Mircosoft at it again

Jack.Sparrow · 02-11-2007, 11:50 PM

Hello,

I have a wireless network setup at home and it works just fine most of the time. It has one Mac and 4 XP operated computers connected to it most of the time. The problem is if I update any of XP computers that are connected via the wireless network, the connection disappears. It will then appear at a random time and takes about 2 hours of fiddling to connect to it. I have no idea what is going

on so I've disable the windows updates. The Mac seems to drop out if I update the 'main' computer (the pc where all the connections are) but it has no trouble connecting back to the network, however, I still have to delete the existing instance of the network and create a new one for it to connect.

Please help!

Thank to all who read and/or post.

Jack.Sparrow · 02-13-2007, 05:31 PM

Sorry for double posting, but are the Microsoft Updates really important? Is it alright if I keep my Anti-Virus updated and leave the Microsoft updates disabled?

Thanks once again

johnwill · 02-13-2007, 05:38 PM

Windows updates are indeed important.

Jack.Sparrow · 02-14-2007, 06:40 PM

:( That sucks. Am I the only one who has the problem? cause I can not find a solution that works.

Thanks for the reply

02-11-2007, 11:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,483 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Mircosoft at it again Hello, I have a wireless network setup at home and it works just fine most of the time. It has one Mac and 4 XP operated computers connected to it most of the time. The problem is if I update any of XP computers that are connected via the wireless network, the connection disappears. It will then appear at a random time and takes about 2 hours of fiddling to connect to it. I have no idea what is going on so I've disable the windows updates. The Mac seems to drop out if I update the 'main' computer (the pc where all the connections are) but it has no trouble connecting back to the network, however, I still have to delete the existing instance of the network and create a new one for it to connect. Please help! Thank to all who read and/or post.

02-13-2007, 05:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 32,581 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Windows updates are indeed important. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

02-13-2007, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,483 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Sorry for double posting, but are the Microsoft Updates really important? Is it alright if I keep my Anti-Virus updated and leave the Microsoft updates disabled? Thanks once again

02-14-2007, 06:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,483 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	:( That sucks. Am I the only one who has the problem? cause I can not find a solution that works. Thanks for the reply