On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Jason Hayes wrote: > Just thought that I would try to help people avoid the same problems that I > had yesterday. > > The Internet connections on two XP machines on my network just stopped working > yesterday morning. I won't bother people with the details but I fought with > the network settings for about an hour or more on those machines and my > router. No matter what I did, I couldn't figure out why I had network > connectivity but no Internet on two machines and fully functioning network > and Internet on another two (one Linux and one XP). > > It took the XP virtual machine on my main Linux box trying to apply a security > update for me to figure out the problem. I allowed update and my Internet > died. So I went back in and removed the update and the Internet was back. > Same thing with the two non-functioning units. I pulled the updates and ta > da, the Internet was back again. > > So if your Internet on an XP machine dies suddenly, look for > > Security Update for Windows XP KB951748 > Update for Windows KB951978 > > I expect that you're maintaining other security precautions that will hold you > over until M$ figures out the problem with these latest updates. It's an issue if you run the Zonealarm firewall: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=KB951748%20zonealarm Kevin -- kevin@kevinspencer.org --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss