I don't have this problem because I've set mine differently. My posts have been about 90+% of the people out there who haven't.
If Microsoft says the updates are automatically downloaded AND INSTALLED, then that is without intervention. How many people do you think are up at the default time of 3 AM to have the opportunity to watch the complete process and possibly cancel it? Basically none are, yet Microsoft states the process completes then. How is that? Because the install process is not prompted with the default settings.
What don't you understand about unattended installs? They start and finish without your involvement. That's also why an earlier poster stated he had to address this issue on his network. Do you think his users are prompted for his installs? No. Unattended upgrades are just that, unattended. This is what we IT guys try to do, so that users don't need to be educated or involved. It's all pretty simple.
I know it's simple and doesn't require a degree to figure it out.
What you're not getting is that YOU were the one who said IE7 was forced upon YOU and YOU had to figure out how to revert back to IE6, then you went on this rant that I've heard time and time again and that I've preached to others that updates shouldn't be forced upon users (meaning YOU and ME and anyone else using a WINDOWS COMPUTER), I'm merely suggesting what took you to the Windows Help file and basically told me what I already know, after I told you that I've completely disabled Automatic Updates, and I didn't need an IT degree like "IT guys like you" have. I know everything you know, only I didn't have to pay for my education, and I work part time in the IT departments of the local Credit Union, the local Bank, and the community hospital.