From: "Gary Britt" 

I always keep the autoupdate set for prompt to download AND prompt for
install.  It didn't auto download on me.

Gary

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:44542fe0$1{at}w3....
>
> "Gregg N"  wrote in message
news:44542d6d{at}w3....
>> Geo wrote:
>>> "Gregg N"  wrote in message
>>> news:44531c2d$1{at}w3....
>>>
>>>> The autoupdate choices are
>>>
>>> Whatever the default is is what he had his computer set to. He now has
>>> updates disabled, turned the service to manual and swore if he could he
>>> would move off Windows.
>>
>> If he is going to have long-running programs that must not be
>> interrupted, then he should set it to prompt. But turning it off
>> altogether and disabling the service is overreacting, IMO.
>>
>> Gregg
>
>
> There have been reports for quite a few months  both  on the
> microsoft.public.windowsupdate newsgroup and websites of computers that
> were just set to download and notify that have rebooted
>
> http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/vuln_aacfhddccc_de/
>

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5