Thanks for the replies. I’m still confused, but I guess I have the latest updates. That pop-up occured again this morning and this time I was quick enough to click it. Up came a listing of stuff. Before I could read it all, it disappeared. I checked my version and found that it now is 4.1.304. I don’t really know how that happened.
Then came your two replies. I checked my settings and found that I have checked for automatic db updates, but for “ask” on program updates. So I changed to automatic program updates as well. Did I mention I have a dial-up modem? I found a spot in the settings to check that, also.