Win2K Windows Update Problem

[kjmeyers]

I just installed Win2K on my Dell laptop (clean install after FDISK) and everything went fine (Yes, I know. You've heard this before.). However, when I try to run Windows Update, the browser insists on a username and password to enter the windowsupdate.microsoft.com site. It reports a Realm of 3-DNS. What the heck is going on here? I registered my copy of Win2K, so I'm not sure why I get this message. HELP! Thanks in advance!

Peace

[kjmeyers]

One piece of information I forgot to mention is that I am accessing the Internet on my laptop across my LAN using WinProxy 3.0 which is installed on a Dell Dimension (1GHz) running WinME. When I had Win98SE on my laptop, I was able to use Windows Update without the need to enter a username and password.

Another thing I discovered last night is that if I use the laptop's modem and connect directly to the Internet, Windows Update works fine.

I would appreciate any ideas as to where to look for the solution to this problem.

Thanks!

[Lowland]

It could be that you have your connection set at the proxy machine to "log on to domain"
Windows update site (as far as I am aware) will not ask for passwords. What yopu are getting is a standard windows networking dialogue box
Or, you could have a LAN connection that is attempting to connect using dial-up?
My bet is your dial-up connection is simply mis-configured

Good luck