"David Arnstein" <arnstein@panix.com> wrote in message
news:fcf7f0$8ls$1@reader1.panix.com...
>I read about this too. I immediately changed the "Automatic Update"
> service on my peecee from "Automatic" to "Manual." I am hoping that
> this will keep Microsoft out of my hair. Of course, I now have to
> manually start this service before I do any sort of Microsoft update.

No need for that. All you have to do is set it to *off* in the Security
Center Control Panel applet...

-jen