All this help is really encouraging! But so far nothing has worked. When I
go to the Control Panel I don't have anything called "automatic Updates".
Any new suggestions?
Alice

At 4/23/02 12:20 PM, you wrote:
>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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