Why does Win7 install updates even though I told it not to?

[Onceler]

I specifically have it set in windows update for me to choose wether to install updates of not and it installed 17 of them any way when I shut down my PC.

 

[nickbits]

I noticed some updates will reset your selection. Are you sure it is still set to what you want?

 

[Onceler]

Yes

 

[VirtualLarry]

I've noticed (and I think also noted) that Windows 7 will do this. The only "safe" setting is to disable Windows Update completely (full manual updates, when the user wants to).

 

[Dessert Tears]

Mine is set to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them" – I haven't had any installed unexpectedly. If I remember correctly, I had a few unexpected forced restarts in XP when choosing install only.