From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I don't think so. I think it downloads, installs, prompts and if no
response will restart after xxx number of minutes. My XP home that I tried
did give me a prompt then restarted several minutes later. Between the
prompt and the restart the prompt did show a timer telling me how many
minutes until restart.

I won't try it on my one xp pro box .

"Geo"  wrote in message news:45835bb7{at}w3.nls.net...
> Doug's machine was XPhome, wonder if that makes the difference?
>
> Geo.
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> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
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> news:4582d706$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> pro.
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>> Antti Kurenniemi
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>> "Geo"  wrote in message
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>> > Is your system xppro or xphome?
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>> > Geo.
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>> > "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
>> > news:458234c0{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> Well, my system asks me (see the attached image).
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>> >>
>> >> Antti Kurenniemi
>> >>
>> >> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>> >> > "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
>> >> > news:45819367$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >
>> >> >> Yeah. Wonder when he'll learn to shut off the
automatic updates?
>> >> >
>> >> > He did learn, just didn't set it on all his
machines. But the real
>> >> > question
>> >> > is when will microsoft learn, I mean yes they are
following in IBM's
>> >> > footprints but even IBM tech support asks if you can
reboot before
>> > leading
>> >> > you down some possible cure path...
>> >> >
>> >> > Geo.
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