Re: How to bypass blocked ports

From: CyberDroog (CyberDroog_at_ClockworkOrange.com)
Date: 01/07/05


Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:07:38 GMT

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:16:04 -0800, "Charles Newman"
<charlesnewman1@comcast.net.spammers.will.be.shot.on.sight> wrote:

>"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote in message
>>
>> For starters, you don't seem to know about the Windows Update Catalog. It
>> allows you to download updates outside of the mechanism of the Windows
>> Update service.
>>
>> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp
>>
>>
>>
>
> That is no longer available on SP2. I upgraded to SP2 and no
>longer get the Windows Catalog Page, but instead, instructions on
>how to run Windows Update manually. Windows Catalog will not be
>displayed on a machine running SP2.

??? It's a web site. You know how to use a web browser, don't you?

Oh I see. You're being intentionally insipid.

PLONK

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