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MovedGoalPosts · 21-09-2004, 23:22

Well the problem I had with this was a fresh install, on a completely wiped PC. All I had installed was the Win XP disk, then Norton AV and firewall (would you connect your PC to the internet without any protection). I then connected broadband, updated the Norton stuff to current definitions, and then ran the Windows Update (chicken and egg I suppose which first patch windows or patch your A/V - all the time you are online and not current you are no doubt vulnerable). Update loaded XP SP2, after which I then got the errors.

This must be a bug, which I lay at the door of Mr Gates. I don't know, as a reasonable computer user, what I was supposed to have done differently that could have been considered "user error".

21-09-2004, 23:22	#17
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: Windows Update Well the problem I had with this was a fresh install, on a completely wiped PC. All I had installed was the Win XP disk, then Norton AV and firewall (would you connect your PC to the internet without any protection). I then connected broadband, updated the Norton stuff to current definitions, and then ran the Windows Update (chicken and egg I suppose which first patch windows or patch your A/V - all the time you are online and not current you are no doubt vulnerable). Update loaded XP SP2, after which I then got the errors. This must be a bug, which I lay at the door of Mr Gates. I don't know, as a reasonable computer user, what I was supposed to have done differently that could have been considered "user error".