On most of my home computers, after Id/l an update, I get a yellow shield in the tray that I can click to install the updates. (If a reboot is needed afterwards, it tells me that). On my Sony Vaio TXN-series laptop (XP Pro 2002 SP3) and one other computer (I can't remember which but it is XP Home SP3), I do not get the shield after downloading updates. I have to remember to do a shut ...
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Started 8 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-10-22 10:47:00)
by AB
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Started 8 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-10-22 14:02:00)
by PA Bear [MS MVP]
You won't be prompted to install any updates until all of the updates you've approved have completed downloading, AB. Absent any serious numerical Errors in your windowsupdate.log, you may be seeing a delay caused by excessive demand on the servers. It can take up to 7 days or more (sometimes much more) for all Automatic Update (AU) users to get new updates when so many have been ...
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Started 8 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-10-22 19:13:00)
by AB
I think you misunderstood me. I do get the downloads completed. (I walk away while it's happening!) When download is complete, my other computers use the yellow shield to prompt me to now install the downloaded files. these 2 computers do not do that. It is only if I shut down that I see the prompt to turn off the computer and let it install the updates before it powers off. "PA ...
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Started 8 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-10-22 20:16:00)
by Harry Johnston [MVP]
AB wrote: > On most of my home computers, after Id/l an update, I get a yellow shield in > the tray that I can click to install the updates. (If a reboot is needed > afterwards, it tells me that). > > On my Sony Vaio TXN-series laptop (XP Pro 2002 SP3) and one other computer > (I can't remember which but it is XP Home SP3), I do not get the shield > after downloading updates. I have ...
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Started 8 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-10-22 23:25:00)
by Robert Aldwinckle
"AB" <asb@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:48ff4b5e$0$4960$607ed4bc@cv.net... > On most of my home computers, after Id/l an update, I get a yellow shield in > the tray that I can click to install the updates. (If a reboot is needed > afterwards, it tells me that). > > On my Sony Vaio TXN-series laptop (XP Pro 2002 SP3) and one other computer > (I can't remember which but it is ...
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Started 8 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-10-23 01:11:00)
by PA Bear [MS MVP]
What Harry said. AB wrote: > I think you misunderstood me. > > I do get the downloads completed. (I walk away while it's happening!) > > When download is complete, my other computers use the yellow shield to > prompt me to now install the downloaded files. these 2 computers do not do > that. It is only if I shut down that I see the prompt to turn off the > computer and let it install...
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