WARNING: Windows XP, without networking being installed, talking to the internet !

[Hechler Family]

List,

I don't want to belabor the point but I used "msconfig" command and
turned off a bunch of "services" that startup at boot time and the
blinking -stopped-. So, that means that it -was- talking to the internet
and doing -something-.

P.S. I've been in the IT business for over 24+ years (before getting
laid off this last time)

Regards

Jonathan Finger wrote:
> The blinking lights on your router simply mean that your router is
> connected to the Internet.  If by router you mean cable modem or DSL
> modem - if it's powered up it's connected to the Internet, and will be
> sending/receiving packets.
> If the lights on the back of your computer are blinking (at the
> Ethernet/RJ-45 port) then your computer is sending/receiving packets. 
> Even this though, does not indicate that the traffic is Internet bound.
>
> It does phone home though, and worse than that - if you're not
> protected by either a hardware or software firewall, other computers
> are almost certainly communicating with yours.  This is the true
> danger, not Microsoft's peering eye.  Though, that does feel a bit
> like Sauron leering at you doesn't it?
>
> Jonathan Finger RPT
>

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