After having my PC 'crashed" twice in the last two years by defective "automatic updates" that had been issued by Microsoft, personally I would not activate the "Windows Automatic Update Service". Let someone else go through the hassles of that trouble. (Last time, Microsoft's tech support spent 4.5 - 6 hours working with me on the telephone to resolve the problems . . . and I finally had to just reformat and reload the PC.) Microsoft ADMITTED that the PC crash was the result of a defective software update. (Later they made a public announcement about there having been a "bad virus going around" . . . that was a good "cover" for the defective software update that they had inadvertently put out.)
So, I FIRMLY believe that Live OneCare should provide an option to "opt out of having that 'reminder' repeatedly displayed.
I think that I can remember to check the status of updates that have been released, at least on a weekly basis.
Has anyone else had a similar problem with Windows Automatic Update services???