Windows automatic updates just fill the hard drive

[shaunmich]

Normally windows automatic updates are on and it keeps on getting new updates form microsoft. For a common user what are the advantages of these updates? I personally think that it should be turn off.

[whs]

Most of those updates are security updates. If you turn them off, you expose your system to attacks. And do not worry about the itty bitty of disk space they take. You will not know the difference.