This might help, Alice...

Click Start.
Point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
Double-click Automatic Updates.
Select Turn off automatic updating. I will update my computer manually.

Al Thompson


From: "Ben Moore"
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Microsoft Critical Update


> Critical Updates is installed from Windows update on the web, usually. On my
> Win98 SE installation there is an entry in the add/remove programs applet
> for "Microsoft Windows Critical Update Notification."  You should have one
> too.  If you don't go to Windows update at Microsoft and see if gives you an
> install option for it. Reinstall it.  Maybe your uninstall entries for it
> got corrupted somehow.

> From: "Cloud 9 Graphics"
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Microsoft Critical Update
>
>
> > Hi Ben....I had not thought of that, but I just checked in the add/remove
> > applets and there is nothing listed with "Critical Update" as it's name or
> > part of it's name....any other thoughts?
> > Alice
> >
> >
> > At 4/21/02 11:41 PM, you wrote:
> > >You have to uninstall critical update from the add/remove programs applet
> in
> > >the control panel.  That's the only way I know of stopping it.  Once it's
> > >installed it will always turn itself back on.
> > >
> > >Ben Moore
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Alice L. Blankenship" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > > I have a very annoying problem that I hope you can help me with. I set
> > > > the Microsoft Critical Update task to run a while back and for my own
> > > > reasons I want it to stop checking. Well I have tried every way I
> could

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