Update your Windows Computers Now! (and fresh Mac vs. PC jibes, too!)

there are those that have and those who have not, welcome to america peon.

 

Hey guys, I had problems with one or more of these updates.

I'm running XP Home, and I had downloaded all updates except SP2 as of Monday. Then on Tuesday I downloaded and installed all the new updates (once again excluding SP2, as I want as little unnecessary crap running in the background as possible). When I restarted, everything was running really slow for no apparent reason. It took three seconds just to close a notepad window. Tried restarting again, same thing. It definitely wasn't spyware, my system is extremely clean... I run Microsoft Anti-Spyware, Adaware, Spybot, I use Firefox, the works. It was clearly a result of installing this newest set of windows updates. I did a system restore back to Monday, and everything is fine again.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHICH UPDATE(S) I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH HERE?

 

check the cpu % and see which process is taking all the cpu resource. Hopefully it is not System.

 

That's the first thing I checked. 99% System Idle Process, like it should be.

 

You could always revert back to previous status and install the update one at a time to see which one is causing the problem, then use the google to search for help.

Mark

 

Yeah, I know that's the sure-fire thing to do... but there were 11 updates released all at once, so i was just hoping I wouldn't have to do that...

 

Sorry but I can not think of an easy way.

Mark

 

I downloaded and installed all the generic XP security updates, and things are still running fine. That leaves these four updates:

1. Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.0 SP3, English (KB886906)

2. Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1 (KB886903)

3. Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB867282)

4. Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - February 2005 (KB890830)

So it's definitely one of these that was causing the slowdown I described. When or if I figure out exactly which one is responsible, I'll let you guys know. In the meantime, any guesses as to which one it might be and what's causing it?

 

My bet is on #2

 

I had a suspicion about #4 (Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - February 2005 (KB890830)), so I installed the other three. Sure enough, my computer's still running fine. Anyone else have any problems with this update?