I have installed all the releases of SP1 for XP. But, SP1 v1097 was the first on that I got a Norton Firewall prompt asking if I wanted to allow IE to access the internet (something in SP1 was requesting a website). I "allowed" it, and all went fine...and the install completed a couple minutes later.

What is different in this version that needed internet access? I was a little confused.

I was not connected when I update to SP1 1097 but this is shure the first time you lunch IE or Outlook after an update, NIS will ask if you want to permit access ;)

After all the SP1 installation, I was asking to let or not IE connect to internet.

This is the job of a firewall :lol:

Bads, you are correct, but what I mean is that this happened DURING the install, without me attempting to launch IE or Outlook. Neither were running at the time. The install was still going, I was prompted by Norton, allowed it to connect, and then a few minutes later, the install was complete and I had to then reboot.

I am confused since none of the other versions caused this, and I am wondering if this was an attempt by MS to send my reg. information to them....during the install....

When I installed it I told it NO and it continued. Just too see what would happen, as always did a cold reboot and all seems fine.

Ok jefexp,

I understand more now.

But I'm never connected when I apply Sp1 because I have to "disable" anti-spy XP and i never receive this warning from NIS ;)

And after a reboot, before I connect to internet, I enable Anti-spy XP and no information is send to MS :lol:

I'm not shure but I think :D

Same thing here, I took a screenie of the ZoneAlarm alert, and it says update.exe wanted to access 207.68.131.229:80. Lookup says it's a Microsoft server (duh :D). Wonder if they want to keep track of how many people using SP1 or logging PIDs :blink:

you guys are paranoid freaks. if you're really this paranoid about microsoft install linux

@ gosh :
If you have nothing better to say, don't say anything... NO flames allowed.

@ jefexp :
Pasting 207.68.131.229:80 into your browser, will take you to MS Windows Update, it might have been an attempt
to make a dynamic update during the installation. :-?

I just installed build 1102 and I did not get a prompt this time. What I am guessing happened is the build 1097 updated one of the files IE uses, so when that happened, Norton detected a new file and (as it should) prompted me to allow it.

I am guessing, but maybe the other builds, including 1102, did not update IE files, so Norton did not see it as anything different.

Just a guess though....

nothing happened here on eitther builds

i unplug my phone line :)