Deactivate the auto-update feature for the Windows Update.

Robert Clark
MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, A+
MIS - Texas Cellular 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sanja madan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 5:44 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: http_head from w2k/win98
> 
> 
> hi ..
> 
> i have one win98 and 1 win2k professional setup
> (without IIS) which are trying to continuously access
> the windows update site for a file 'ident.cab'. the
> connection is trying to use a http_head .
> 
> i have searches for it on the net but havnt been able
> to locate anything useful as to how to disable this.
>  There was a suggestion that this could be code blue.
> But the registry settings and files that go along with
> code blue are not there on my systems. Besides, both
> systems do not have IIS.
> 
> Any ideas how i could stop these http_head requests
> emanating from the server ??
> 
> thanks
> 
> sanjay
> 
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