Is "Internet Explorer Q867801" listed in Add/Remove Programs?
Was your "security suite" (e.g., NIS) closed when you installed 867801?
Consider posting to this Windows Update-specific newsgroup (to which I'm
crossposting my reply):
news:msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate
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~PA Bear
<waving> Hi, sTeVe & JupiterJones et al.
amber wrote:
> Windows version is at the bottom of my post, Windows xp
> Pro sp1
> was a clean install (all was closed) and done from windows
> update
> It's almost like something is preventing the windows from
> opening when I click a url on the microsoft site, and
> other sites it seems that it's some kinda of javascript
> problem..also when I try to post say for example on tis
> forum, nothing happens when I hit the post button..
> I have already tried to reregister one dll but will try
> again. it is very strange. and I can not uninstall this
> update as it is not showing in add/remove programs
> I really think something is terribly wrong with this update
> and I really need some help
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Windows version?
>>
>> Did you install MS04-025 via Windows Update? To assure a clean install,
>> your anti-virus application should be disabled and all other running
>> processes closed before installing anything, including Windows Updates.
>> