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by sach_shin2001 1 view

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Recently I tried to upgrade my desktop OS (windows 2000 prof w/sp1) using "windows update?. I neglected sp3 and ie6 updates and loaded rest. I got following security updates:
Q328676: Security Update (Outlook Express 6)
Q329414: Security Update (MDAC 2.6)
Q323172: Security Update
Q326830: Security Update (Windows 2000)
Q326886: Security Update
Q324380: Security Update (Windows 2000)
Q323255: Security Update (Windows 2000)
Security Update, February 13, 2002 (MSXML 3.0)
Security Update, February 13, 2002 (MSXML 2.6)
Q320206: Security Update
Q318138: Security Update (Windows 2000)
Q311967: Security Update
Security Update, March 7, 2002
Security Update, February 22, 2002
Security Update, February 14, 2002 (Internet Explorer 6)
Security Update, February 12, 2002
Security Update, June 7, 2001
Security Update, May 10, 2001
Security Update, December 20, 2000
That asked to restart my machine and ...
when I restarted I didnt get internet connection!!
(Info : I have privateIP address,use a gateway DNS server -supplied by private internet service provider-having private IP address which further gets connected to registered server.)
Now I installed sp3...and I started getting internet access!!
Now,I want to know where did I compromised on security front?can you help me please?

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by rod_eny2000

YOU REALLY need to read and find out what your downloading.and what kind of new head akes you just loaded .....from what i can see you only needed 10 or 12 of thoes updates REMBER NOT ALL UPDATES ARE GOOD FOR YOUR SYSTEM .some are in the beta stage and microsoft is leaving itup to people like you to find the errors in the programs !!!!! BEWARE AND READ FIRST !!! and why did you want outlook #6 anyhow ...IT'S full of BUGS......all i can tell you is to reformat. and learn from your mistake ......i know i did years ago .

by sach_shin2001

Dear Sir,
First of all,my question was very specific..it said that I wanted to know where I compromised by loading sp3 after "windows update".As per the list of updates given in the question, no update was having "beta" tag to it.Also I amnot facing any problem with Outlook Express 6.
It is just because of security reason that I lost internet connectivity and gained again afetr loading SP3.
Please help me in that direction.My machine is working fine otherwise and I dont think that I need reformatting.

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