Windows ME.

Does anyone know what -AUMagic is, and what program it is associated with?

There is no such program. What you are seeing is a slight bug in Zone Alarm v
4.??? where for some odd reason Zone Alarm is reporting a switch used by Win
Me's Automatic Update rather than the actual application (Automatic Update,
wuauclt.exe or possibly wuauboot.exe) that is attempting to connect to the
net.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Savannah Rain wrote:

Does anyone know what -AUMagic is, and what program it is associated
with?

Mike, I was able to find this in one of the ngs on the net:

AU in the AUMagic is for Automatic Updates. Magic is just Microsoft's way
for making it creative. This 'process' effectively performs automatic
updates under Windows ME for a few files. These are the files that it
updates;

USER.DAT
WUAUBOOT.EXE
WUAUCLT.EXE
AUHOOK.DLL

So basically by turning off automatic updates under Windows ME, this should
alleviate the problem with zone alarm trying to block it. This is not a
harmful item from what I have been able to tell. The fact that it shoots
back 0k could represent that there is either A) no updates, or B) no longer
active, as http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com is the proffered method for
updating.

Can't verify its authenticity but I vaguely remember reading something like
this some time ago. RC

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
There is no such program. What you are seeing is a slight bug in Zone
Alarm v
4.??? where for some odd reason Zone Alarm is reporting a switch used by
Win
Me's Automatic Update rather than the actual application (Automatic
Update,
wuauclt.exe or possibly wuauboot.exe) that is attempting to connect to the
net.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Savannah Rain wrote:

Does anyone know what -AUMagic is, and what program it is associated
with?

No, Why turn off Automatic Update? As I said, all you are seeing is a bug in
Zone Alarm whereby Zone Alarm is reporting the switch used rather than the
process name.

I do know exactly which files are used by Automatic Update, I actually told
you this in my last post. The problem is with the version of Zone Alarm you
are using. Since you now know that the reference to AUMagic is in error and
should read either wuauboot.exe or wuauclt.exe what exactly now is the
problem?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



RC wrote:

Mike, I was able to find this in one of the ngs on the net:

AU in the AUMagic is for Automatic Updates. Magic is just Microsoft's way
for making it creative. This 'process' effectively performs automatic
updates under Windows ME for a few files. These are the files that it
updates;

USER.DAT
WUAUBOOT.EXE
WUAUCLT.EXE
AUHOOK.DLL

So basically by turning off automatic updates under Windows ME, this
should alleviate the problem with zone alarm trying to block it. This is
not a harmful item from what I have been able to tell. The fact that it
shoots back 0k could represent that there is either A) no updates, or B)
no longer active, as http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com is the proffered
method for updating.

Can't verify its authenticity but I vaguely remember reading something
like this some time ago. RC

Mike, I peruse these ngs to basically learn and if necessary fix a problem.
Sometimes people have the same problems that I have experienced and I try to
pass on what was passed on to me. As I stated in my post, the information
was taken from an ng, a google ng in fact. Now, if you look at the bottom
of my post, I stated that I couldn't verify the authenticity. I was just
passing on something I came across for others to take a look at and dissect.
If you want to comment on it, great, but this condescending attitude I'm
getting from your reply isn't necessary.
I take everything I read in this ng and other ngs with a grain of salt.
Some people I trust more than others. Some I don't. And if there's
something I've learned in these ngs, its that the advice you find in them
are not always correct. There are people out there smarter than me and there
are people out there that aren't. But regardless of intellect or anything
else, no one is any better than the next. So no matter how frustrated you
may feel when replying, always try to reply 'eye to eye.' Respectfully,
Richard


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
No, Why turn off Automatic Update? As I said, all you are seeing is a bug
in
Zone Alarm whereby Zone Alarm is reporting the switch used rather than the
process name.

I do know exactly which files are used by Automatic Update, I actually
told
you this in my last post. The problem is with the version of Zone Alarm
you
are using. Since you now know that the reference to AUMagic is in error
and
should read either wuauboot.exe or wuauclt.exe what exactly now is the
problem?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



RC wrote:

Mike, I was able to find this in one of the ngs on the net:

AU in the AUMagic is for Automatic Updates. Magic is just Microsoft's
way
for making it creative. This 'process' effectively performs automatic
updates under Windows ME for a few files. These are the files that it
updates;

USER.DAT
WUAUBOOT.EXE
WUAUCLT.EXE
AUHOOK.DLL

So basically by turning off automatic updates under Windows ME, this
should alleviate the problem with zone alarm trying to block it. This is
not a harmful item from what I have been able to tell. The fact that it
shoots back 0k could represent that there is either A) no updates, or B)
no longer active, as http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com is the proffered
method for updating.

Can't verify its authenticity but I vaguely remember reading something
like this some time ago. RC

If you look through these newsgroups m.p.windowsme... you will find
(iirc) one (1) message thread where this issue was all hashed out from
square one. (Since the title may or may not actually say "WUAMagic" or
whatever (obviously I haven't checked either), good luck finding it)

The difference between yours and MikeM's advice seems to be that you
advocate turning off a Windows feature to alleviate a minor annoyance,
whereas MikeM advocates putting up with it.

