Security update turned on automatic updates?

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Mary Fran wrote:

> I have had automatic updates turned OFF on all my computers for at least 2

> years.

>

> Yesterday I installed all the latest security updates (EXCEPT KB977165) on

> two machines, one running WinXP Home SP2, and the other running WinXP Pro

> XP2. I rebooted both computers and everything ran normally on both.

>

> This morning I noticed that both computers started very slowly, and when I

> logged in I discovered that automatic updates had been turned ON and was

> downloading updates. I immediately opened the Security Center and turned

> automatic updates OFF again, but the automatic update service continued to

> show in the task list (and was using a lot of memory) until I rebooted the

> system.

>

> Now at logon I get an annoying your-computer-may-be-at -risk-type notice

> from the Security Center.

>

> Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know which patch is

> responsible? I assure you that I did not make this change, either on the

> MS

> Update website or on my computers.

>

> Any info would be appreciated. I certainly want to prevent this from

> happening in the future. I'd also like to turn off that annoying

> notification.