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to: Geo.
from: Gary Britt
date: 2007-02-17 19:05:50
subject: Re: Why Vista`s DRM Is Bad For You

From: Gary Britt 

Is that an operating system command or are you talking about blocking the
IP address at the router?

Gary

Geo. wrote:
> "mike"  wrote in message
> news:1gsdt2164qc98mqngvrq6s7c3cbhri1cee{at}4ax.com...
>
>> Have your copies of W2K started to phone home to
>> stats.update.microsoft.com?   Mine have been doing so since a recent
>> security update.
>
> Nope, but then I don't use windowsupdate for them.
>
> Just use a "route add" statement and null route the IP's you
don't want
> it talking to.. they may have bypassed hosts, but they can't bypass
> routing .
>
> Geo.

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