Re: automatic updates

From: Thomas O'Grady [MSFT] (togrady_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/15/03 

Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:58:00 -0700

Since it is the first time, go and scan and load all updates. Then when a
new one comes out check to see if is properly downloaded.
Also check your settings in windowsupdate
please go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
on the left clidk on personalize windows update. Here you can choose how to
set windows update to automate tasks to the level that you feel comfortable.
You can decide at the time something is available or have it done
automatically.
Mine is always set to automatic on all my home machines.

For information on Blaster and how to fix it:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp 

-- 
Thomas O'Grady,
Security Business Unit
Microsoft Corporation
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Sandra L Miller" <slm@cs.arizona.edu> wrote in message
news:3F3D04D9.5E475F34@cs.arizona.edu...
> I just tried to implement automatic updates on an individual machine.
> This machine had just been built on Monday and had SP1 installed, but
> no updates, so I thought it was a perfect test case.  Yesterday, I set
> it up.  Under the Automatic Updates tab on System Properties, I choose
> "Automatically download the updates, and install them on the schedule
> that I specify", and left the schedule at the default of Every day at
> 3:00 AM.
>
> Nothing happened - no updates, and Windows Update still says there
> are 27 critical updates required.  What's up?  Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
> Sandy
>
> -- 
> Sandra L Miller
> Windows System Administrator
> Department of Computer Science
> University of Arizona
>
> "The opinions or statements expressed herein are my own and should not be
> taken as a position, opinion, or endorsement of the University of
Arizona."

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