Comments on: The Truth Behind Windows Automatic Updates

By: Linda Lach

Linda Lach — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:27:00 +0000

I was answeing an email when my computer started auto updates. It was a lenghty letter, is is gone for good or can I recover it?

By: Linda Lach

Linda Lach — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:27:00 +0000

I was answeing an email when my computer started auto updates. It was a lenghty letter, is is gone for good or can I recover it?

By: Bob Deloyd

Bob Deloyd — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:39:00 +0000

Yes I don't have automatic updates turned on, but I do have "ask me first" turned on. Then I can pick which I want to update, usually all (I think that's what the poster meant when they wrote:"Most geeks running Windows disable the OS’s automatic update feature at installation".

When the "Restart Now" appears, just ignore it and you won't get the nag popups.

BTW I've never had a virus or trojan on any of my machines because I keep everything updated, use an antivirus and firewall.

/bob

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Updates usually don't cause problems — except for NVIDIA driver updates. One knocked out my video entirely until I rebooted (of course I had several documents open at the time, so I was typing blind while trying to exit), and another one made it so the settings could not be changed from 640×480 16 color until I rolled back the driver and then reinstalled it.

By: Bob Deloyd

Bob Deloyd — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Yes I don’t have automatic updates turned on, but I do have “ask me first” turned on. Then I can pick which I want to update, usually all (I think that’s what the poster meant when they wrote:”Most geeks running Windows disable the OS’s automatic update feature at installation”.
When the “Restart Now” appears, just ignore it and you won’t get the nag popups.

BTW I’ve never had a virus or trojan on any of my machines because I keep everything updated, use an antivirus and firewall.
/bob

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:04:00 +0000

Updates usually don’t cause problems — except for NVIDIA driver updates. One knocked out my video entirely until I rebooted (of course I had several documents open at the time, so I was typing blind while trying to exit), and another one made it so the settings could not be changed from 640×480 16 color until I rolled back the driver and then reinstalled it.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:18:00 +0000

How is windows update any more invasive then say the Ubuntu update manager, or OS X Software update?

Turning off updats will only make you prone to malware.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:18:00 +0000

How is windows update any more invasive then say the Ubuntu update manager, or OS X Software update?

Turning off updats will only make you prone to malware.

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:31:00 +0000

How could I forget this pop up message? And then you're working on something and it completely restarts the computer while you're getting some water and your work is lost. Thanks Windows!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:50:00 +0000

You can always just disable Automatic Updates service for good :)

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:31:00 +0000

How could I forget this pop up message? And then you’re working on something and it completely restarts the computer while you’re getting some water and your work is lost. Thanks Windows!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:50:00 +0000

You can always just disable Automatic Updates service for good :)