'installing upgrades' when offline

[Guest wally]

I have a Toshiba laptop with Vista on it. It doesn't get much use and is

rarely connected to the internet and I usually have the wireless connection

switch set to off. However I have noticed that even when I am off line it

'installs upgrades', last night taking a good fifteen minutes to install nine

upgrades before it closed down.

 

If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there

anything sinister going on?

[Guest PD43]

Re: 'installing upgrades' when offline

 

wally <wally@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there

>anything sinister going on?

 

The upgrades were downloaded the last time you were online.

[Guest wally]

Re: 'installing upgrades' when offline

 

 

 

"PD43" wrote:

> wally <wally@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> >If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there

> >anything sinister going on?

>

> The upgrades were downloaded the last time you were online.

>

 

So why does it choose to install them at the end of this offline session

rather than the previous online session, which I think was a good few ago.

(hope I don't sound too paranoid!)

[Guest PD43]

Re: 'installing upgrades' when offline

 

wally <wally@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> >If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there

>> >anything sinister going on?

>>

>> The upgrades were downloaded the last time you were online.

>>

>

>So why does it choose to install them at the end of this offline session

>rather than the previous online session, which I think was a good few ago.

>(hope I don't sound too paranoid!)

 

Ain't got a clue bud.

 

<insert Twilight Zone Theme here>

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: 'installing upgrades' when offline

 

Assuming Automatic Updates is configured to the "automatic" setting, it is

not unusual for updates to silently download in the background and then

install when you attempt to shutdown.

===========================

Windows Update-specific newsgroup: microsoft.public.windowsupdate

 

Vista-specific newsgroups include:

 

microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords

microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management

microsoft.public.windows.vista.games

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment

microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices

microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup

microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_video

microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing

microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance

microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan

microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

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

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wally wrote:

> I have a Toshiba laptop with Vista on it. It doesn't get much use and is

> rarely connected to the internet and I usually have the wireless

> connection

> switch set to off. However I have noticed that even when I am off line it

> 'installs upgrades', last night taking a good fifteen minutes to install

> nine upgrades before it closed down.

>

> If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there

> anything sinister going on?