Inge had me worried so I opened my (XP) Control Panel-Add/remove (showing all updates) and with IE8 it (KB953297) was there! Dru -----Original Message----- From: Inge <pshebnicki@xxxxxxxxx> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, Oct 17, 2009 10:01 am Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Update will not install Cyril Halbach wrote: Hi Inge, I did not feel that the critical necessarily meant "security" unless t specifically indicated that. However since windows update recognizes it as being fixed I would elieve that to be a safe assumption. Cy Hi Cy Late last night Microsoft downloaded this update Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 Security Update for indows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows , and Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB953297) It installed just fine. I think that everything is okay now. Inge - ------list-services-below----------- egards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> reelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi ist archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers C-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig atest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig ood advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.