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|    joop g to Erik N    |
|    Re: what happens if the computer is swit    |
|    05 Feb 12 15:09:09    |
      From: jjge@xs4all.nl              Erik N wrote:              > joop g wrote:       >> I have set Automatic Updates to "on", and the time to somewhere in the       >> evening. But what happens if the computer is not on at that time? Will       >> the updates be downloaded next morning, and installed at next switchoff       >> time?       >       > Close, very close.       > The next time your PC is on and logged in, it will download and       > automatically install said updates after downloading all of them first.       > After all the updates are installed you may need to reboot your       > computer, but do not, do NOT switch it off while it is installing       > updates. You could screw something up and have to do a repair install (I       > learnt the hard way).              Thanks. I disciplined "my" users to never switch off the computer (just shut       down and leave it to itself).              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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