Don't turn off Automatic Updates (AU). See
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#14

Enable AU Change the setting to Notify Only When 911567 is offered
again, decline to install it then Hide it Change AU settings back to
Automatic or Download But Do Not Install, if you want.

How to configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306525

Generally speaking, install all critical updates offered by AU. Just about
all of them are uninstallable and if there's a problem with one of them,
you'll hear about it in the appropriate MS newsgroup.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

William wrote:
This is kind of a dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway. I turned
off my auto update so now is there anyway to tell if an update will cause
trouble or not or should I just wait until someone on the newsgroup has
trouble? Not good. Thanks.

William

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
As far as I can tell, to fix a problem that didn't need fixing.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"William" wrote in message
...
Thanks Bruce. That took care of the problem. Would you happen to know
what these updates were for?
William

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I think MS just added that to discourage removal. It is not on my
machine and will never be until they fix saved eml files so they do
not appear as already sent.

IMHO, remove it.

http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#14
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"William" wrote in message
...
I read in another newsgroup message about problems caused by the
update KB911567. I've also had trouble with corrupt phone book
and I can't reply to messages or combine news messages. Could
this be my problem? If it is I did go to add/remove programs and
was going to remove it but if I do a remove message comes up "If
you remove this update the following might not run right
KB900485, KB908531, KB911562, KB912812. Will it be alright still
to remove KB911567? Thanks. William