Hi Paula, others,
Check the lower right corner of your windows desktop...you'll see an
icon that looks like a shield with a white cross on it. Click on
that...that's your windows security center. In there, there should be a
listing for "automatic updates" ...under that, at the bottom, there
should be links to manage automatic updates, virus check, firewall
settings, etc.
Find the one for automatic updates, and set it to notify you before
doing anything, or just turn it off.
A side note: It's *not* a great solution to turn this off and stop
patching Windows...Windows has so many security holes that updates are
absolutely crucial to keeping your machine up and running happily. On
the other hand, an update that kills your machine is unacceptable. I'm
not sure what to say, other than that I'm willing to sacrifice a few
hours of sleep per night for the next few days to make sure I'm to speed
on Linux so I can make the switch.
Hope this helps,
Dave.
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Dave A. Chakrabarti
Projects Coordinator
CTCNet Chicago
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Paula Cymbala wrote:
Dave,
Could you send me directions on how to turn off automatic updates?
Thanks!
Paula M. Cymbala
Program Coordinator
LEARN
(860) 434-4890 ext. 324
http://www.learn.k12.ct.us
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