Re: KB839645

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Re: KB839645 "Andre" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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> Dear Charlie I too have all the same updates and also having problems
> with my pc.Personnally I think it is their updates that have gone wrong ,
> it`s not the first time. There was an update kb841911 that caused pc`s to
> slow to a crawl but I uninstalled it and got my speed back. Has for Mr.
> Rocket well some of us know what to do for updates but logically when
> your pc goes through some updates and works then all of a sudden you get
> 5 new updates then the next day u see a change , you automatically go to
> the last thing that changed it.So again I hope that Microsoft takes a few
> minutes to read these forums meanwhile we could uninstall the latest
> updates and see if it makes a difference.Good Luck
>
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Let me jump onto the bandwagon by telling my experience with winupdate
version 5 - I foolishly installed onto my system. V5 showed me a number of
hotfixes totalling around 2.9 MB but after starting the download it appeared
that BETA Service Pak 2 had been marked for download as well without my
consent (knowledge). Since those winupdates, once in progress, can NOT be
cancelled (downloading) and no one of the MVP eggsperts had an idea how
to stop this disaster, It was my joy to wipe my HD to come clean of the
situation. I dearly hope MS takes my unpleasant lesson to built an download
ABORT button into winupdate.

Steve

Windows XP295

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Re: KB839645
>-----Original Message-----
>"Andre" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in
message
>news:EMail@HideDomain.com
>> Dear Charlie I too have all the same updates and also
having problems
>> with my pc.Personnally I think it is their updates
that have gone wrong ,
>> it`s not the first time. There was an update kb841911
that caused pc`s to
>> slow to a crawl but I uninstalled it and got my speed
back. Has for Mr.
>> Rocket well some of us know what to do for updates but
logically when
>> your pc goes through some updates and works then all
of a sudden you get
>> 5 new updates then the next day u see a change , you
automatically go to
>> the last thing that changed it.So again I hope that
Microsoft takes a few
>> minutes to read these forums meanwhile we could
uninstall the latest
>> updates and see if it makes a difference.Good Luck
>>
>.....
>
>Let me jump onto the bandwagon by telling my experience
with winupdate
>version 5 - I foolishly installed onto my system. V5
showed me a number of
>hotfixes totalling around 2.9 MB but after starting the
download it appeared
>that BETA Service Pak 2 had been marked for download as
well without my
>consent (knowledge). Since those winupdates, once in
progress, can NOT be
>cancelled (downloading) and no one of the MVP eggsperts
had an idea how
>to stop this disaster, It was my joy to wipe my HD to
come clean of the
>situation. I dearly hope MS takes my unpleasant lesson
to built an download
>ABORT button into winupdate.
>
>Steve
>
>
>
>
>.
>I got the BSOD from KB839645 cost me a lot of money from
not having my box Saturday,I now have my updates turned
off,I'll do them when I want to not on a timer.I need
this box,it's my work,MS sucks 2nd time updates cost me
thousands!May look to Lindows,Lenux for a second drive to
be dependable for me.

Windows XP Perform Maintain >> Re: KB839645 I had the rebooting problem and I have had Outlook and Outlook Express fail
to get e-mail even though IE6 worked OK. Regarding the rebooting, it was
weird that you could not even get it to stop rebooting using "Safe-Mode".
Indeed, you had to use a "restore to last known good configuration" to
stop the rebooting. The KB839645 and KB841873 updates were to blame.
The original version of KB839645 had the problems, and I think that
Microsoft has fixed it now. Anyway, the problems came from two things:
1) If it tried to automatically install the update unattended, Norton
antivirus may have blocked its install partially because of
script-blocking. 2) The original KB839645 looked for the file
"control.man" which is NOT where it thinks it is located, and may not even
be on your hard-drive. Either way, Uninstalling both of these updates and
re-installing them has cured all MY problems caused by them. (I am not
positive that the KB841873 update was to blame, but I Uninstalled it along
with KB839645, and re-installed both of them using the specific downloads
for each that are posted on Microsoft's site.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=397be12b-a026-41a6-8e98-b4027bc6a110&displaylang=en
and
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8e8d0a2d-d3b9-4de8-8b6f-fc27715bc0cf&displaylang=en