You are dealing with another hooplehead.
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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: Windows Update always /assumes/ you'll be ready, willing & able to reboot
: after installing an update, if a reboot is in fact required.
:
: If you've Approved the install (or download & install) of an update,
you've
: implicitly told Windows Update that you'll be ready, willing & able to
: reboot after installing the update.
:
:
: spamlet wrote:
: This is all missing the point that Windows tells you that you can go on
: working while the update is being performed: it does not say 'oh but you
: mustn't use x y or z.'
:
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: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
: ...
: For the future, I will make sure that OE6 and WLMail are closed,
: before I allow Windows Update to install updates.
:
: You might add IE to that list.
:
: NB: If it's a Security Update for Windows, chances are a reboot will be
: required.
:
:
: Bob Lucas wrote:
: Were OE or Windows Live Mail open, when I installed KB978542 on
: the laptop? - Not sure, so the answer is a definite Maybe.
:
: I am pretty sure that OE and WLMail were not open on the desktop,
: so you have probably identified a likely cause.
:
: For the future, I will make sure that OE6 and WLMail are closed,
: before I allow Windows Update to install updates. I will also
: close IE8, if it doesn't prevent the Windows Update from
: installing.
:
:
:
: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
: ...
: Was OE or Wal-Mail open when you installed KB978542 on the
: laptop?
:
: Bob Lucas wrote:
: There is a very easy way to prevent it from asking repeatedly
: for
: a re-start. Restart your computer !!
:
: However, this month's Critical Updates has raised an
: interesting
: issue. The package included the Windows Malicious Software
: Removal Tool - May 2010 (KB890830) and the Security Update for
: Windows XP (KB978542). There were no other items.
:
: I have two Win XP (SP3) computers (a desktop and a laptop). I
: allowed Windows Update to download and install both items.
: The
: laptop prompted for a restart. The desktop computer did not.
: I
: wonder why.
:
:
: "spamlet" wrote in message
: ...
: Cheers:
:
: Now all I need is a way to stop it telling me I need to
: restart
: my computer every 5 minutes!
: ;-)
:
: S
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: "Richard in AZ" wrote in message
: ...
: It was part of the last automatic windows update package
:
: "spamlet" wrote in message
: ...
: And is this in with our automatic updates or do we have to
: get it ourselves?
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: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
: ...
: [crossposted to OE General & OE6 newsgroups as an FYI]
:
: MS10-030: Vulnerability in Outlook Express...could allow
: remote code execution:
:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978542
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