I've turned off automatic updates since I no longer trust Microsoft not to put stuff on my computer that I don't want on there. I have considered going
and doing a manual patch up to SP3 and watching very carefully what goes in. But strictly speaking I'm out of date on this machine by choice.
I'm no longer so worried about the "Tunneling" thing. I re-installed Network services and checked IPconfig and it's back again. So that seems
to be a normal part of the system (albeit one I can and will turn off for added performance). But it's obviously not the problem at this point.
That City and Warcraft are both being affected and NOTHING else seems to me that some "port" or method of connecting that they both use is being
blocked or something.
Important point I'm currently over at a friends house with my computer and it's his connection I'm on. We both have Time Warner cable as our local
ISP.
HE however is able to get on with his City of Heroes client! And I cannot! He's also able to get Warcraft to run.
So it's something on my system that's fucked up. But what? Do I HAVE to upgrade to SP3 to continue operating?
and doing a manual patch up to SP3 and watching very carefully what goes in. But strictly speaking I'm out of date on this machine by choice.
I'm no longer so worried about the "Tunneling" thing. I re-installed Network services and checked IPconfig and it's back again. So that seems
to be a normal part of the system (albeit one I can and will turn off for added performance). But it's obviously not the problem at this point.
That City and Warcraft are both being affected and NOTHING else seems to me that some "port" or method of connecting that they both use is being
blocked or something.
Important point I'm currently over at a friends house with my computer and it's his connection I'm on. We both have Time Warner cable as our local
ISP.
HE however is able to get on with his City of Heroes client! And I cannot! He's also able to get Warcraft to run.
So it's something on my system that's fucked up. But what? Do I HAVE to upgrade to SP3 to continue operating?