I downloaded a group of "security" updates that Windows Update notified me to
do on the evening of 2/18. When I attempted to boot up the next morning,
nothing happened except to tell me I had some "write error". Over the next 3
days I spend over 5 hours with MS Tech Support trying to get it started up.
With their assistance, we finally used to the recovery program (a DOS program
that requires you use DOS commands) to scan and repair the hard drive. When
will MS stop putting out "security" updates that shut your computer down for
3 days? Your posting here at least confirms that the problem was one of
these recent security updates. Good luck. Sturge
"Chandler" wrote:
> I updated the graphics driver adapter which has helped in that the PC has
> booted OK two from three. On the occasion it didn't it still said there was
> an error caused by a device driver.
>
> Cheers
>
> "Chandler" wrote:
>
> > Long but I hope a good challenge for someone and useful for others.
> >
> > 1. Running Windows XP SP2, Office Pro Edition 2003. I regularly use
> > anti-virus and malware software.
> >
> > 2. Got another monitor (second-hand) four weeks ago. LG915FT Plus. Worked
> > immediately it was wired up. I only mention the monitor because it is the
> > only change to my set-up I’ve made more than a year.
> >
> > 3. On 14 Feb automatic windows update facility invited me to install a
> > number of updates (“XP Hotfixes” with KB serials) which I did. These
> > included Cumulative security update KB867282.
> >
> > 4. Immediately my PC started to have problems booting up. It would
> > struggle, eventually invite me to use the ‘Last known good configuration’,
> > etc. and, when eventually running, the Online Crash Analysis reported: ‘Error
> > Caused by Graphics Device Driver’ or ‘Error Caused By A Device Driver’.
> >
> > 5. I downloaded the most recent driver for the monitor and installed but to
> > no avail.
> >
> > 6. Someone on the microsoft.public.windowsupdate community newsgroup
> > (pchan2004) suggested that the problem might be the update KB867282. I
> > uninstalled it and bingo everything worked again.
> >
> > 7. A few days later (yesterday) I was wondering how I could update Office
> > 2003. The automatic Office update machine always stopped scanning at 40%.
> > On the Office update community newsgroup someone else with this apparently
> > common problem had solved it by downloading scripten.exe., i.e. Windows
> > Script 5.6. I did this and now have exactly the same problem as I did before
> > I uninstalled Cumulative security update KB867282, i.e terrible problems
> > booting up.
> >
> > 8. Except this time around I can’t reverse it because I don’t know how to
> > uninstall scripten.exe (doesn’t appear in Add/Remove Programs), and there is
> > clearly an underlying problem rather than a problem with KB867282.
> >
> > 9. Can scripten.exe be uninstalled? Any ideas about what is really wrong?
> >
> >
> >
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