Steve,

My computer here XP PRO updates when I shut it down at night if a update
is released.  While this is a function enabled by our IT I am not sure
if there is a way to do it in the home version of XP or drifsta.   




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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fwd: Microsoft patches for Time Change

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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>