It can derail the discussion and more.
XP's support has passed so folk that run it have to endure what was considered fine over a decade ago. I find new to PC folk upset that all this is still the same as it was over 10 years ago.
No fix is planned so you do what you did 10 years ago.
Hope this clears that up for you.
In parting can you tell the forum if you lived through DOS and Windows 3.1? It was much worse.
Bob
It seems Bill Gates and I have different views on the meaning of the word 'automatic'. I envisage automatic updates as follows:
Imagine a house within which is a computer running windows XP. Nobody enters this house for several years. Eventually somebody comes in and inspects the computer and finds that all essential updates for the last few years have been installed.
Bill Gates' version is this:
Unless a member of the administrators group pops by from time to time, logs in and installs all necessary updates, re-starting the machine if necessary, no updates will be installed.
If I'm wrong about this, or there is some available fix, please somebody let me know.

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