Automatic Updates: Make sure your updates are installed
 You can configure Automatic Updates to download and install your updates automatically, or to download them and then prompt you to install them yourself. (To make sure you have Automatic Updates turned on, visit Microsoft Update). If you use Windows XP Service Pack 2, when you configure Automatic Updates you should see the following window.
Fig. 1 Select Automatic (recommended) to help you get the updates you need. Select Automatic (recommended) -- Automatically download recommended updates for my computer and install them. This way, when the updates have been downloaded, you don't have to remember to install them. Note: If your computer is turned off during a scheduled update, updates are installed the next time you start your computer. You might be asked to accept an End User License Agreement (EULA) before certain updates can be installed, and other updates might require you to restart your computer before the installation process can be completed. If you choose any of the other options in Fig. 1, you must install the updates after you download them. Until they're installed on your computer, these updates are not active and your computer may be vulnerable. If you choose Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them, new updates will be downloaded automatically, but then the bubble shown in Figure 2 will appear, and you must click it to install the updates so the new programs will work on your computer. The reminder bubble will reappear each time you start up your computer.
Fig. 2 Click the bubble to review the updates and install them. |
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