ps... about that registry key mentioned to delete...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion
\Internet Settings\User Agent\PostPlatform

Well it can't be that since I just did the reverse and set it and/or
deleted it (even though there were no values in it and was blank) ..but
with that folder key in place or not I still get in.

You know it has to be something even more simpler than that I think.
Although I sit behind a Netgear NAT router and a ZA software firewall if
that changes anything, but I don't know why it should.

Rick

...btw, C:\Windows\Windows Update.log shows this (watch the wraps)


2007-02-25 07:35:26 12:35:26 Success IUCTL Starting
2007-02-25 07:35:27 12:35:27 Success IUCTL Downloaded iuident.cab from windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v4/ to C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4
2007-02-25 07:35:27 12:35:27 Success IUCTL Checking to see if new version of Windows Update software available
2007-02-25 07:35:27 12:35:27 Success IUCTL Current iuctl.dll version: 5.3.3790.13
2007-02-25 07:35:27 12:35:27 Success IUCTL Current iuengine.dll version: 5.3.3790.13
2007-02-25 07:35:27 12:35:27 Success IUENGINE Starting
2007-02-25 07:35:28 12:35:28 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2007-02-25 07:35:28 12:35:28 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2007-02-25 07:35:34 12:35:34 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2007-02-25 07:35:34 12:35:34 Success IUCTL Shutting down
2007-02-25 07:35:42 12:35:42 Success IUCTL Starting
2007-02-25 07:35:43 12:35:43 Success IUCTL Downloaded iuident.cab from windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v4/ to C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4
2007-02-25 07:35:43 12:35:43 Success IUCTL Checking to see if new version of Windows Update software available
2007-02-25 07:35:43 12:35:43 Success IUCTL Current iuctl.dll version: 5.3.3790.13
2007-02-25 07:35:43 12:35:43 Success IUCTL Current iuengine.dll version: 5.3.3790.13
2007-02-25 07:35:43 12:35:43 Success IUENGINE Starting
2007-02-25 07:35:43 12:35:43 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2007-02-25 07:35:43 12:35:43 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2007-02-25 07:35:58 12:35:58 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2007-02-25 07:35:58 12:35:58 Success IUCTL Shutting down