Check your Control Panel, it may be there...or it may be a registry setting. I know that there is a key:
HKLM*|Software|Microsoft|Windows|CurrentVersion|WindowsUpdate|Critical Update .... There may be something there or look in the Control Panel|Add Remove Programs and see if Windows Critical Update is installed (something like that, it's been a while). *HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Robert Clark MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, A+ MIS - Texas Cellular > -----Original Message----- > From: sanja madan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 4:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: http_head from w2k/win98 > > > hi robert > thanks for ur reply ... i have removed the auto-update > from the browser as had been suggested in one of the > responses. But how do i remove the 'auto-update' > feature for windows altogether ?? > > thanks and reagards > > sanjay > > --- Robert Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > > http://personals.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com >
