Hi Dave, As I said in my previous post, the problem with allowing YM to upgrade on it's own is the many, many, many problems that it sometimes causes on thousands of computers that previously were working fine. That is one of the reasons why the group exists... to help people through those problems.
The overwhelming majority of problems that I see in this group and others on the internet, are people having issues and bugs from the "newest" version they just GOT upgraded to... maybe without really wanting it. I still have 7.5 and did not upgrade to 7.5 until it was out for several months so that all of the bugs could be worked out that were not fixed in the Beta testing. My YM 7.5 works GREAT and rarely has a bug or hiccup... and when it does, it's more likely to be Yahoo Server issues rather than the YM program on my computer. I just spent several hours working with a family member that had the newest YM version causing all kinds of problems for them. We cleaned it out, cleaned out the registry and installed the "old" version 7.5 and their computer and YM are working fine again. As far as the "phone home" issue... the only programs on my computer.. out of the hundreds that I have... that needs to check for updates everyday are my Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware programs... both security related. NONE of my other programs NEED to phone home every day looking for updates. Why does yupdater.exe need to do this every time someone connects to the internet and then stays connected the entire time. I have verified this with my firewall on previous versions. Yupdater.exe stays connected through a port the entire time that YM is operating. Even my AV and AS programs only phone home once a day to look for updated definition files. I'm not saying that everyone HAS to do what I suggested but for people that want to take control of their computers and prevent the headaches that happens when YM updates itself, that option exists for them using the OLD-yupdater.exe option. When I quit seeing so many problems related to 8.0.xx, I'll probably upgrade to it as well. Lenny Vasbinder [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.NeighborhoodHomeServices.com Save One Computer, Save The World... Run the FREE Windows Live Safety Center on your computer. http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm (Scroll down to middle column, click "Full Service Scan") 2. Re: How to keep your YM from automatically upgrading to a new versio Posted by: "Dave Cortright" [EMAIL PROTECTED] davidcortright Date: Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:31 am ((PST)) Lenny, I want everyone including you to understand that yupdater really only handles updates. It can update itself to add additional functionality, and it also checks for updates available to the client software. It doesn't "phone home" or do anything outside of the general task of keeping your software up-to-date. It runs every time you sign-in, and it does so out of necessity. In the extremely unlikely case that a sever security vulnerability is found and exploited in a version of Messenger, there has to be a way to get a new version with a fix out to everyone before they sign in and open themselves up to the risk. FWIW, Yahoo! Messenger application itself handles all of the non-update transmissions - status updates from people on your friends' list, incoming IMs, alerts. Of course this is all covered in the Privacy Policy that you agreed to when you installed the software: http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/messenger/details.html FWIW, I recommend you simply leave the updater alone. Then you won't have to worry about changing names back and forth, and you won't be stuck if a truly critical update is released. .Dave
