Damn Windows Update

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snerd
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Damn Windows Update

Post by snerd »

Have a 63K WU at 2 hours to completion. I went to watch a movie on Dish, come back in 2 hours to check on it and Windows has downloaded and installed some update and rebooted my box! Of course, it auto boots Ubuntu, so I still have 2 hours to go! grrrr!!
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Re: Damn Windows Update

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Set Windows to ask before downloading and installing updates.
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Re: Damn Windows Update

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Definitely ... I hate when someone else makes a decision for me :o
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