smurphyzeke, I guess if you have wiiconnect24 enabled it will update your wii silently, not sure about that though.
Anyway, can you access Wii Shop Channel without the update warning? If so, then your Wii got patched and maybe that's why you are having those issues.
Anyway, can you access Wii Shop Channel without the update warning? If so, then your Wii got patched and maybe that's why you are having those issues.