Internet stops after half an hour?

[Macamba]

Hi,

At the moment I'm hugely struggling with my automatic updates. The last one,
the emergency update of 'Internet Explorer 7', killed more or less my system.
At one moment starting my system stopped after the background picture of my
desktop was displayed. No start button, taskbar or trash can appeared.
Luckily I (finally) solved that by reverting to an old system recovery point.

But while happily downloading my Internet connection is pulled out from
under me. I contacted my ISP, and got informed that a 'netsh winsock restart'
should work. It did, but only for half an hour.

Does anyone have a suggestion how I can get connected to the Internet all
the time?

TIA,
Macamba

[Unknown]

you might try safemode
w/networking and test
your issue.

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"Macamba" <Mac...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE8716B7-3D6D-40CA...@microsoft.com...

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Please stick to one (1) thread, Macamba.

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in
the United States and in Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft
subsidiary. There is no-charge for support calls that are associated with
security updates. When you call, clearly state that your problem is related
to a Security Update and cite the update's KB number (e.g., KB999999).

If your problem relates to a Cumulative Security Update for IE, call the
above number and ask to be transferred to the "Consumer IE queue" (which is
47830).

Support for Windows Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/wusupport

For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary
for security update support issues, visit the International Support Web
site: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through
your usual support contacts.
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[Macamba]

Can you tell me, why the following two questions should be asked in the same
thread, as they are remarkably different:
1 Does anyone have a suggestion how I can get connected to the Internet all
the time?
2 Does anyone know that when the computer states it has to install updates
you can call up a list of updates so you can choose what gets updated, and
what not?

Although the intro have similarities, the punchline, e.g. the question is
different. I have learned never to ask two questions in the same post. You
must have had another use net as teacher.

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of previous
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.]

A1. Asked/Answered in other threads of yours.

A2. Configure AU to the "Download but notify" or "Notify Only" option; cf.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525