature.  It had the
> old dialog box.  Then I went to WU, and only one update was listed,
> the one I cited.  I installed it, which required a reboot.  Upon
> rebooting, the new dialog was there.  At no time did I see the little
> globe auto-update thingy in the taskbar.

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