Re: v5 update

I will ask for you... Or try and find out myself ;-)

-David Herman

"Matt L" <> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what the v5stats.windowsupdate.microsoft.com is and why
> svchost is trying to connect. My firewall is blocking the outgiong
> connection. I have auto update turned off and was wondering what stats are
> being collected. I don't remember this in v4 of the update software.

Patrick;
Essentially v5 is being installed randomly on computers set to
Automatic Update.
You can also get v5 simply by typing "v5" where "v4" is located.

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"Snowman" <> wrote in message
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> Has anybody figured out yet how this new v5 client is being
> distributed? It
> also changes the look and feel of the "Automatic Updates" section in
> the
> properties of "My Computer". Some of our machines at the office
> have the new
> client and others do not but are still at sp1 level - all have the
> "Update
> Automatically" turned on for every night at 3am.
>
> "Patrick Wren" wrote:

I have been told that the info is in the User Agreement. I'm trying to get
as much info but its tracking down the right person to speak to :-)

Please give me a bit more time!

-David Herman

"Matt L" <> wrote in message
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> David - thanks for looking into this
>
> M
>
> "David Herman .:MVP:." wrote:
>
>> I will ask for you... Or try and find out myself ;-)
>>
>> -David Herman
>>
>> "Matt L" <> wrote in message
>> news:C70A993C-C8A2-4FB2-B300-...
>> > Does anyone know what the v5stats.windowsupdate.microsoft.com is and
>> > why
>> > svchost is trying to connect. My firewall is blocking the outgiong
>> > connection. I have auto update turned off and was wondering what stats
>> > are
>> > being collected. I don't remember this in v4 of the update software.
>>
>>
>>
>>

The v5stats.windowsupdate.microsoft.com url is where the new WU client sends
back events about scan, download, and install attempts. These events can be
sent either from Site or AU usage. The WU client runs in one of the shared
svchost processes.

You can use group policies to disable all access to Windows Update to
prevent this. But, of course, Microsoft recommends that you keep AU turned
on.

V4 did a similar thing, but the url and originating process was different.

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"David Herman .:MVP:." <_NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:eonsE$...
>I have been told that the info is in the User Agreement. I'm trying to get
>as much info but its tracking down the right person to speak to :-)
>
> Please give me a bit more time!
>
> -David Herman
>
> "Matt L" <> wrote in message
> news:60C147C0-E960-4B17-B6DC-...
>> David - thanks for looking into this
>>
>> M
>>
>> "David Herman .:MVP:." wrote:
>>
>>> I will ask for you... Or try and find out myself ;-)
>>>
>>> -David Herman
>>>
>>> "Matt L" <> wrote in message
>>> news:C70A993C-C8A2-4FB2-B300-...
>>> > Does anyone know what the v5stats.windowsupdate.microsoft.com is and
>>> > why
>>> > svchost is trying to connect. My firewall is blocking the outgiong
>>> > connection. I have auto update turned off and was wondering what stats
>>> > are
>>> > being collected. I don't remember this in v4 of the update software.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>