i am on xp and i have had a few problems lately.... and after taking a few steps that help....a friend came over and he possesses some decent skills...
so he went to microsoft windows and download some 'update' fixes or patches or whatever you call them last friday.......anyway, they have been coming for 4 days now non-stop...
does anybody know how to stop halt pause interrupt these updates...????????????????
it asked me and said just sunday night at 2 am...still they come....i install them and next time i log on....and connect ...then another download update begins...
or will they run their course.....and should i just be patient...etc.
Two things that may help:
First, there's a place in XP which turns off/on "windows updates". Look for that switch and turn it off.
There's a major update to XP called "Service Pack 2". My guess is that that's what's attempting to download. I'm no expert, but SP2 is an upgrade that can be troublesome for one reason and another. David Pogue wrote a helpful piece about it in the cirquits section of the New York Times.
Otherwise, do the aforementioned turning off of windows update, then physically disconnect your modem cable with the PC switched off, switch the PC on with the 'net disconnected, then off again, reconnect and on. That ought to sort it.
Service Pack 2 is excellent and essential for security reasons. You should be able to get it complete on a disk and install it in one. I got mine included with a disk in a PC mag. If you don't install SP2 you are wide open to all sorts of nasties.
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