Tom,
Automatic Updates is supposed to run only security and critical updates, not
every single update known to Windows. Unless you've disabled Automatic
Updates, it runs by default. If you need to enable it, go into the Control
Panel and select Automatic Updates. In that dialog, there's a series of
four radio buttons, the first of which is Automatic. You then tab to a
series of radio buttons that determines how often the updates will be run.
Your choices are: every day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. You then tab to
the time you want them to run. Usually, that time is set for early in the
morning, but if you shut off your computer every night, you may have to pick
a different time, or Automatic Updates won't run at all.
If you prefer not to enable Automatic Updates, you can tab beyond all of
what I've just described and you'll come to a link that lets you download
and install any outstanding updates immediately. Depending on your
connection speed and the number of updates you have to download, this may
take quite a while, so you may want to go off and do something else while
the machine is working.
If you don't like the idea of Automatic Updates at all, you can go to the
Microsoft Web site and search for the specific update that fixes the time
problem. Personally, that seemed like far too much work, so I let Automatic
Updates fix the problem. I don't think this update will break your system.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 21:16
Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change
> Steve:
>
> I'm almost embarrassed to ask this, but how exactly do you "enable
> automatic
> updates"? I'm running XP here on both the PC and the laptop, and wonder
> if
> this would be the easiest fix for the upcoming time-change problem.
>
> I usually don't run automatic Windows updates, because I have heard some
> horror stories about certain updates or update features causing all kinds
> of
> unanticipated problems, but may just take the risk in this case.
>
> The only thing I make sure to keep updated automatically is my Norton
> anti-virus software.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change
>
>
>> Ed,
>>
>> They do, but not for products they no longer support, such as Windows 98.
>> If you're running XP or Vista, this will be taken care of automatically
>> if
>> you enable Automatic Updates. Despite the phobia, this is not really a
>> big
>> deal to fix.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 20:26
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change
>>
>>
>>> Why don't M S send out something to correct the time for their products?
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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