Personally, I'd flip a coin (mostly because I prefer to update manually,
anyways). And "condescension" is in the eye of the beholder, btw; reread
the posts in a couple weeks.

Rick
"Eye to Eye"

RC wrote:
Mike, I peruse these ngs to basically learn and if necessary fix a problem.
Sometimes people have the same problems that I have experienced and I try to
pass on what was passed on to me. As I stated in my post, the information
was taken from an ng, a google ng in fact. Now, if you look at the bottom
of my post, I stated that I couldn't verify the authenticity. I was just
passing on something I came across for others to take a look at and dissect.
If you want to comment on it, great, but this condescending attitude I'm
getting from your reply isn't necessary.
I take everything I read in this ng and other ngs with a grain of salt.
Some people I trust more than others. Some I don't. And if there's
something I've learned in these ngs, its that the advice you find in them
are not always correct. There are people out there smarter than me and there
are people out there that aren't. But regardless of intellect or anything
else, no one is any better than the next. So no matter how frustrated you
may feel when replying, always try to reply 'eye to eye.' Respectfully,
Richard


"Mike M" wrote in message
...

No, Why turn off Automatic Update? As I said, all you are seeing is a bug

in

Zone Alarm whereby Zone Alarm is reporting the switch used rather than the
process name.

I do know exactly which files are used by Automatic Update, I actually

told

you this in my last post. The problem is with the version of Zone Alarm

you

are using. Since you now know that the reference to AUMagic is in error

and

should read either wuauboot.exe or wuauclt.exe what exactly now is the
problem?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



RC wrote:


Mike, I was able to find this in one of the ngs on the net:

AU in the AUMagic is for Automatic Updates. Magic is just Microsoft's

way

for making it creative. This 'process' effectively performs automatic
updates under Windows ME for a few files. These are the files that it
updates;

USER.DAT
WUAUBOOT.EXE
WUAUCLT.EXE
AUHOOK.DLL

So basically by turning off automatic updates under Windows ME, this
should alleviate the problem with zone alarm trying to block it. This is
not a harmful item from what I have been able to tell. The fact that it
shoots back 0k could represent that there is either A) no updates, or B)
no longer active, as http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com is the proffered
method for updating.

Can't verify its authenticity but I vaguely remember reading something
like this some time ago. RC

Richard,

As you clearly stated you cannot authenticate your advice. That is the
difference. I was giving you information based on fact. Whether you then
choose to accept or ignore that information is up to you but personally I
think that you are ill advised in making the choice you have.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



RC wrote:

Mike, I peruse these ngs to basically learn and if necessary fix a
problem. Sometimes people have the same problems that I have experienced
and I try to pass on what was passed on to me. As I stated in my post,
the information was taken from an ng, a google ng in fact. Now, if you
look at the bottom of my post, I stated that I couldn't verify the
authenticity. I was just passing on something I came across for others
to take a look at and dissect. If you want to comment on it, great, but
this condescending attitude I'm getting from your reply isn't necessary.
I take everything I read in this ng and other ngs with a grain of salt.
Some people I trust more than others. Some I don't. And if there's
something I've learned in these ngs, its that the advice you find in them
are not always correct. There are people out there smarter than me and
there are people out there that aren't. But regardless of intellect or
anything else, no one is any better than the next. So no matter how
frustrated you may feel when replying, always try to reply 'eye to eye.'
Respectfully, Richard

Thanks, so I take it, that it is safe to let it access the intrnet?

Mike M wrote:

There is no such program. What you are seeing is a slight bug in Zone Alarm v
4.??? where for some odd reason Zone Alarm is reporting a switch used by Win
Me's Automatic Update rather than the actual application (Automatic Update,
wuauclt.exe or possibly wuauboot.exe) that is attempting to connect to the
net.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP


Savannah Rain wrote:

Does anyone know what -AUMagic is, and what program it is associated
with?

Yes but again it has to be your choice. There are plenty who don't use Win
Me's Automatic Update mechanism. For myself I find it a useful mechanism for
the notification of new updates although I have AU configured to notify me of
the availability only. I'm still not won over to allowing AU to download and
install without my intervention.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Savannah Rain wrote:

Thanks, so I take it, that it is safe to let it access the intrnet?

Oh, it downloads and installs the updates? I don't want that either. Will have to
configure it to just notify. Thanks Mike.

Mike M wrote:

Yes but again it has to be your choice. There are plenty who don't use Win
Me's Automatic Update mechanism. For myself I find it a useful mechanism for
the notification of new updates although I have AU configured to notify me of
the availability only. I'm still not won over to allowing AU to download and
install without my intervention.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP


Savannah Rain wrote:

Thanks, so I take it, that it is safe to let it access the intrnet?