If you turn off automatic update, make sure you manually download Microsoft Windows updates from the Microsoft Update Center on a regular schedule. You can get automatic security updates by enabling the Automatic Update tool in Windows. Caution: Turning off Automatic Update prevents all Microsoft security updates from downloading and installing. This may put your computer at risk. Update: Vista SP1, which is coming later in February, apparently changes the location of the group policy tool.
Please see the comment below from chris. Note: it appears that not all versions of Vista make this available. I have Enterprise, so if you have another version, your mileage may vary.
In the meanwhile, you can just turn off automatic updates in the Windows Update program for now. Administrators requested features in Group Policy that simplify Group Policy management. This was also driving me nuts. Thanks, Aziel. I agree with your estimation of Microsoft engineers. If you were a software engineer, would you want to work at Google, Apple, Adobe or Microsoft? I hate the reboot.
I have video editing programs run over night and wake up to find hours with of render time lost from auto updates. Thanks I would have paid for this. Thanks for this. I was trying to formatt a new hard drive that i just bought overnight and i wake up to find my computer off. If you are not sure about updating Windows, read on. You have just turned on the Windows automatic updating service for Vista. What about turning off automatic updates? If you want to turn off automatic updating in Windows Vista , simply pick last option Never check for updates in step 4.
The Windows Update settings include several options. Which one is right for you? Well, that entirely depends on you. Otherwise select any one of the rest options. The more you tell us the more we can help.
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