Re: Problem with KB951748 XP Update

Perhaps if Microsoft designed its operating systems with better security in
the first place then the poor sods who buy and use this operating system
might not have to fork out more money to third party companies for software
to plug its holes! Your high and mighty attitude, PA Bear, serves only to
reinforce my perception that Microsoft is less genuinely interested in
customer satisfaction than it is in ripping more money out of them and
wasting their time trying to fix the damned thing up. Get a reality check -
and some humanity, while you're at it.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Uh-uh, third-party applications need to work with Windows, not the other way
around. Sorry.

KB951748 changes the way DNS works: ZA's gotta accommodate this change.


George wrote:
That's not a very nice attitude PA Bear. The problem is caused by the
Windows Update not ZoneAlarm. The update seems to stuff up Zonealarm's
High
Security setting. It seem's that if you change the setting to medium, your
internet works again.

As Bob posted on the ZoneAlarm forum : "medium's action seems to be "allow
unless you block" whereas High is the other way around". Your suggestion
of
"fix your ZA installation" is rather dull.

MS needs to fix its KB951748 update.


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Fix your ZA installation!
http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board?board.id=cfg
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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Epademic wrote:
After downloading and installing the three updates available as of
07/08/08
I found that I could no longer access the internet. My wireless
connection
was perfect, I even used the Microsoft Diagnostic Tool, and it said that
there was an issue with my router or my ISP. I did System Restore,
which
fixed the problem, went onto Microsoft.com and did the 3 updates one at
a
time untill i discovered that Security Update for Windows XP (KB951748)
was
the issue. Microsoft, please fix this update.

"Chipete" wrote:

I, too, could not get on the net after the KB951748 update. I
encourage
Microsoft to do a search on the update so they could see how many hits
there are already, and to take this update off of the critical list. T
hankfully, I do not allow XP to automatically download and install
updates.
Otherwise, I might have not been able to find the source of the problem
so
quickly.


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