I understand your wariness. I don't let Windows updates run automatically on my own computers, but I do run the updater manually and decide what gets
installed. There are exploits that specifically target unpatched systems, so I would at least apply the critical security updates (well, the real ones, not
Genuine Widows Advantage!) Support for XP SP2 is supposed to continue through 13 July 2010, so until then you shouldn't have to install SP3 to get security
patches.
It's possible you and your friend are on different parts of the Time Warner network and it's still an ISP problem, but I agree it's more likely
your machine.
Looking on the City of Heroes forums, I did find this:
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Have you tried the shortcut to bypass the updater? Once I did that I was able to connect without a single problem.
--- and this ---
To bypass the updater, create a shortcut to CityOfHeroes.exe (not the updater). Right click the shortcut and click Properties. In the Target line, modify it to
match this:
"C
rogram FilesCity of HeroesCityOfHeroes.exe" -project coh
this assumes you installed to the default location. If not you need to modify the drive/directory path to where yours copy is installed. ----- end -----
Haven't had time to read the whole thread, but this was something that worked for some people after /flushdns and other things you mentioned had failed.
Was looking at something that sounded similar on a WoW forum, but then it went down for maintenance.
installed. There are exploits that specifically target unpatched systems, so I would at least apply the critical security updates (well, the real ones, not
Genuine Widows Advantage!) Support for XP SP2 is supposed to continue through 13 July 2010, so until then you shouldn't have to install SP3 to get security
patches.
It's possible you and your friend are on different parts of the Time Warner network and it's still an ISP problem, but I agree it's more likely
your machine.
Looking on the City of Heroes forums, I did find this:
----- pasted -----
Have you tried the shortcut to bypass the updater? Once I did that I was able to connect without a single problem.
--- and this ---
To bypass the updater, create a shortcut to CityOfHeroes.exe (not the updater). Right click the shortcut and click Properties. In the Target line, modify it to
match this:
"C
rogram FilesCity of HeroesCityOfHeroes.exe" -project cohthis assumes you installed to the default location. If not you need to modify the drive/directory path to where yours copy is installed. ----- end -----
Haven't had time to read the whole thread, but this was something that worked for some people after /flushdns and other things you mentioned had failed.
Was looking at something that sounded similar on a WoW forum, but then it went down for maintenance.