Sure, I always did that too.
> Then when notified of new updates being available, would select XP security stuff and their malware program updates. Ignored IE updates as I never used it, had removed IE long before. Always preferred picking and choosing which updates to download, as stuff for Office and IE did not apply. Always worked well. Some Net 3.5 thing was the only one that would download but refuse to install.
Fair enough, though it's interesting, usually you don't get Office notifications unless you have Office installed, in which case why would you not want the Office updates? They usually fixed problems.
The .NET updates were always huge and I sometimes had trouble with those not installing too.
The Office stuff was always for a much newer version of the suite than I had loaded. Stayed on Office 2000 for a very long time until I transitioned to a new Win 7 box and retired the XP box to lagacy program work.