Re: XP Update kills network

Thanks for the help. I have changed the setting on auto updates to notify me
for install.

I am running XP Pro SP2 and using Norton SystemWorks 2006, including
AntiVirus. No firewall is running.

There is an additional symptom -- After the update, Norton AntiVirus says it
"has a license or subscription problem" that can be resolved only by
re-installing AntiVirus. That doesn't go away after the GoBack.

That message took me to the event log, where automatic update posts an error
message that it can't continue because "some binaries are not signed by
Symantec -- some tampering may have occurred".

There is also an information message at live update startup -"the
description for event ID (0) in source (Live UpdateNotice Service cannot be
found." That message appears to recurr every time an update is attempted.
Once this morning this same message is then repeated as an error from
Broadcom ASF IP and Smbios mailbox monitor

I cannot access the update history in the Help and support center to get a
specific update ID. Is there somewhere else I should be looking?

Thanks again for the help.

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

Dave,

Specifically, which update is causing this ?
Which firewall is being used ... which antivirus/security suite ?

BTW, you can set Automatic Updates to " Download updates for me but let
me choose when to install them " to avoid the reinstallation of the
problematic update ... if you know the KB number of it <g>
Just UNcheck the box next to it when the update icon appears in the
Notification area.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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Dave wrote:

A Windows automatic update kills connection to router (LinkSysWRT54G ) and
therefore to entire wireless network. It also removes references to all
other networks I use.

New "wireless network wizard" does not work -- requires a USB port on the
router for the thumb-drive option and won't move forward on any other option.

Use GoBack to restore to a time before the update and the network works fine.
Unfortunately, the automatic update keeps screwing things up "automatically"
whenever I am away from the computer for a while.

2 month old Dell Latitude 630 laptop apparently running broadcom network
control software.

.

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