MS patch-scanner for Win-NT, 2K, IIS, SQL

From: tom.schmidt@eycom.ch
Date: 08/20/01 

To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
Subject: MS patch-scanner for Win-NT, 2K, IIS, SQL
Message-ID: <OF3F9BADCD.309E882F-ON41256AAE.0056C176@aey.ch>
From: tom.schmidt@eycom.ch
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:54:02 +0100

Hi, I get the following error message (2 out of 3 systems) when I try to
run the MS patch-scanner: <<Start>> hfnetchk -x mssecure.xml Microsoft
Network Security Hotfix Checker, 3.1 Developed for Microsoft by Shavlik
Technologies, LLC info@shavlik.com (www.shavlik.com) Unable to load the XML
file from the following location -     mssecure.xml Possible reasons:  -
Your machine is not connected to the network.  - The XML file is
temporarily unavailable.  - The XML file could not be found at the
specified location.  - The XML filename and/or path is not correct. <<End>>
I get the same error message on a W2K Prof. Workstation (SP 2) and on a NT
4 Server (SP6a), but the scanner works fine on a W2K Server (test server).
So the XML file is downloaded from Microsoft without problems and works
fine with the W2K Server. The possible reasons metioned in the error
message don't make sense to me... :-( Any idea how I can get rid of this
problem? Any help appreciated. Regards, Tom Schmidt