MS hotpatch broke 2Wire connection

Forgot to mention that he's running Windows XP Home.

Jhumbo wrote:
My brother has had a wireless network set up between his Sony Vaio
laptop and his DSL connection using 2Wire equipment. All was well
until he installed the latest MS Hotpatch to take care of the security
issue with that latest virus. Now he can no longer connect via the
wireless card. Using the wired Ethernet card works just fine and his
desktop PC works just fine as well. He spent quite a bit of time on
the phone with Ameritech DSL, 2Wire and Sony and every says its not
their problem. The issue seems to be that the MS Patch conflicts with
the 2Wire card. Has anyone else had similar problems or know how to
fix this? If so, please post a reply. Thanks much

IF you truly believe the patch called the problem, why not just uninstall
it?
Then you would know for sure.

"Jhumbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Forgot to mention that he's running Windows XP Home.
>
> Jhumbo wrote:
> My brother has had a wireless network set up between his Sony Vaio
> laptop and his DSL connection using 2Wire equipment. All was well
> until he installed the latest MS Hotpatch to take care of the security
> issue with that latest virus. Now he can no longer connect via the
> wireless card. Using the wired Ethernet card works just fine and his
> desktop PC works just fine as well. He spent quite a bit of time on
> the phone with Ameritech DSL, 2Wire and Sony and every says its not
> their problem. The issue seems to be that the MS Patch conflicts with
> the 2Wire card. Has anyone else had similar problems or know how to
> fix this? If so, please post a reply. Thanks much

I have been unable to uninstall the hotpatches with either the
add/remove hardware feature or system restore. It seems that the hot
patches interfered with the ability to uninstall themselves.

Help!!!!!

"G" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<3f58ea05@shknews01>...
> IF you truly believe the patch called the problem, why not just uninstall
> it?
> Then you would know for sure.
>

Well, I assume you mean add/remove SOFTWARE and not hardware. If that's the
case, and you cannot uninstall any hotfixes, then maybe try reinstalling it
then unistalling it again. Or, try installing latest service pack. Also,
is there a reason you were concerned about the worm in the first place? Do
you not have virus protection or a firewall? Maybe run a virus check with
latest definitions.

"Jhumbo's brother" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have been unable to uninstall the hotpatches with either the
> add/remove hardware feature or system restore. It seems that the hot
> patches interfered with the ability to uninstall themselves.
>
> Help!!!!!
>
> "G" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<3f58ea05@shknews01>...
> > IF you truly believe the patch called the problem, why not just
uninstall
> > it?
> > Then you would know for sure.
> >