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From: support at sleepdeprived.ca (David Vincent)
Subject: Windows Update

joe wrote:

>Yep, this is how it works now.
>
>You control whether Windows Update is updating or not via the security panel
>in the control panel applets (wscui.cpl). 
>  
>
To eb complete, I should have mentioned I have Automatic Updates turned 
off in the control panel.  I also had the service disabled before 
applying SP2 and venturing to Windows Update v5.

>Of course if you aren't using automatic update you could always disable the
>service and just reenable when you go to do the update, or don't use windows
>update at all and just pull the downloads separately. We are talking about a
>single command line to reenable that service
>  
>
Yep.

>Is it a pain? Yes, for those who like to run minimal services. Is it a
>security issue or life threatening, probably not. 
>  
>
Agreed.

-d