On 1 Mar 2007 13:37:06 -0800, "smlunatick" <yveslec******.com> wrote:

>On Feb 26, 3:45 pm, Holiday <Holid...******.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone else noticed that when
>> updates are downloading the shield
>> is in the tray, but when the updates
>> are finished downloading it disappears?
>> It used to just sit there waiting for you
>> to click on and install the updates.
>> I have automatic updates set to
>> download but not automatically install.
>> It has been set this way for over a year.
>> But now it seems it will only allow me to
>> update when I shut down them machine.
>> Then I don't have a choice on what is updating.
>> It just installs all of them.
>>
>> Holiday
>
>Are you sure your are not noticing the WGA auto-check shield instead?
>Windows Genuine Advantage system (WGA) is the "so called" security
>check to make sure that you/we are using Genuine valid XP license
>key. The system "dials" home to MS to check periodically (for me,
>every time I restart my XPs.)

It's not the WGA shield, it's the yellow update shield. It will even
give me a status of the % completed when I roll the mouse over it..
I'll check a minute later and it is at 12% then 40% then 57% ect.
about 4 minutes later it just disappears. When I go to shutdown,
I'm given the option to shutdown after updates are installed or
"click here to shutdown without installing updates".

I apologize for posting to the wrong group. I didn't know about
microsoft.public.windowsupdate. I'll ask there.

Thanks for responding.

Holiday