FthrJACK Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 last week i formatted my pc, since then i have had problems with ram leaks from my sound card (creative) now, i know that i should get the newer driver from windows update, but i went ran it, and only 3 updates are available for my pc, odd i thought, so i check "instalation history" and what do ya know.. all the stuff i installed BEFORE the format. now, im guessing that it must log my ip, and thinks that nobody ever formats thier pc :mad: so here i am trying to figure out how to get all those updates it says i already have and wondering if it is just the ip it logs.. or something else, has anyone on dialup noticed the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aKaFrEE Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 ive never seen that problem before....was it just the crical updates that it said were already installed or was it more than just those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie101 Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 You can take all the updates you need from the windows catalogue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dragons Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Yo FthrJACK -- just open up the Windows Update thingy (from Help & Support) and then click 'Personalize Windows Update' then - check the box for 'Display the linkto the Windows Update Catalog'. The link will then show up in the left hand pane - and yo should be able to see ALL updates ever published!!!LS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted January 7, 2002 Author Share Posted January 7, 2002 yeah ive done it that way.. its just a ball ache looking for what you want and then manually installing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dragons Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Yeah - I understand that. But - since you have a fresh install - just download the lot. hehehehe - I know - you have to be selective in what you d/l - don't want a bunch of cr*p gobbing things up.LS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted January 7, 2002 Author Share Posted January 7, 2002 ill just see what it does when i change my ip... if it still knows who i am then somethings spying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 I was about to ask you to do that FthrJack, I might be wrong, but I recall reading in some forum/site (somewhere) that the updates are logged within a file on your system, and they use that file to determine your updates....I must admit, what happened in your scenario is very odd..Keep us posted.. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Yah these files are logged in IE. You did a format thus it should have been cleaned. Freakin wierd, maybe they are loggin IPs! DAM BASTARDS!:mad: -XPerties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 no, i don't think they're logging ips. my ip just changed the other day, and when i just went to windows update there were no new updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Thats true sedative, you have a point. So it goes back to files being inbedded in IE then, but still seems strange he couldnt get any updates after a format. Ive never had a promblem and you guys no I format all the time-XPerties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prnstar Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 I too have found the same thing when i did a reinstall some time ago. Reformatted the h/drive etc then logged into update and it basically said i already had them. Would love to know how they log you when you visit the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 That has never happened to me. I reformat a lot and whenever I go to the MS Update Site I am able to get the same stuff that I got before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dragons Posted January 7, 2002 Share Posted January 7, 2002 Yeah - I don't think they could monitor via logging IPs -- the vast majority of users have 'dynamic' IP addresses which would make that scenario impossible.LS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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