http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2004/10/27/16860.aspxI see folks on the web talk about how you MUST validate your Windows before downloading some things like the Microsoft Time zone tool. That's actually incorrect. You can say &#8220;no &#8221; to validation and still get to the download page. PersonallyenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2004/10/27/16860.aspx#61781Sat, 06 Aug 2005 06:43:00 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:61781bradleyYou do have to validate to use Windows update manually, but automatic updates still work.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=61781" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2004/10/27/16860.aspx#59870Fri, 29 Jul 2005 04:46:00 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:59870bradleyYou now have to validate. In fact, to use Windows Update (and probally Microsoft Update), you have to validate.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59870" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2004/10/27/16860.aspx#17116Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:38:00 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:17116bradleyYes Bradley, you are right. I should have mentioned that the validation page can be ignored. <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17116" width="1" height="1">