Re: Windows Update

[James Tucker <jftucker () gmail com>]

Here I found that I can have BITS and Automatic Updates in "manual",
Windows Update works fine here. It may be a good idea to refresh the
MMC console page, as you will probably find that at time the service
had shut down if and when BITS was stopped prematurely (i.e. when it
was in use).

There really should be no reason why you would want to disable the
Automatic Updates service anyway, unless you are rolling out updates
using a centralised distribution system, in which case you would not
need it anyway.

If you are worried about system resources, you should look into how
much the service really uses; the effect is negligable, in fact there
is more impact if you select (scroll over) a large number of
application shortcuts (due to the caching system) than if you leave
Automatic Updates on. If you are worried about your privacy and you
dont believe that the data sent back and forth has not been checked
before, then you surely dont want to run Windows Updates ever. If you
want to cull some real system resources and have not already done so,
turn the Help and Support service to manual, that will save ~30mb on
boot, up until the first use of XP help; this will stop help links
from programs from forwarding to the correct page, until the service
has loaded once.

As for worry over using bandwidth on your internet service, again, you
want to check this out as its a trickle service, not a flood. BITS
does not stand for Bloody Idiots Trashing Service; it means what it
says on the tin.

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:30:22 -0700, David Vincent
<support () sleepdeprived ca> wrote:
> joe wrote:
>
> > Yep, this is how it works now.
> >
> > You control whether Windows Update is updating or not via the security panel
> > in the control panel applets (wscui.cpl).
> To eb complete, I should have mentioned I have Automatic Updates turned
> off in the control panel.  I also had the service disabled before
> applying SP2 and venturing to Windows Update v5.
>
> > Of course if you aren't using automatic update you could always disable the
> > service and just reenable when you go to do the update, or don't use windows
> > update at all and just pull the downloads separately. We are talking about a
> > single command line to reenable that service
> Yep.
>
> > Is it a pain? Yes, for those who like to run minimal services. Is it a
> > security issue or life threatening, probably not.
> Agreed.
>
> -d
>
>
>
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