Maybe one of you technologically advanced people can help me...

When awhile back my computer started to act really weird. It froze whenever I went to shut it down and then all of a sudden, wouldn't let me open most of my programs (IE, AOL, Windows Explorer). I updated Norton and ran it and it found a virus. So I figured, took care of that.

Then a few weeks later, all of a sudden, I can't open certain programs again. I realized that there was something in common both times that this happened.

Windows was automatically downloading updates. A year or so ago, my computer suddenly started automatically downloading windows updates, whereas before it would ask me before starting, so I could choose when it did this. The problem I think I'm having is that I have a dial-up (slow as hell) modem which causes issues downloading these updates. What I wanted to know is if it's possible for me to turn off automatic updates and then be able to turn it back on when I have a better (faster) connection when I go back to school? Can I turn off Windows Auto Updates in XP?

( I actually have a picture so you can know what updates I'm talking about. The yellow shield thingy )

I'd appreciate any help/advice!
:)

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ETA: Problem Solved!
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