Guest Adam Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 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 Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 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] Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 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
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