re: Windows Update Site Monday, January 14, 2002 at 5:58 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Trog (1 messages posted) Micro$oft are having big problems with their DNS server. see the attached link for details: - "http://www.win2000mag.net/Forums/Application/Thread.cfm?CFApp=83&Thread_ID=84899&mc=24" (ignore "'s) Log in as guest (and no password) if you try changing the DNS settings. I had trouble otherwise. Trog On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 11:40 pm, John Smith wrote: > >I have found the same problem on Japan (using ISP Asahi-net). Good to know this is >not Japan specific problem but global MS update site problem. > >Updates have been working fine at least a month ago. Now it fails after or during >the download. It just shows there are updates available but fails during installation. > >Can you report this to MS telephone service. From here it is difficult. > >BR, > > >On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 5:50 am, Edward Asquith wrote: >I have the same problem. I access the internet through a proxy and a firewall, and >have control over neither of them. At first, I couldn't even access the updates, >but I fixed that by ticking "Use HTTP 1.1 with proxy". However the updates don't >appear to download properly, and the installation fails. > >I had no problems with Windows Update over Windows 98. I access the internet via >the JANET network, from Durham, UK. Written in response to: re: Windows Update Site (John Smith: Friday, January 11, 2002 at 11:40 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Windows Update Site (Alun Williams: Fri, Jan 11, 2002, 4:37 am) re: Windows Update Site (Edward Asquith: Fri, Jan 11, 2002, 5:50 am) re: Windows Update Site (John Smith: Fri, Jan 11, 2002, 11:40 pm) re: Windows Update Site (Trog: Mon, Jan 14, 2002, 5:58 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum