Yesterday my computer alerted me that it had auto downloaded the latest updates for WinXP, you know the usual secutiy hole plugs and such. So I told it to go ahead and install them and then it told me I had to reboot for the changes to take effect. Once I was back up though it started screwing up my connection to the internet.
I couldn't access my.yahoo to read my email (although I could get to the regular yahoo.com page), I couldn't read several forums including CAG, I could use Google but couldnt access any links it brought up, I couldn't even access parts of the Windows update site to see if it had downloaded incorrectly or look for a further update that would fix the problem! I eventually had to use a Restore Point to reverse the damage the update had done. When it was happening I figured it had to be the Firewall so I changed it's permissions, I even turned it off completely and no luck, my internet security was always set to medium high and no changes there did anything either.
I let it download the update again last night and installed a second time before heading to bed, when I woke up this morning it had once again screwed up my connection. I'm internet sharing through a win98 PC with 56k connection, and while I think 56k is full of crap I doubt that was the cause of the problem, it had to be something in the update.
Anyone else experience something like this, and have an idea how to fix it? I'd rather not let the Windows security holes build up if possible.
I couldn't access my.yahoo to read my email (although I could get to the regular yahoo.com page), I couldn't read several forums including CAG, I could use Google but couldnt access any links it brought up, I couldn't even access parts of the Windows update site to see if it had downloaded incorrectly or look for a further update that would fix the problem! I eventually had to use a Restore Point to reverse the damage the update had done. When it was happening I figured it had to be the Firewall so I changed it's permissions, I even turned it off completely and no luck, my internet security was always set to medium high and no changes there did anything either.
I let it download the update again last night and installed a second time before heading to bed, when I woke up this morning it had once again screwed up my connection. I'm internet sharing through a win98 PC with 56k connection, and while I think 56k is full of crap I doubt that was the cause of the problem, it had to be something in the update.
Anyone else experience something like this, and have an idea how to fix it? I'd rather not let the Windows security holes build up if possible.