Bert Hyman wrote:
> In news:gfui7l$ogv$2@aioe.org Alias <aka@maskedandanonymous.ubunturocks>
> wrote:
>
>> Bert Hyman wrote:
>>> How can I restore the previous behavior?
>>>
>> Turn off Auto Updates. Reboot, do a clean up with Crap Cleaner
>> (www.ccleaner.com) and reset it to inform but let me decide when and
>> what to download and install.
>
> Crap Cleaner? How ... poetic.
>
> What, exactly, would this product do for me to fix the problem?
>

Get rid of the temp files created when you attempted to do the updates
previously. It's far more thorough than XP's native clean up. I've been
using it for years and it works great.

Alias