auto update caused more stress this morning

on starting my computer this a.m. i had one hell of a time getting it to
load... it kept giving me the whole runaround with the setup, tried the safe
mode; last good configuration; normal start and nothing would work... when
starting to load in safe mode, it started the process but when it got down
to "multi(0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) WINDOWS\System
32\Drivers\Mup.sys" it just stopped there for a few seconds, then restarted
and kept going through the whole thing again... tried a "system restore" on
a couple of different dates, but it just restarted with this SETUP screen
again...

finally after trying everything and anything with exception of throwing my
tower on the floor and stomping on it, i got a brilliant idea - started in
"safe mode" > control panel > security center > auto updates and changed the
setting to "turn off auto updates" was previously set as "notify me but
don't automatically download....." turned the damn thing off, made another
cup of coffe and waited half hour, turned it back on and WOW.... it started
with no problems....

does anyone know what the heck is going on with the Auto Update
process......

"alice",

I'm not sure what happened, but I am sorry you ran into that issue. At this
point, since it is running, perhaps the most prudent move would be to set a
Restore Point here, and then manually scan for updates to verify you have
everything. Set another Restore point when that is complete.

In Windows XP:
1. Verify that you have at least 200MB free on the System Drive:
a. Click Start
b. Click Run
c. Type: cmd <Enter>
d. Type: dir %SystemDrive%\ <--This output will result in returning you
to the cursor.
e. Look at the last line of the output, and verify that the value is
greater than "209,715,200 bytes free"
2. Close all programs
3. Click Start
4. Click Run
5. Type: msconfig <Enter>
6. In the System Configuration Utility that opens, click the General tab
7. Click the "Launch System Restore"
8. Select "Create a Restore Point" and then click Next
9. Enter a descriptive name in the "Restore point description" field, bearing in
mind that the date and time will be added to it.
10. Click Create

Let us know how this goes.

Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]

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"alice" <> wrote in message
news:...
> on starting my computer this a.m. i had one hell of a time getting it to
> load... it kept giving me the whole runaround with the setup, tried the safe
> mode; last good configuration; normal start and nothing would work... when
> starting to load in safe mode, it started the process but when it got down to
> "multi(0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) WINDOWS\System 32\Drivers\Mup.sys"
> it just stopped there for a few seconds, then restarted and kept going through
> the whole thing again... tried a "system restore" on a couple of different
> dates, but it just restarted with this SETUP screen again...
>
> finally after trying everything and anything with exception of throwing my
> tower on the floor and stomping on it, i got a brilliant idea - started in
> "safe mode" > control panel > security center > auto updates and changed the
> setting to "turn off auto updates" was previously set as "notify me but don't
> automatically download....." turned the damn thing off, made another cup of
> coffe and waited half hour, turned it back on and WOW.... it started with no
> problems....
>
> does anyone know what the heck is going on with the Auto Update process......
>