While I agree that MS is at least partially fault, the story might be one of
a more complex internaction among programs.

See posting in this newsgroup at 2:29 PM by Ron Hardin, plus responses.

I had similar behavior, in which internet failed if Zone Alarm was on, but
actually worked with it off. (Of course, before the XP update internet
worked with ZA on.)

I agree that removing the update via add/remove programs fixes the problem.

"Tom Hall" <aria1946@gmail.com.spoo> wrote in message
news:fes774tv9tiogkug8f8e8apbm60rufnb3c@4ax.com...
> As soon as I installed this update that was released today, I was unable
> to
> acquire a network connection. A quick check with my ISP confirmed that the
> problem was not on their end. My modem was showing an IP, and my system
> had
> successfully acquired an IP from the router - but I still had no internet
> connectivity.
>
> As soon as I uninstalled KB951748, the problem went away.
>
> Microsoft strikes again...
>
>
> Tom
>
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