KB951748 has been a huge problem for ISPs (inc. Telstra Bigpond) and Zone

Alarm users down here - switchboards snowed-under

 

I've been off-line for a week and trying to find the cause has taken hours -

till the Bigpond operator gave me a fix after an hour on hold

 

Please Microsoft - fix this giant xxxx-up NOW !

 

Kym Yeoward

Alice Springs NT

 

"Chipete" wrote:

> I, too, could not get on the net after the KB951748 update. I encourage

> Microsoft to do a search on the update so they could see how many hits there

> are already, and to take this update off of the critical list. T

> hankfully, I do not allow XP to automatically download and install updates.

> Otherwise, I might have not been able to find the source of the problem so

> quickly.

And the fix was...?

 

PS: It isn't MS's issue to fix. BigPond has to do their part, too. See

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/07/patch_the_entire_internet_tues_1.html

 

 

KymY wrote:

> KB951748 has been a huge problem for ISPs (inc. Telstra Bigpond) and Zone

> Alarm users down here - switchboards snowed-under

>

> I've been off-line for a week and trying to find the cause has taken

> hours -

> till the Bigpond operator gave me a fix after an hour on hold

>

> Please Microsoft - fix this giant xxxx-up NOW !

>

> Kym Yeoward

> Alice Springs NT

>

> "Chipete" wrote:

>

>> I, too, could not get on the net after the KB951748 update. I encourage

>> Microsoft to do a search on the update so they could see how many hits

>> there are already, and to take this update off of the critical list. T

>> hankfully, I do not allow XP to automatically download and install

>> updates.

>> Otherwise, I might have not been able to find the source of the problem

>> so

>> quickly.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:56:00 -0700, KymY wrote:

> KB951748 has been a huge problem for ISPs (inc. Telstra Bigpond) and Zone

> Alarm users down here - switchboards snowed-under

>

> I've been off-line for a week and trying to find the cause has taken hours -

> till the Bigpond operator gave me a fix after an hour on hold

>

> Please Microsoft - fix this giant xxxx-up NOW !

>

G'day Kym,

It's ZA's fault! Read thru this thread.

Mate, do yourself a favour and uninstall ZA, re-activate the WindowsXP

firewall and keep KB951748 on your system!

I have updates turned off automatically but it still reinstalls this sorry

Kb951748 every time I start my computer it is a major pain in the butt to do

it everyday. I have to uninstall it, and then restart the computer. Anyone

know how to fix this sorry update?

 

"Chipete" wrote:

> I, too, could not get on the net after the KB951748 update. I encourage

> Microsoft to do a search on the update so they could see how many hits there

> are already, and to take this update off of the critical list. T

> hankfully, I do not allow XP to automatically download and install updates.

> Otherwise, I might have not been able to find the source of the problem so

> quickly.

Tampart1 wrote:

> I have updates turned off automatically but it still reinstalls this sorry

> Kb951748 every time I start my computer it is a major pain in the butt to do

> it everyday. I have to uninstall it, and then restart the computer.

 

Bad idea. Sooner or later, if you don't have this update, your machine will be

compromised.

> Anyone know how to fix this sorry update?

 

Depends which third-party software product is messing with it usually this is

security software such as anti-virus or firewall software. What do you have

installed along these lines?

 

Harry.

 

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I had the same problem However, I DO NOT have ZA or any other firewall

on my machine, other then the windows Firewall. I Have XP Pro. So If

people have this problem and do not have ZA there is still no answer. I

just hid it and am using the advise of another user. Update once a week

and do individual updates, rebooting in between, to make sure everything

is OK. Microsoft Sure Pi**s me off. By the way SP3 Doesn't load either

so I guess I give them a year to straighten that mess out too.

 

 

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"Marcello" wrote:

> Hey guys,

> also here.. i mange a dozen of PC and, yesterday, every PC with KB951748

> lost internet connection... today, after removing it, it's ok!

> (do you think it's a conflict with Zone alarm (free)?)

>

>

> "Hawkins" wrote:

>

> > On one computer with Comodo Firewall KB951748 installed and internet

> > connection was fine. On another computer with Zone Alarm free KB 951748

> > caused internet connection to be lost.

>

> >

> >

> >

Hi Marcello,

I have only 2 PCs (at home) on a wireless network. Each computer can still

access the Internet but now they can't share files or printers!

Just seen this thread and your post I have tried to remove KB951748 but

one computer says that this update cannot be uninstalled!!!

Can you suggest any alternative fix?

 

Thanks,

Bill

 

"Marcello" wrote:

> Hey guys,

> also here.. i mange a dozen of PC and, yesterday, every PC with KB951748

> lost internet connection... today, after removing it, it's ok!

> (do you think it's a conflict with Zone alarm (free)?)

>

>

> "Hawkins" wrote:

>

> > On one computer with Comodo Firewall KB951748 installed and internet

> > connection was fine. On another computer with Zone Alarm free KB 951748

> > caused internet connection to be lost.

>

> >

> >

> >