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Stupid question

Submitted by sibusisom on Wed, 2004-07-14 08:31.

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I have a very stupid question but i really need clarification
there is no use in thinking to myself that i know whereas i might be wrong.

Ok,when you do a Windows update through dialup and you review and install updates right,when your updates are downloading you get a dialog box saying Download progress 2MB/6MB for example right, and it goes right up to 6MB/6MB and your install progress starts using the time and it goes and goes you get disconnected and it stops and you reconnect it progresses.

My question is: where are the files being installed from after they have been downloaded from the Windows server,are they being installed locally from your machine or from the Windows server and if local machine is the answer then why does the Insall progress stop when you disconnects from the net?

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sibusisom said:

Submitted by sibusisom on Wed, 2004-07-14 14:35.

I ripped some information from my Proxy Servers log file and they point out that everything happens from the Windows Update servers. It makes me wonder why the dialog box says Downloading (beats me)

This is when it is downloading an update.
08:33:46 AM PROXY: 4316 192.168.0.24 Connection has arrived.
08:33:46 AM PROXY: 4316 Request: http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/JS56_DB18C6EA0F4E8522715BEEA284F6843ECE71D944.EXE
08:33:46 AM PROXY: 4316 User: sibusisom
08:33:46 AM PROXY: 4316 Proxy.

This is when it is installing an update.
08:34:47 AM PROXY: 4456 192.168.0.24 Connection has arrived.
08:34:47 AM PROXY: 4456 Request: http://w2ksp5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/isapi/pstream3.dll/w2k/Windows2000-KB840315-x86-ENU.psf
08:34:48 AM PROXY: 4456 Connection closed.

Ive got my answer now. It makes sense now why the install stops whenever there is a connection disruption and resumes on connection resume.
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