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Old August 29th, 2008, 07:46 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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I have XP Pro, and service pack 3 just showed up to install as an update
It says to back up, so I canceled the update and now I'm going to back up - how do I get back to the automatic update to "re try" the automatic update after I back up?
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Old August 29th, 2008, 07:49 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Should do it next time it checks, if you didn't tell it never to try again. Or you could go to MS Update site and look for it....

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Old August 29th, 2008, 07:52 PM     #3 (permalink)
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Just a heads up if you happen to be running the IE8 Beta Microsoft warns of IE8 lock-in with XP SP3
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Old September 5th, 2008, 09:44 PM     #4 (permalink)
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gah.. i hate automatic update.. so annoying.. if you build pc's just disable it and download sp3 from M$
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