A Persistent Automatic Update -- How to Stop It?

Steve Behman · Guest

With automatic updates turned on I get an offer to install "security update
for Microsoft XMLCore Services". This has happened many times; each time I
click "install" and, obediently, I shut down the computer with the "turn off"
option.

Almost immediately after reboot the icon insisting that I install an update
(the same one) appears and I go through the same thing again!

Trust me, this is really getting tiresome. Does anyone know how I can stop
this?

By the way, I have uninstalled and reinstalled this program several times in
the hope that the offer to fix it would go away after the reinstallation and
update -- not even that works!

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TaurArian · Guest

Guessing - Check the known issues
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941833

or search the Windows Update newsgroup:
(OE newsreader)
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate
or
(Web)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&lang=en&cr=US

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"Steve Behman" <SteveBehman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| With automatic updates turned on I get an offer to install "security update
| for Microsoft XMLCore Services". This has happened many times; each time I
| click "install" and, obediently, I shut down the computer with the "turn off"
| option.
|
| Almost immediately after reboot the icon insisting that I install an update
| (the same one) appears and I go through the same thing again!
|
| Trust me, this is really getting tiresome. Does anyone know how I can stop
| this?
|
| By the way, I have uninstalled and reinstalled this program several times in
| the hope that the offer to fix it would go away after the reinstallation and
| update -- not even that works!

Steve Behman · Guest

"Steve Behman" wrote:

TaurArian · Guest

See this one: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936181/

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"Steve Behman" <SteveBehman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|
| "Steve Behman" wrote:
|
| > With automatic updates turned on I get an offer to install "security update
| > for Microsoft XMLCore Services". This has happened many times; each time I
| > click "install" and, obediently, I shut down the computer with the "turn off"
| > option.
| >
| > Almost immediately after reboot the icon insisting that I install an update
| > (the same one) appears and I go through the same thing again!
| >
| > Trust me, this is really getting tiresome. Does anyone know how I can stop
| > this?
| >
| > By the way, I have uninstalled and reinstalled this program several times in
| > the hope that the offer to fix it would go away after the reinstallation and
| > update -- not even that works!
|
| Thank you very much for the response.
|
| The link you provided was pertinent to Windows Vista and, unfortunately,not
| to Windows XP Professional.
|
| I have to report that the problem still persists.