A question about Firewall in XP

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Tommy;
Microsoft does support dial-up.
Your ISP may be timing you off as many do.
You can also try just one or two at a time, other than a few, most do
not take to long.
Of course if you wait to long, they pile up and it may take a while
even on high speed access.
However stay away from so called accelerators, most are nice spyware
for the distributors.

Instead download the updates from the Windows Update Catalog and burn
to CD.
Do it at a computer that has high speed internet access and a burner.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323166
 
Two things: McAfee Personal Firewall Plus and McAfee Virus Scan Online are
on my machine and I was notified that Sobig.F was attached to a message.
McAfee puts out auto updates whenever necessary. The firewall also alerts
you whenever E.T. tries to phone home.
 
"David Candy" said:
I don't update. Either XP was fit for sale or it wasn't. I maintain it =
was so updates are unnecessary. Because I don't update I don't have any =
problems.
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Wow. I hate to think what you do when your car manufacturer sends out a
safety recall. Me, I use the information in the recall to either fix it
myself, or take it to a mechanic.

Sure, it takes a little time, and it leaves me without a car for an hour or
two at a time, but at least I don't find myself the victim of an accident
that could have been prevented by following the recall instructions.

Alun.
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