VPN users are required to have their Microsoft Windows setup to automatically download and install critical patches for their Microsoft Operating System. Enabling Windows Automatic Update feature helps to keep your system secure. Many viruses and spyware products use problems corrected by Windows Update to install malicious software on your machine. With Automatic Updates enabled any known problems that Microsoft releases patches for will be fixed without any action required on your part.

If you wish to enable Automatic updates on your Windows XP machine, complete the following steps:

1. Click Start, then click Control Panel.
   
   Classic View
   
   
   OR
   
   XP View
   
   
   
2. Click Automatic Updates.
   
   Classic View
   

   
   OR
   
   In Category View, click Security Center
   
   
   And click Automatic Updates
   

    

3. Select Automatic (recommended) and choose a time when you would like the automatic installation to take place.
   
   
   
   
4. Click OK to confirm your setting.
   
   
5. When you are connected to the Internet, Windows XP finds and downloads updates in the background. You are not notified or interrupted during this process. If your computer is off during a scheduled update, Windows will install the updates the next time you start your computer.