Patches installed during shutdown (XP SP2)

Patches installed during shutdown (XP SP2)

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Patches installed during shutdown (XP SP2) Richard Fangnail 04-10-2007
Posted by Richard Fangnail on April 10, 2007, 8:22 pm
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I upgraded to SP2 only six weeks ago. When I was done, it also loaded
about 15 patches. When I SHUT DOWN XP, it said something about
installing something and took a few minutes before really shutting
down.

But I just installed the new patches and this did not happen.

What's the story behind why it installed while shutting down? I've
only seen it happen once.

Thanks.


Posted by Hayman Ezzeldin on April 11, 2007, 2:18 am
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Dear Richard,
The way it works is that Windows "downloads" the updates and schedule a
specified time for the patches to be installed, if you turn the computer off
before the scheduled time, the patches will be installed before shutting
down.
Let's say that Windows downloaded the updates at 2:00, and the installation
is scheduled to be at 3:00, you decided to turn the computer off at 2:30, so
Windows install the downloaded updates before the shut down.

Best regards.

>I upgraded to SP2 only six weeks ago. When I was done, it also loaded
> about 15 patches. When I SHUT DOWN XP, it said something about
> installing something and took a few minutes before really shutting
> down.
>
> But I just installed the new patches and this did not happen.
>
> What's the story behind why it installed while shutting down? I've
> only seen it happen once.
>
> Thanks.
>



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