Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Windows XP Automatic Update problem...

Ummm, OK.

At least MS is now telling the truth about the notification in their EULA -- this is permanent, can't be uninstalled, will send all kinds of information to MS, other software may not work in the future if you don't run it...

I didn't think *installing* the Genuine Advantage code actually executed it during the installation process, ie didn't think it called home until after the installation was complete so I would be surprised if a firewall issue could be causing Randy's problems...

Your right John, actually I had Zone Alarm set to accept the updates from MS anyway, so was no an issue.

I have had windows update problems crop up a couple of times causing repeated IE crashes and other annoying issues. I emailed Microsoft support for for Windows Updates which is free. They get back to you in a day or so and did get things resolved in a pretty straight forward way. I believe it is better to go this route sooner rather than wasting the time it takes to try and sort it out on my own.

Ahh the frustrating balance of stopping pirates and not annoying users.

Getting support from MS would be my advice. If you don't get help from the support folks PM me. I may or may not know people

We have a MS rep that calls on our company, I may hit him up next time I see him...

Let's see... Issaquah, WA... I wonder if you know people...