for about a day now. We also had a thread yesterday.
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=142098&messageID=1593523
I just tried a manual update and for the first time received a message that it could not connect.
Is Microsoft having a problem?

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