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    Shield Icon with Exclamation Point Lower Right near Clock

    I am using Windows XP and every 15 minutes or so, a yellow shield with exclamation point appears briefly. If I am hovering over it with the mouse cursor, then it says downloading updates 0%. And then it will disappear immediately, only to reappear again after some time. Is it related to some software that I downloaded recently? Thanks for any help.

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    RE: Shield Icon with Exclamation Point Lower Right near Clock

    That yellow shield icon is the Windows Update. You might have it set to automatic, and hence it is downloading the updates continuously.

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    RE: Shield Icon with Exclamation Point Lower Right near Clock

    Thanks for that, I checked it and found that it is set to automatic, so can you tell me how to get rid of this irritating thing? thanks.

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    RE: Shield Icon with Exclamation Point Lower Right near Clock

    You can easily turn off the automatic updates, and find out what update it is failing at and continue to re-try the same install. After that you can try to use the below article to solve the download problem of the windows update:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

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