How to stop connections to Microsoft

[Guest AndyHancock]

I disabled the automatic updates because it was setting off the

firewall too often (I haven't found enough details to make the proper

firewall rules). There are still attempts to connect to microsoft IP

addresses. What else can be causing these connection attempts? I

don't use instant messaging, my browser is firefox, and thunderbird is

my email/usenet reader.

 

Thanks.

[Guest someone watching]

Re: How to stop connections to Microsoft

 

Andy here's one possibility, XP also has a service which contacts MS for

TIME updates ... keeps your PC time exact!

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"AndyHancock" <AndyMHancock@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I disabled the automatic updates because it was setting off the

> firewall too often (I haven't found enough details to make the proper

> firewall rules). There are still attempts to connect to microsoft IP

> addresses. What else can be causing these connection attempts? I

> don't use instant messaging, my browser is firefox, and thunderbird is

> my email/usenet reader.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest someone watching]

Re: How to stop connections to Microsoft

 

silly me, thought this was an XP group! W2K has a time service too. Is

that causing the problem? If not you may want to go view services and

see if something else there is the culprit!

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"someone watching" <nospam@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

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> Andy here's one possibility, XP also has a service which contacts MS

> for TIME updates ... keeps your PC time exact!

> ___

> "AndyHancock" <AndyMHancock@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:86581fa2-cd39-4d58-beeb-0a5b5bc7cfe4@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

>>I disabled the automatic updates because it was setting off the

>> firewall too often (I haven't found enough details to make the proper

>> firewall rules). There are still attempts to connect to microsoft IP

>> addresses. What else can be causing these connection attempts? I

>> don't use instant messaging, my browser is firefox, and thunderbird

>> is

>> my email/usenet reader.

>>

>> Thanks.

>

>

[Guest AndyHancock]

Re: How to stop connections to Microsoft

 

 

Yikes. Millions of services. Get back to you later.

 

But I run a pretty tight ship. Nothing gets installed without triple

checking. I'd be surprised if it was a service that I installed.

Perhaps Windows has default services, but it will take some time to

check these out.

 

Thanks.

 

On Apr 21, 5:11 pm, "someone watching" <nos...@bogusaddress.com>

wrote:

> silly me, thought this was an XP group! W2K has a time service too. Is

> that causing the problem? If not you may want to go view services and

> see if something else there is the culprit!

> ___"someone watching" <nos...@bogusaddress.com> wrote in message

>

> news:uJIlJM$oIHA.5916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

> > Andy here's one possibility, XP also has a service which contacts MS

> > for TIME updates ... keeps your PC time exact!

> > ___

> > "AndyHancock" <AndyMHanc...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> >news:86581fa2-cd39-4d58-beeb-0a5b5bc7cfe4@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

> >>I disabled the automatic updates because it was setting off the

> >> firewall too often (I haven't found enough details to make the proper

> >> firewall rules). There are still attempts to connect to microsoft IP

> >> addresses. What else can be causing these connection attempts? I

> >> don't use instant messaging, my browser is firefox, and thunderbird

> >> is

> >> my email/usenet reader.

>

> >> Thanks.

[Guest Poutnik]

Re: How to stop connections to Microsoft

 

In article <e4MF3Q$oIHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Mon, 21 Apr 2008

16:11:04 -0500 someone watching says...

> silly me, thought this was an XP group! W2K has a time service too. Is

> that causing the problem? If not you may want to go view services and

> see if something else there is the culprit!

> ___

 

BTW there is no need to use microsoft for time service

neither in w2k ( sntp ) neither in xp ( ntp ).

 

one can use NTP servers from xx.pool.ntp.org