KB960225 and KB958690 causing problems!

Went to restart this morning and saw the message that I needed to shut
down to install some critical updates... should have been my first red
flag!

It installed the updates on my Compaq running on an AMD Athlon 64
3500+

The shut down process took about 30 minutes as the 3 updates were
installed and now my computer is SLOOOOOWWWW!

It now take 30--45 seconds to open and app and 1 minute to send a 1
page doc to the printer!

Another odd thing is that after I restart I don't hear the Windows
boot up 'music' until it's done booting up!! I'm looking at my desktop
about ready to work and then I'll get the 3-4 tone sounds you usually
get just after a restart!!

Anyone else having problems with their machines being UNUSUALLY slow
after today's updates??

Can I just go into Install/Uninstall and remove these 2 security
updates I see there, (I don't see the third one)????

Thanks :-)

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
posting to this newsgroup.

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...spx?gprid=6527

For home users, no-charge support is available by calling 1-866-PCSAFETY in
the United States and in Canada or by contacting your local Microsoft
subsidiary. There is no-charge for support calls that are associated with
security updates. When you call, clearly state that your problem is related
to a Security Update and cite the update's KB number (e.g., KB999999).

Support for Windows Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/wusupport

For more information about how to contact your local Microsoft subsidiary
for security update support issues, visit the International Support Web
site: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

For enterprise customers, support for security updates is available through
your usual support contacts.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.net

wrote:
> Went to restart this morning and saw the message that I needed to shut
> down to install some critical updates... should have been my first red
> flag!
>
> It installed the updates on my Compaq running on an AMD Athlon 64
> 3500+
>
> The shut down process took about 30 minutes as the 3 updates were
> installed and now my computer is SLOOOOOWWWW!
>
> It now take 30--45 seconds to open and app and 1 minute to send a 1
> page doc to the printer!
>
> Another odd thing is that after I restart I don't hear the Windows
> boot up 'music' until it's done booting up!! I'm looking at my desktop
> about ready to work and then I'll get the 3-4 tone sounds you usually
> get just after a restart!!
>
> Anyone else having problems with their machines being UNUSUALLY slow
> after today's updates??
>
> Can I just go into Install/Uninstall and remove these 2 security
> updates I see there, (I don't see the third one)????
>
> Thanks :-)

Turns out the problem was with my adware software: Ad-Aware by
Lavasoft.

Had a wonderful tech from Microsoft spend over an hour with me until
we found the culprit. Called them here: (866) 234-6020. He removed it
for me and I was up and running like normal!

Went over to the forum at Lavasoft and see it was on fire yesterday...
seems it was a problem with one of THEIR updates that happened to also
take place on the same day at the Windows Update.

Hope this helps. :-)