I have a Toshiba laptop with Vista on it. It doesn't get much use and is
rarely connected to the internet and I usually have the wireless connection
switch set to off. However I have noticed that even when I am off line it
'installs upgrades', last night taking a good fifteen minutes to install nine
upgrades before it closed down.

If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there
anything sinister going on?

wally <wally@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there
>anything sinister going on?

The upgrades were downloaded the last time you were online.

"PD43" wrote:

> wally <wally@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there
> >anything sinister going on?
>
> The upgrades were downloaded the last time you were online.
>

So why does it choose to install them at the end of this offline session
rather than the previous online session, which I think was a good few ago.
(hope I don't sound too paranoid!)

wally <wally@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> >If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there
>> >anything sinister going on?
>>
>> The upgrades were downloaded the last time you were online.
>>
>
>So why does it choose to install them at the end of this offline session
>rather than the previous online session, which I think was a good few ago.
>(hope I don't sound too paranoid!)

Ain't got a clue bud.

<insert Twilight Zone Theme here>

Assuming Automatic Updates is configured to the "automatic" setting, it is
not unusual for updates to silently download in the background and then
install when you attempt to shutdown.
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microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
microsoft.public.windows.vista.games
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_assessment
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.music_pictures_vide o
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_mainten ance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security
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wally wrote:
> I have a Toshiba laptop with Vista on it. It doesn't get much use and is
> rarely connected to the internet and I usually have the wireless
> connection
> switch set to off. However I have noticed that even when I am off line it
> 'installs upgrades', last night taking a good fifteen minutes to install
> nine upgrades before it closed down.
>
> If it's not connected, where are these upgrades coming from? Is there
> anything sinister going on?