Chicken and Egg

[Lance A. Brown]

William T Goodall said the following on 7/14/2008 2:53 PM:

> So how do you download the patches if you can't put an unpatched  
> Windows computer on the internet?

You don't hook it directly to the Internet.  If you are on a broadband 
connection, get a router or wireless access point with an integrated 
switch and connect your cable or dsl modem to the router or access 
point, then plug your new windows computer into that.  This lets the 
router take all the scans and intrusion attempts and as long as you are 
careful where you browse to, you can download the security updates 
without compromising your machine.

--[Lance]
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