Re: Update web site

From: White Knight (thanks_but_no_thanks_at_nospam)
Date: 09/20/03 

Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:55:49 +0100

"YoKenny" <YKnot@home.invalid> wrote in message
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> Chris wrote:
> > Hi
> > I cannot connect to the windows XP update web pages...can
> > anyone offer any help?
> >
> > I'm running XP with SP1 and using Zone Alarm as my
> > firewall.
>
> Works fine here. Maybe HOSTS file problem. To understand HOSTS and
> get a good HOSTS file, have a read here.
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>

I had the same problem and it turned out to be due to the update site entry
in the hosts file was incorrect, as MS redirected it to somewhere else.

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