I use XP Pro and would like to be able to see the net traffic
generated when XP downloads hotfixes.

I have got my XP set up to notify me of new updates. But when I
click "Download" I have no way of teling if the download procedure
has ended.

XP's Task Manager may be able help but I am not clear what to look
process name to look for nor what process activity to set.
Setting up Perfmon seems too involved to track only one category
of download.

I tend to use a few third-party download monitors:

(1) NetLimiter from http://www.netlimiter.com/
(2) TaskInfo from http://www.iarsn.com/

From what they show me, it seems that the traffic from the
Microsoft download is executed in a such away that it does not
show up in these utilities.

QUESTION: What is so unusual about the hotfix data that allows it
to avoid being seen by these sorts of utilites?

QUESTION: How can I easily see the hotfix traffic?

Use ethereal and set the filter to 'tcp and port 80'.

"JS" wrote:

> I use XP Pro and would like to be able to see the net traffic
> generated when XP downloads hotfixes.
>
> I have got my XP set up to notify me of new updates. But when I
> click "Download" I have no way of teling if the download procedure
> has ended.
>
> XP's Task Manager may be able help but I am not clear what to look
> process name to look for nor what process activity to set.
> Setting up Perfmon seems too involved to track only one category
> of download.
>
> I tend to use a few third-party download monitors:
>
> (1) NetLimiter from http://www.netlimiter.com/
> (2) TaskInfo from http://www.iarsn.com/
>
> From what they show me, it seems that the traffic from the
> Microsoft download is executed in a such away that it does not
> show up in these utilities.
>
> QUESTION: What is so unusual about the hotfix data that allows it
> to avoid being seen by these sorts of utilites?
>
> QUESTION: How can I easily see the hotfix traffic?
>