Re: xp phoning home to MS, why? 207.46.245.220

From: anonymous (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/15/05


Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:43:02 -0800

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"Waheeba" wrote:

> Ok all. I turned this off: "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" and the
> problem went away.
>
> "Waheeba" <Waheeba@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:uElmUrp%23EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I installed SP2 and have all updates turned off, including the error
> >reporting service. I noticed that heavy traffic was still going through my
> >modem. I used active ports program to find that I was connecting a the
> >remote IP of 207.46.245.220, which goes back to Microsoft. The complete IP
> >info is below. Why is Microsoft taking you my dial up connection and
> >slowing my data transfer down by having my computer phone home? How can I
> >stop this without uninstalling SP2?
> >
>
>
>



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