From: "Geo" 

I believe even the patches from windows update will attempt to get out
(update.exe trying to contact MS on port 80) and if the firewall blocked it
then the patch might fail.

Geo.

"Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
news:420ac182{at}w3.nls.net...
> The update did it.  I'm using the CA firewall.
>
> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:420aab58$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > did you use windows update or do it manually? I've heard from some
people
> > who have had incomplete installs with windows update.
> >
> > I've also seen incomplete installations if you run a software firewall
and
> > do a manual install if the firewall blocks update.exe from chatting with
> the
> > microsoft servers on port 80 (I guess they wanted it to just waltz thru
> > proxy servers).
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> > news:420a8bbf{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > W2K.
> > >
> > > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > > news:420a8b80{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > What OS of the bunch?  All Win2k and XPhome/Pro
machines here took
> them
> > > with
> > > > no problems (this go round...LOL).
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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