Old 02-15-2006, 12:21 PM   #1
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Default I'm officially pissed at Windows + Need help

K, so you guys know how sometimes Windows will pop up a little thing in the bottom right saying there are new updates available for download? And you know how if you don't get them yourself the computer will download them by itself? And you know how after it's done it'll install them and prompt you to restart all on its own? And ya know how if you don't restart it yourself it will do it for you?

Well you see, I use my computer as an alarm clock, with the volume turned up it blares music in the morning to get me up. Well my computer decided to restart itself last night, so my alarm didn't go off, so I overslept and missed my freaking physics test. I have no idea what I'm going to do about that, but to make sure it doesn't happen again, I need your help.

HOW THE HELL DO I MAKE MY COMPUTER STOP UPDATING ITSELF!? I swear I told it not to update itself a long time ago but it won't stop. Does anybody know exactly what I have to do to make it completely stop getting updates and installing them itself? It's really freaking annoying, especially when it pops up that dialog saying it will restart in 30 seconds unless I say no. Computers shouldn't freaking do that, and it's really pissing me off.
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Old 02-15-2006, 01:15 PM   #2
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well if your running xp
control panel/security center/automatic updates/"Turn off Automatic Updates"
if that doesnt help then try and set your firewall to block windows form accessing the internet

oh and are you running sp2?
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Old 02-15-2006, 01:27 PM   #3
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I swear I've turned that off before and it turned itself back on.
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In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz.

So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright.
And I write the blog for their website.

Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O
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Old 02-15-2006, 01:54 PM   #4
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clear your cache
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Old 02-15-2006, 02:33 PM   #5
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Remove the Internet connection.

That'd teach it a lesson.
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Old 02-15-2006, 05:40 PM   #6
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Get an Apple. It worked for me.
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Old 02-15-2006, 07:12 PM   #7
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Windows as an alarm clock? Intresting.

It won't stop saying it wants to update? Update manually, THEN do what zachisevil suggested. Maybe it wanted to update itself when you turned off the automatic update thing so it just overrid itself? Who knows, I'm no god with Windows, or any sort of software for that matter.
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Old 02-15-2006, 08:26 PM   #8
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I put Data Drain as my alarm clock.

If I don't get up by the screaming at the end, the rest of my family gets up and they get pissed.
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Old 02-15-2006, 08:46 PM   #9
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If it actually turned updates back on, disconnecting from the internet temporarily would probably be a good idea if you absolutely need to get up the next day.

I have absolutely no luck with using alarms to get up, i can sleep through Speedcore Dandy if i'm really tired.
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Old 02-15-2006, 09:36 PM   #10
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Y'know what I use as an alarm clock? An Alarm Clock.
Like, as in the little clock that goes on your bedside table and rings
real loud at any certain time that you set it for. It can quite handy.
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I set the alarm clock on my cell phone usually.
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Old 02-15-2006, 09:55 PM   #12
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Alarm clocks never do seem to work for me. If you have someone wake you up at the same time for long enough you'll get up on your own.
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I have to set multiple alarm clocks in order to get up, set at different times.

Yea if you have to set your alarm clock, just disconnect from the Internet before going to bed.
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if it turns on your updates then...
YOUR COMPUTER IS POSSESSED, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
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Old 02-16-2006, 12:20 AM   #15
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I have to set multiple alarm clocks in order to get up, set at different times.
Sometimes I set tasks so that the YTMND where the guy yells about his Cloudsong being stolen opens up after my alarm, just in case I try and go back to bed.

And uh, it hasn't updated itself again yet, but I doubt there would be new updates already. And guys, I DON'T WANT TO UPGRADE MY COMPUTER! All the new viruses get made for the new updates that take advantage of the new software. If you still ran Windows 3.1 you'd never get viruses/spyware cuz it wouldn't know what the hell to do. It's happened in the past, some big update happens and everybody upgrades and then they all get viruses. I'd rather have old versions of crap, thank you very much.
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So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =(

In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz.

So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright.
And I write the blog for their website.

Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O
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Old 02-16-2006, 12:55 AM   #16
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Windows as an alarm clock? Intresting.
Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks

You can add a new task, which being you want an alarm, just add the song that you want to wake up to, and it will go to a whole panel where you can set the time, and many other options, works well, I use it too.

As for the other problem, get all the updates. Go to windowsupdate.com or somthing and make sure you have all of them. It shouldn't update if it doesn't need to. If problem persists, check up to date virus software ;]
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