Re: Last security updates crash computer

Thanks for your advice. Of course you are right. I was only annoyed about
the fact that somehting was corrupt with the security updates. If you look
at the windowsupdate newsgroup you will see that I am not alone. I erased
all the security patches in safe mode. The office patches you cannot
deinstall while running safe mode. What a stupid thing. Last but not least
the deinstall helped not. So I had to format and reistall everything. The
crash happened on my work computer. I safe all my data normally once a week.
Nevertheless I had to install all programs: 6h. Maybe I should invest in a
image software.






"Rock" <Rock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Marco Gymnopoulos" <mgymnop@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Did it still not works.Last known working configuration carshes too at
boot up. Of course I have no image of my windows. damn. Maybe I should
expect next time the worst while installing patches from Microsoft. Try a
repair install. I have learned my lesson. Install patches from Microsoft
never when they are offered new. They corrupt yur computer. That's the
reason why no vista is on my computer. LOL

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Attempt "Safe Mode" - Last known working Configuration. Press F8
( repetitively, @1-sec intervals ) between you BIOS boot screen and
the appearance of the XP Flag to enter Safe Mode's menu.

"Marco Gymnopoulos" <mgymnop@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

The security updates from today have crashed my computer. I cannot even
boot up anymore in normal mode. The computer hangs on windows boot up
screen. How can I undo all the security updates. The system recovery is
deactivated, so I cannot use it to undo all of the patches. Any ideas.

You should take away a lesson from this, but from what you have written
you are not assimilating the right one. Problems with a computer and data
loss are an issue of when, not if. Whether it's driver corruption or a
failed install (windows update or any other software), or hardware failure
or a momentary power glitch, sh*t happens.

A savvy computer user plans for this and has redundant recovery mechanisms
in place. System restore can be useful when properly maintained. You
should regularly backup the registry using a program like ERUNT. Create
regular backups using a drive imaging program so the system can be quickly
restored. Have redundancy in backups. If you focus on one mechanism for
possible problems you loose sight of the importance of having a disaster
recovery plan in place.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]



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