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Re: HELP - catastrophic Vista crash after attempting .NET update

 
 
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      02-18-2009
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John Blackwell wrote:
> Last week, I followed the normal Windows Update process however .NET 3.5
> Service Pack 1 failed to install.
>
> After my laptop rebooted, I've suffered a series of catastrophic and
> ongoing
> crashes. Firstly, I noticed my user profile had been corrupted. Then,
> when
> Vista eventually booted (after 7 attempts), IE8, messenger, and Outlook
> wouldn't work.
>
> Now, the desktop is completely unstable - it continually freezes, windows
> explorer continually crashes and just trying to empty the recycle bin
> crashes the desktop.
>
> Disturbingly, in the last few days I've spoken to more than 30 other Vista
> users suffering from exactly the same problems (corrupt user profile,
> freezing, crashing, etc).
>
> Does anyone have any insight into how to fix this mess - it's ruining my
> business!!!


 
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