Question about XP auto update

[DAPUNISHER]

When I installed XP I disabled the remote asistance, Auto update, and MSmsg immediately. Anyways, I decided to enable auto update to save me the effort. Well, it started the process last night but seems to be stuck at 32% complete. It's been at 32% atleast 9hrs now. Should I disable it again and do the updates myself? It's not paused and I have RoadRunner so, it's connected. Advice would be much appreciated

 

[MuK107]

i would just manualy do it if it is doing that i dont know why it is but thats what i would do

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Thanx for the advice Sometimes you just need to hear it from someone else, ya know? I'd never let any version of windoze do anything for me on it's own before and now I have a good reason why! I went ahead and did it myself, it took all of 90 seconds to get the 6.5mbs of updates I needed That'll teach me not to be lazy.

 

[MuK107]

 

[Dreadogg]

Bill Gates just copied your HD ! LOL

 

[Davegod]

<< ...I disabled the remote asistance, Auto update, and MSmsg... >>



could someone give me a description of these and how to disable them? its not for me (dont have XP yet), for a couple of friends.

 

[Dreadogg]

remote assistance is in control panel/ system / advanced Im prtetty sure that auto update is in either run/ services.msc or run/ msconfig you'll find some other interesting things there also !

 

[btvillarin]

<< Could someone give me a description of these [remote assistance, Auto update, and MSMsg] and how to disable them? its not for me (dont have XP yet), for a couple of friends. >>



Well, Remote Assistance is a utility which if someone needs help with their Windows XP computer, or vice versa, you can give/receive help. If you were to help someone out, you would be able to see their screen and control everything. Auto Update is a service which Windows periodically checks Windows Update to see if there's anything critical your computer needs. And, MSMsg is Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger. If you don't use it, but you use Outlook Express and Hotmail, it tends to pop up.

To disable Remote Assistance:
System Properties (WinKey + Pause) > Remote tab > Uncheck "Allow Remote Assistance invitations to be sent from this computer"

To disable Auto Update:
System Properties (WinKey + Pause) > Automatic Updates tab > Select "Turn off automatic updating. I want to update my computer manually"

To disable Windows/MSN Messenger, it can be found on my website: http://www.geocities.com/btvillarin/WindowsXP/customizations.htm