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This reminds of my bitching every time I need to restart Windows Vista on my gaming desktop, and think ‘What part of _only download but let me chose when to install the updates_ don’t you understand when I see that exclamation mark on the shutdown button.
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Category: Windows
Tags: Dept. of WTF, Fun, Updates, Windows, Windows Vista
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5 Responses for "Windows Updates and The Truth: All Your Windows Belong To Us!"
February 17th, 2009 at 17:26
1What I hate is when windows just does updates and shuts down the computer in the background while I am away from the pc. This happened and I shut off automatic updates. It should be smart enough to figure out that I am doing something with the computer.
February 17th, 2009 at 17:28
2GeekAdviser, you can prevent that if in the update options and tell Windows just to download the updates and notify you.
February 17th, 2009 at 18:02
3Yeah thats what option I have on XP. Download and let me choose when to Install :)
February 18th, 2009 at 13:03
4Thanks for the information. I implemented your suggestion.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:52
5A workaround to prevent having to continuously click “Restart Later”: instead of clicking either of the buttons, just move the irritating window somewhere (I prefer the lower right corner of the screen.)
Easy, dirty. :)
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