December 6th 03, 06:19 PM
If you shut off messenger service(not msn messenger)the
blaster wont get you!
>-----Original Message-----
>I just did a "Windows Update" screen on my machine and
>came up with several "critical" updates that required
>attention.
>
>I updated my machine with the following:
>
>Update Rollup 1 for XP
>330994
>824145
>828035
>825119
>826939
>824105
>823182
>
>I noticed that the security patch for the Blaster virus
>is 823980. However, this was not included in the
>recommended updates for my machine. Likewise, I checked
>what was included in "update Rollup 1" and this
>particular update (823980) is not included.
>
>I subsequently ran another Windows update on my machine
>and it came back with "no critical updates" needing to
be
>added.
>
>I am a bit concerned and don't understand why 823980
>would not have shown up as being needed particularly if
>it weren't included in the other updates.
>
>Should I try to install 823980 anyway? Will Windows stop
>me from installing if it detects it was already
>installed? I just wanted to make sure that I was not
>going to cause more problems by trying to installs
>something that wasn't being shown as needed,
particularly
>if it may somehow already be on my machine.
>
>However, I don't think the latter is true since I also
>checked the history for what has been updated and did
not
>find 823980 included.
>
>Any input would be appreciated
>
>Thanks!
>.
>
blaster wont get you!
>-----Original Message-----
>I just did a "Windows Update" screen on my machine and
>came up with several "critical" updates that required
>attention.
>
>I updated my machine with the following:
>
>Update Rollup 1 for XP
>330994
>824145
>828035
>825119
>826939
>824105
>823182
>
>I noticed that the security patch for the Blaster virus
>is 823980. However, this was not included in the
>recommended updates for my machine. Likewise, I checked
>what was included in "update Rollup 1" and this
>particular update (823980) is not included.
>
>I subsequently ran another Windows update on my machine
>and it came back with "no critical updates" needing to
be
>added.
>
>I am a bit concerned and don't understand why 823980
>would not have shown up as being needed particularly if
>it weren't included in the other updates.
>
>Should I try to install 823980 anyway? Will Windows stop
>me from installing if it detects it was already
>installed? I just wanted to make sure that I was not
>going to cause more problems by trying to installs
>something that wasn't being shown as needed,
particularly
>if it may somehow already be on my machine.
>
>However, I don't think the latter is true since I also
>checked the history for what has been updated and did
not
>find 823980 included.
>
>Any input would be appreciated
>
>Thanks!
>.
>