From: "Glenn Meadows" 

At least with the GPEDIT, or on XPHome with the reg file I uploaded, it
only checks with a non-existant server on your local network (or wherever
you point it), and the Update service is still running when you want to go
to WindowsUpdate.  You can also set what time of day you want it to chedk
(like 3AM or such.)

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Glenn M.
"Geo"  wrote in message
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>  wrote in message
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>
>> So how did Microsoft reboot the machine without user intervention? If you
>> have 'protect my pc' enabled, it will download and install the patches,
> you
>> have to agree/choose to reboot the system after the patches are
>> installed.
>
> Lets say you don't want auto updates, you just want to go to windows
> update
> when you feel like it and select what updates you want to apply. Pretty
> simple idea.
>
> So one of the things you don't need is the autoupdate service running
> constantly sucking up system resources, checking with microsoft for new
> drm
> and loading it behind your back, causing other things to swap out of
> memory,
> providing more running code for hackers to exploit, etc. so you set the
> service to disabled and reboot the system.
>
> Now if you go to windows update it tells you it won't let you patch unless
> you set the service to automatic startup. Doesn't need to be started, just
> needs to be set to automatic startup.
>
> So if you do that then update now you have to remember to disable the damn
> thing again. And with the amount of time it takes to do the updates, it's
> really easy to forget. Which I suppose is pretty much the point in making
> you set it to automatic instead of manual and started..
>
> Geo.
>
>

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