> MS Critical Update Notification is a little program that runs itself once a day and checks to make sure you have the latest "critical updates" from MS. Since MS releases these updates about once a week, it can be handy to keep you current. It can also be a bit of a pain, as it seems to pop up when I least want it to.
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> Of course, somebody *could* have created a virus that just LOOKS like MS Critical Update Notification... If you want to be 100% sure, you can go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ to view the updates yourself and download them manually. If you want instructions on how to disable Update Notification, reply and I'll type them up.
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> Stephen

Thanks for the information. I think I might just go for it. However, I have never been one to stay "current" on anything, so I wonder what differences I can expect from the updates. As for popping up, I have so much stuff doing that, I'm sure I won't notice. In a previous life, before Stratvirus, this computer always said "Checking for updates," when I booted up. Is that the same thing? After Updates and Critical Updates, I guess Very Critical Updates will be next. I wonder when Ultra Critical Updates will come along.
Thanks for the input. I used to depend on my grandson for this kind of support, but he has a driver's license now and we hardly ever see him.
Howard