I have "Automatic Download of New Version" set to off, yet when I booted this morning, I automatically received the new 19.7.0.9 update.
That is ok with me .... because when I set "Automatic Download of New Version" to off, I was assuming that I would still automatically receive "dot version" updates (19.6 to 19.7), but I assumed that by setting "Automatic Download of New Version" to off I would not automatically receive major release updates (such as Ver 19 to Ver 20 and/or NIS2012 to NIS2013). For those major upgrades, I do not want them automatically installed ... I want to have more control of when they will be installed on my computer.
Tony Weiss' recent sticky post of April 23 is titled: "Product Update - 19.7 for Norton Internet Security ..." and I am confused as to whether my setting for "Automatic Download of New Version" applies to upgrades like that (i.e., a "dot version" upgrade: from 19.6 to 19.7).
I am confused by the nomenclature being used (especially the terms "Product Update" , "Program Update", and "New Version".
I found this page:
... which distinguishes between Product Upgrade and Program Update and says this (underlining is mine):
"Product upgrade lets you download and install a new version of the entire product"
"Program updates are enhancements to Norton Internet Security that Symantec issues periodically."
Is the new updgrade to 19.7.0.9 considered a Product upgrade (i.e, new version) or a Program update?
The title of Tony's post uses the term "Product Update" for 19.7.0.9. Thus if 19.7.0.9 is a "Product Update" then (based on the definitions found in the above mentioned web page), v 19.7.0.7 is a new version of the entire product ... and thus I would assume that by having "Automatic Download of New Version" to off ... I would not have automatically received the 19.7.0.9 upgrade.
Am I making any sense here?
Again, the upgrade behaved as I wanted it .... by setting "Automatic Download of New Version" to off, I wanted to receive "dot releases" and not major releases. And I did automatically receive the 19.7.0.9 upgrade. It's just that the terminology used for 19.7 (calling it a Product Update) has just confused me ... since "Product Update" implies "new version" and "new version" implies setting "Automatic Download of New Version" to off should result in my not getting 19.7.0.9 automatically.
If the "Automatic Download of New Version" setting only applies to major versions (v 19 to v 20 or NIS 2012 to NIS 2013), then perhaps the label on the setting should be changed from "Automatic Download of New Version" to "Automatic Download of New Major Version" ... or perhaps "dot upgrades" from 19.6 to 19.7 should be given a different name (such as Program Update, or something like that).
Can anyone clarifiy the nomenclature for me and verify that the setting for "Automatic Download of New Version" only applies to major releases (such as 19.x to 20.x and/or NIS2012 to 2013)?
Thanks!