No Windows Update package should take anywhere near a 50th that long. To get to Windows Update, launch Internet Explorer and then pull down the Tools menu to Windows Update. Click on "Product Updates" after the page loads. My only problem with the Update site these days is that it lists IE 6 as a "critical update" if you don't already have it. I think this is not useful. Be careful what you update. Post here if you have questions.
I don't know what an "automatic update" is. Possibly, I'm just ignorant. I'm running IE5.5, SP2, on a Dimension XPS-T600.
would recommend that you disable the automatic updates and do the updates manually.....this has proven to be less problematic for me.....go to your Control Panel, select AUtomatic updates, and configure it for manually control.....
That way you will be able to dictate when, what and observe the download and install.... as stated by the other poster, be selective with updates, some you may not need and your system may not either....
In Internet Explorer go to Tools|Windows Update. At the site you will be able to see which critical updates are outstanding for your system as well as an installation history. The largest update I have seen was the SP-1 update to Windows XP and that only took 11 hours 50 minutes on my dial up connections.
I'm shocked -- shocked, I tell you -- that one of the great brains of this forum is on a dial-up. So am I. I hate to put myself any more under the thumb of the monopolistic cable company. Also, strange as it may seem, I still think it's fascinating that one can access the Internet over a telephone line.
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No Windows Update package should take anywhere near a 50th that long. To get to Windows Update, launch Internet Explorer and then pull down the Tools menu to Windows Update. Click on "Product Updates" after the page loads. My only problem with the Update site these days is that it lists IE 6 as a "critical update" if you don't already have it. I think this is not useful. Be careful what you update. Post here if you have questions.
I don't know what an "automatic update" is. Possibly, I'm just ignorant. I'm running IE5.5, SP2, on a Dimension XPS-T600.
Message Edited by nilo on 11-04-2002 03:37 AM
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Dan;,
would recommend that you disable the automatic updates and do the updates manually.....this has proven to be less problematic for me.....go to your Control Panel, select AUtomatic updates, and configure it for manually control.....
That way you will be able to dictate when, what and observe the download and install.... as stated by the other poster, be selective with updates, some you may not need and your system may not either....
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November 4th, 2002 13:00
In Internet Explorer go to Tools|Windows Update. At the site you will be able to see which critical updates are outstanding for your system as well as an installation history. The largest update I have seen was the SP-1 update to Windows XP and that only took 11 hours 50 minutes on my dial up connections.
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November 5th, 2002 06:00
Denny,
I'm shocked -- shocked, I tell you -- that one of the great brains of this forum is on a dial-up. So am I. I hate to put myself any more under the thumb of the monopolistic cable company. Also, strange as it may seem, I still think it's fascinating that one can access the Internet over a telephone line.