From: "Rich" 

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   Automatic updates work fine.  What you need to be an administrator =
for is if you select the option not to have updates installed =
automatically but that you must approve them.  Only an administrator = gets
the approval request.  I can see value in being able to designate = someone
to receive a notification on a pending update though would = encourage you
to use automatic updates.

Rich

  "Gregg N"  wrote in message =
news:421a62e4$1{at}w3.nls.net...

  At one time I removed myself from the XP Administrators group to see =
if=20
  I could use my computer with reduced privileges.=20

  However, I found that I would no longer receive Windows Automatic =
Update=20
  notifications when I was not an administrator. Is there a way to allow =

  myself to get these notifications when I am running without=20
  Administrative privileges? Ideally, it would download and notify me=20
  about updates, and then require that I log in as administrator to=20
  install  the updates.

  Gregg
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   Automatic
updates work =
fine. =20
What you need to be an administrator for is if you select the option not = to have=20
updates installed automatically but that you must approve them.  =
Only an=20
administrator gets the approval request.  I can see value in being
= able to=20
designate someone to receive a notification on a pending update though = would=20
encourage you to use automatic updates.
 
Rich
 

  "Gregg N" <invalid{at}invalid.invalid>">mailto:invalid{at}invalid.invalid">invalid{at}invalid.invalid>
= wrote in=20
  message news:421a62e4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  At one time I removed myself from the XP
Administrators group =
to see=20
  if I could use my computer with reduced privileges. 
  However, I found that I =
would no=20
  longer receive Windows Automatic Update notifications when I was =
not an=20
  administrator. Is there a way to allow myself to get these =
notifications=20
  when I am running without Administrative privileges? Ideally, it =
would=20
  download and notify me about updates, and then require that I log =
in as=20
  administrator to install  the=20
updates.Gregg

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