How to stop WU telling me SP3 is ready

[Guest Adam]

I am running Win XP Pro SP2 and don;t see a need to update to SP3 just yet. I

therefore want to stop WU telling me that SP3 is ready to download. Any

suggestions how to do this? (For some updates, it has been possible to

de-select them in the updates utility, but I can't see a way of doing this

with SP3.)

 

Many thanks in anticipation!

 

Adam

[Guest Alan]

Re: How to stop WU telling me SP3 is ready

 

Hello Adam,

 

You will probably get some other opinions -- and suggested methods -- from

contributors here, but I recommend that you download a 'Service Pack

Blocker' tool from Microsoft at

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D7C9A07A-5267-4BD6-87D0-E2A72099EDB7&displaylang=en

 

This will allow you to turn on Automatic Updates, but keep SP3 from

automatically being downloaded and installed for '12 months following

general availability' -- so it should be effective until May, 2009.

 

Alan

 

"Adam" <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A8CBD2FB-6CDA-406F-A4E8-D660F9364DC1@microsoft.com...

>I am running Win XP Pro SP2 and don;t see a need to update to SP3 just yet.

>I

> therefore want to stop WU telling me that SP3 is ready to download. Any

> suggestions how to do this? (For some updates, it has been possible to

> de-select them in the updates utility, but I can't see a way of doing this

> with SP3.)

>

> Many thanks in anticipation!

>

> Adam

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: How to stop WU telling me SP3 is ready

 

Is Automatic Updates set to "Automatic" or another setting, Adam?

 

Is Automatic Updates telling you that SP3 is ready to *install* or are you

being prompted to download (literally) it?

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

 

 

Adam wrote:

> I am running Win XP Pro SP2 and don;t see a need to update to SP3 just

> yet.

> I therefore want to stop WU telling me that SP3 is ready to download. Any

> suggestions how to do this? (For some updates, it has been possible to

> de-select them in the updates utility, but I can't see a way of doing this

> with SP3.)

>

> Many thanks in anticipation!

>

> Adam