Hi Bob , Ray and all I am somewhat mystified by your comments I use XP home I have updates set to accept all, they are occasional (perhaps 1 or 2 per month) they generally install with no problem and never have I had changes to anything noticeable and certainly never have I had an attempt to change my set up or swap from OE to Outlook Sadly I cannot tell you the reason your set up is different to mine but perhaps someone can? Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) >I have two levels of updates. The first comes in about once a month which I > do not download. Others come in automatically. I do not appreciate the > changes because they adjust settings on my pc. The most obvious is they > change my email setting from Outlook Express to Microsoft Outlook, which I > do not like. I think it is an invasion of privacy for them to be able to > and > to actually change settings. > Bob, Marlton, NJ <snip> >> Hi all, >> >> I have my MS updates set to 'notify me' when they are available so I can >> choose if/when to download & install them. >> I seem to receive daily a list of MS updates which I install to suit me. >> However, the next day the list appears to be the same - and the next day >> etc. >> My computer asks at shutdown to install the updates & turn itself off. >> So what's going wrong - are they not installing properly or what else >> causes >> the same kb updates to appear all the time. >> Frustrating. >> >> Ray