Re: Latest MS patches kill wireless networking?

["Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa () pacbell net>]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;904942

And he also patched things in the "optional" section and not high 
priority.....as that patch is only offerred up in the "middle" section.  
Did you also download driver patches in that bundle?  I only patch in 
the upper section.  (Security and high priority)

That patch is only needed if you are running IE 7 anyway




Matt Ostiguy wrote:

> On 3/15/06, James Garrison <jhg () athensgroup com> wrote:
>  
>
> > I installed the latest MS patches and after rebooting, my wireless
> > network refused to connect.  It still showed excellent signal strength
> > but was unable to establish a connection.  I tried using both the
> > adapter's client (Intel PRO Set) and the standard Windows client,
> > with identical results.
> >
> > Then I uninstalled the patches and this fixed the problem.
> >
> > The patches that were installed and then removed were:
> >
> > 913807
> >    
>
> An Outlook 2003 patch
>
>  
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> > 905756
> >    
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> An Excel 2003 patch
>
>  
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> > 913161
> >    
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> Outlook Spam definitions update
>
>  
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> > 912475
> >    
>
> A quirky Australians are changing their time zones patch
>
> Those 4 came out last night - all fairly trivial - if you had Office
> closed, Windows did not enforce a reboot on installing them. I have
> not seen any issue with them
>
>  
>
> > 912945
> >    
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> Is an ActiveX change
>
>  
>
> > 904942
> >    
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> Outlook (express?) patch.
>
> Seems very weird that any of these patches would get anywhere close to
> Windows' networking stack. I have over 15 machines patched without
> incident.
>
> I have a fully patched Dell Inspiron here that I am able to associate
> with multiple access points.
>
> Matt
>
>  

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