[Roccus]

Thanks for your reply.

I have AVG and I NEVER open any email where I do not know the sender. Memory sticks are a mystery to me so I do not use them. I live alone and no one has access but me.

Is there any way I can tell if these “critical” updates will alter the way I have my computer screen set up as has happened when I allowed them to up date automatically

[publius911]

Is there any way I can tell if these “critical” updates will alter the way I have my computer screen set up as has happened when I allowed them to up date automatically

Unfortunatel, there is no way to tell ahead of time, specially with Win7 which I al stll trying to lern. Experience has taught me that anything is possible after a critical update. With Microsoft, that is never likely to change.
The question is, do the new "problems" outweigh the benefits? With a good antivirus suite, I think so.

Heck, I've never figured out a way to prevent updates from scrambling my desktop icons in Win 95, Win98, WinXP or now Win XP!