Re: XP updates <Turn off auto update>

From: Mark Test (MARKT38_at_peoplepc.com)
Date: 12/18/04


Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:55:19 GMT

A good reason to disble auto update, and manually decide
what's best for your system, not MS corp.

Hope someone here can help you all out, I'll pass
on to folks to stay away from tose 4 update files.

Mark

"Ric" <Ric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F0B9A90-664E-485A-A789-F319F924B457@microsoft.com...
> Hi, Same problem with my machine. Same updates automatically installed and
> after reboot I can't login. Login is asking for a password for an account
> that I set up years ago to login without using a password. This machine is
> now useless. what to do? help help! Need access to important data for my
work!
>
> "jan555" wrote:
>
> > My system automatically downloaded 4 updates;
> > KB885836
> > KB886185
> > KB873339
> > KB885835
> > When I did a re-start I was unable to get to the desk top, after typing
in
> > my password I got an error message, 'the program issued a command but
the
> > command length is incorrect'
> > I re-started, pressed F5/F8, tried 'safe mode' but with same result, but
if
> > I try 'last known good configuration' then I can start okay, however,
it's
> > still trying to instal 3 of the updates (NOT KB885836) on top of the
updates
> > already installed.
> > I've uninstalled them, shutdown everything else and installed again but
that
> > doesn't work.
> > What's going on?
> >



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