[CedarDave]

In Control Panel > Windows Update, click "Change Settings." Select "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them." Click OK. Then, if you are online, click "Check for updates."

Unfortunately, it looks like unless you actually turn Updates completely off, Microsoft will still force some auto updates on you. See my post #11.

[TChad]

Unfortunately, it looks like unless you actually turn Updates completely off, Microsoft will still force some auto updates on you.

The method I described above should work, because the user will be sitting in front of the computer when he clicks "Check for updates," and he can see the newly-arrived list of updates before they are installed. If he can see the list of uninstalled updates, he can hide particular updates.

[matthew fuller]

“Change Settings.” Select “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them.”

When I get there, I have a box under Important updates that says “check for updates but let me choose -———

but when I click the dropdown arrow, nothing happens....