Re: Latest security updates from WindowsUpdate ruined my computer

Ramesh, thanks for the insight. You say you know of 2 other instances where
890859 causes this. Make that three - mine. And I know of about a half dozen
or more sprouting on other technical boards I participate in. What can you
tell us that Microsoft is doing about this?

*** White

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Aaron,
>
> See if uninstalling the hotfixes (via Recovery Console) helps.
>
> How to uninstall a hotfix or Service Pack via the Recovery Console?:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/spuninst.htm
>
> I've seen two instances where KB890859 (folder name $NtUninstallKB890859$ )
> causes this problem.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Aaron" <Aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F3DB9A62-37B2-46C6-9A4A-B5801D038881@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I am a strict adherent to updating regularly through WindowsUpdate. I
> >logged
> > on this morning to find a little icon in my tray saying several updates
> > had
> > been downloaded and were ready to install. I looked at the list, saw 4
> > security updates, and an update for the Microsoft Malicious Software
> > Remove
> > Tool (or whatever it's called), and I clicked install.
> >
> > I installed all the updates and asked me to reboot, as usual. But now the
> > computer won't go past the main Windows logo and the horizontal moving bar
> > thing. So I left it on that screen and went to work, came home 8 hours
> > later
> > and it was still on the Windows loading screen.
> >
> > So I reset the comptuer and went into safe mode, and rolled back to
> > yesterday. No go.
> >
> > I then went into safe mode to uninstall thse updates from Add/Remove
> > software, but when I click "Show Updates," only updates that I installed
> > up
> > to March 14 are showing up, none beyond that.
> >
> > This is the kind of thing that really upsets me. I do EVERYTHING Microsoft
> > tells me to do to keep my computer "safe" and now I can't even USE my
> > computer outside of safe mode.
> >
> > Short of reinstalling (AGAIN), how can I fix what these recent updates
> > have
> > done?
>
>
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