You're welcome, Dave. Perhaps it's time to dump NSW or, disable NAV so
that it doesn't act like a virus ? <w>
Avast and AntiVir are two good *free* AVs.
MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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Dave wrote:
> Turned out to be a corrupted NAV file that was causing all the problems. Did
> not look forward to redoing everything, so tried working on NAV first -- it
> worked.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Dave
>
> "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>There's no firewall Enabled ? Then the system has 'unwanted guests'
>>despite the included AV in NSW.
>>
>>You can see which updates were installed in either the System event log
>>[ the Source is Windows Update Agent ], the ReportingEvents.log [located
>>in WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution], Add/Remove Programs in the Control
>>Panel under ' Windows XP - Software Updates ', or in the
>>WindowsUpdate.log [located in WINDOWS].
>>
>>The updates by themselves are not killing the network, rather, the issue
>>is occurring in conjunction with an outdated NSW and the attempt to
>>update. NSW 2006 is not compatible with XP. From the sounds of things,
>>it's not even compatible with itself since it can not update.
>>
>>At this point you are going to spend more time resolving the issues then
>>it would take to reformat the drive and reinstall XP.
>>Let me know which path you'd care to pursue ... hours of figuring out
>>what NSW did to XP and cleaning up malware because there's no firewall
>>or, just wiping and reloading.
>>
>>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
>>===============
>> *-343-* FDNY
>>Never Forgotten
>>===============
>>
>>
>>
>>Dave wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for the help. I have changed the setting on auto updates to notify me
>>>for install.
>>>
>>>I am running XP Pro SP2 and using Norton SystemWorks 2006, including
>>>AntiVirus. No firewall is running.
>>>
>>>There is an additional symptom -- After the update, Norton AntiVirus says it
>>>"has a license or subscription problem" that can be resolved only by
>>>re-installing AntiVirus. That doesn't go away after the GoBack.
>>>
>>>That message took me to the event log, where automatic update posts an error
>>>message that it can't continue because "some binaries are not signed by
>>>Symantec -- some tampering may have occurred".
>>>
>>>There is also an information message at live update startup -"the
>>>description for event ID (0) in source (Live UpdateNotice Service cannot be
>>>found." That message appears to recurr every time an update is attempted.
>>>Once this morning this same message is then repeated as an error from
>>>Broadcom ASF IP and Smbios mailbox monitor
>>>
>>>I cannot access the update history in the Help and support center to get a
>>>specific update ID. Is there somewhere else I should be looking?
>>>
>>>Thanks again for the help.
>>>
>>>"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dave,
>>>>
>>>>Specifically, which update is causing this ?
>>>>Which firewall is being used ... which antivirus/security suite ?
>>>>
>>>>BTW, you can set Automatic Updates to " Download updates for me but let
>>>>me choose when to install them " to avoid the reinstallation of the
>>>>problematic update ... if you know the KB number of it <g>
>>>>Just UNcheck the box next to it when the update icon appears in the
>>>>Notification area.
>>>>
>>>>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
>>>>===============
>>>> *-343-* FDNY
>>>>Never Forgotten
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dave wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>A Windows automatic update kills connection to router (LinkSysWRT54G ) and
>>>>>therefore to entire wireless network. It also removes references to all
>>>>>other networks I use.
>>>>>
>>>>>New "wireless network wizard" does not work -- requires a USB port on the
>>>>>router for the thumb-drive option and won't move forward on any other option.
>>>>>
>>>>>Use GoBack to restore to a time before the update and the network works fine.
>>>>>Unfortunately, the automatic update keeps screwing things up "automatically"
>>>>>whenever I am away from the computer for a while.
>>>>>
>>>>>2 month old Dell Latitude 630 laptop apparently running broadcom network
>>>>>control software.
>>>>
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