also thanks for the info on the free program abraxas :
will also check it out and see how it is 
have a good one avast world :o
Hey Bob,
I’ve had BigFix since July 6 now and was anxiously awaiting notification of today’s Windows Updates - but nothing happened. I opened the gui, tried gathering notifications, etc and not a word. I did subscribe to Windows XP so I don’t think that’s the problem.
What am I doing wrong?
M
What am I doing wrong?Probably nothing which is why you should pose that questiont to BigFix. :)
Well, OK. But do you get notification of Windows Updates with BigFix?
For as long as I’ve use the laptop, I never did. The notifications always came from the windows update
notification.
I’m now back on my desktop and that system doesn’t have BigFix installed on it.
I never managed to install and have BifFix working in my computer… 
I couldn’t find a reason for this… The installer does not really installs…
I just tested the uninstaller and it worked as well as the installer on my pc. I can’t see any point in having the program if it doesn’t do anything.
Now I’ve got it… I’m thinking the problem I’ve posted here (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=22180.0) was the culprit 
I have a 100% legal $200 Retail Copy of XP Home SP2 that I ordered online and I DO care - I care very much that anyone would load spyware like this onto my PC. I do not allow Microsoft to “update” my PC. Do I trust Microsoft? Not the tiniest bit - the CEOs are dishonest and are behaving like thugs, strong-arming users, vendors, banks, the ISO - and those are just the ones I know about. Microsoft is the main spyware vendor FROM WHOM I want to be protected.
You obviously don’t like Microsoft. Why aren’t you running Linux or, get a Mac ???
Welcome to the forum.