Penny, It lits the most recent (which is just past) or the upcoming one, I guess. The second Saturday of the month is how I arrived at the May date. I trust that hasn't changed (they say they're doing better since I left, so maybe so...).

buyorsell- Two suggestions: 1. The next time there is a problem, disconnect the mouse receiver (I assume it's USB) and then plug it back in and try the same operation again. 2. Go into your mouse properties and see if the buttons are all set to the functions you want; even if they seem ok, it might be good to change the properties and then change them back and apply the settings again. Occasionally my 4-button Logitech wireless wheel mouse "forgets" what it's set for (like the button over the wheel, which I have set to "close," but which sometimes doesn't work).

Yep, tried drag and drop, no good. This isn't a "show stopper", I can always download the update again on the second computer, or use a memory stick to physically carry the patch between computers. This may be my action, I have two additional computers to update. I now see the subject update is now available on MS Update along with Framework SPs, totaling over 600 Mbytes. In any case, my interest remains on figuring out why I can't copy a large file over my home Ethernet, but I can copy smaller files, e.g., 5 MBytes...i.e., the Ethernet seems to be working.

Without spending a fair bit of time, even an advanced PC user is not usually able to distinguish between advisable and inadvisable updates. An intermediate or beginning level user may not even understand the issues addressed in a particular update, much less have knowledge to determine a thoughtful course of action. Program update release decisions are made by people with the knowledge and understanding to know when changes should be pushed out. I leave those decisions to them and never give it another thought. Mistakes are made, yes, that's what the restore function is for. I rarely need to use it. Yes, and others have said, to each his own decision. But in doing so, don't fool yourself into thinking that you know more about it than you do and that you're accomplishing anything. If you resist the update a dozen times and then tire of the message and give it the go-ahead, you've really accomplished nothing but to delay what might have been an important update.