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Automatic Updates</H1>
<P CLASS="Intro"> The following preferences can be changed on the

  <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.AutomaticUpdatesPreferencePage)")'>
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  <strong>Install/Update &gt; Automatic Updates</strong></a> preference page:</p> 
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      <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Option</P></TH>
      <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Description</P></TH>
      <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Default</P></TH>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Automatically find new updates and notify me</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          When selected, the system will automatically search for updates, 
          as defined&nbsp; by the update schedule</p></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Off</P></TD>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Update Schedule</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Look for updates on each startup, or once a day or some day a week, 
          at a predefined time.</p></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          On startup</P></TD>
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      <TD height="23" COLSPAN="1" ROWSPAN="1" align="left" valign="top"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Download Options</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          This option allows you to choose between having Eclipse search for updates 
          and notifying you of them once they are available or having Eclipse 
          automatically download new updates and asking you to install them.</p>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Search and notify</P></TD>
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      <TD height="23" COLSPAN="1" ROWSPAN="1" align="left" valign="top"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          When updates are found</P></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
      	  Choose to be notified about new updates only once, or to receive reminders
      	  until the updates are installed.</p>
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      <TD ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1" valign="top" align="left"> <P CLASS="Para"> 
          Notify once</P></TD>
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<h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3>
<a href="../tasks/tasks-122.htm">Scheduling automatic updates</a>

<h3 class="related">Related reference</h3>
<a href="ref-61.htm">Help Menu</a>

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