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Stop Windows XP from nagging you about updates you've already completed or don't want [video]

By | November 4, 2008, 3:57am PST

Summary: Microsoft’s Patch Tuesdays (the second Tuesday of every month) are an important part of every Windows user’s and system administrator’s regular system maintenance. In fact, regularly applying fixes, patches, and updates should be part of your routine, no matter which operating system you use. Unfortunately, Windows XP sometimes gets stuck in update mode and will consciously [...]

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesdays (the second Tuesday of every month) are an important part of every Windows user’s and system administrator’s regular system maintenance. In fact, regularly applying fixes, patches, and updates should be part of your routine, no matter which operating system you use.

Unfortunately, Windows XP sometimes gets stuck in update mode and will consciously show a flashing yellow shield in the System Tray–suggesting that you need to download and install important security patches.

In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to get rid of those annoying yellow shields that Windows sticks in your system tray after an update gets stuck.

After watching the video, you can read Mark Kaelin’s article, “How do I… stop Windows XP from nagging me about updates?”–the basis for this video.

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Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news editor and finance editor at CNET News.com. Larry has covered the technology and financial services industry since 1995, publishing articles in WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, The New York Times, and Financial Planning magazine. He's a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and the University of Delaware.

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