Windows Update - installs updates even if you've set it to let you choose
Fri, 2011.09.16 - 11:16 — müzso
In Windows 2008 (and Windows 7 if I remember well ... and probably Vista as well, though I've never tried it) if you set the Windows Update settings to "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them", Windows installs important updates without asking you anything. So much for "let me choose". 
If you really want to be in control of what updates get on your system, choose the "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them" option. Unfortunately this way it'll not even download the updates in the background, but at least it'll not install any updates without your specific approval.
If you really want to be in control of what updates get on your system, choose the "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them" option. Unfortunately this way it'll not even download the updates in the background, but at least it'll not install any updates without your specific approval.
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Unwanted restarts
"If you turn on the Update Services, regardless of which "turned on" setting you have chosen, required updates to some components of the service will be downloaded and installed automatically without further notice to you. If you would prefer not to receive required updates, turn off the Update Services"
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/vistaprivacy.aspx?ln=en-us
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