Unapproved update?

[Kevin Darcy]

Barry Finkel wrote:

> >In my experience it's the commonest source of spurious update attempts.
> >I finally got a look at W2K last week and it seems to attempt dynamic
> >updates by default. Grr.
>
> I was on vacation last week, so I am behind in reading the postings.
> This answer may have already been given since Friday.
>
> Win2K Workstation will by default attempt to register itself (both
> forward and reverse entries).  To disable it follow this procedure:
>
>     To see what options are set:
>     Start
>          Settings
>                Network and Dialup
>                      Local Area
>                            Properties
>                                 Adapter
>                                      Protocols
>                                           TCP/IP
>                                                Advanced
>                                                     DNS

Thank you for that perfect visual depiction of falling into the Microsoft
abyss. :-)


- Kevin