security updates/pc not shutting down

catford

I'm using win xp and being a lazy sod ,i usually turn the monitor off after shutting down and dont wait around! Tonight i spent a nice hour +down the pub only to find that my pc was still running when i got back.I turned on the monitor and saw that windows was STILL shutting down and it had frozen up.SO i did the bad thing and switched off the power.When i restarted i had 8 security updates to check and download. Could this have any bearing on the fact that this is the first time that the pc has stayed running,despite me shutting down???? Is microsoft that powerfull. ??Whats going on here-can anyone give us a clue?? Come on you techies!!

Browntoa

there just happen to be 8 security updates tonight....as a new Pc Automatic updates is turned on by default (since SP2)

catford

I use the custom option-to stop m/s turning my audio driver off.But what is the link between updates and my pc staying on.Tooo- much coincidence!!

beckie

this has happened to me a couple of times. i havent got a clue why either. I went to bed one night and switched the monitor off as you did, and the pc was still on when i got up the next day. i just turn it off, what else can you do? "shrugs"