> Clearly, M$ has managed to make updates such a tangled mess that you need > to install special software to manage it all. Not so on the Mac.
Nope, but you do have to have more than a gnat's worth of gumption. Start>>Settings>>Control Panel>>Automatic Updates>>download but don't install. Whew! Wipe brow. > "Darkness" being a code word for M$ I presume. I knew I should have taken bets that you'd bite at that one. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************