Vista Does Not Like Being Ignored

From the my previous post you will note I went a solid two weeks on Windows 7 without running Vista on my dual boot laptop. Boy...Vista doesn't necessarily like being ignored. Everything...and I mean everything...made a mad rush for the internet connection when Vista came to life. NOD32, Windows Update, Windows Defender and several assorted product update checkers just about pounded my laptop into submission. I just walked away from it for 30 minutes to let it come to terms with being brought to life again. It was fine when I came back excepts for the 7 updates that wanted to be installed on shutdown. It might be worth my while to spin Vista up a little more frequently.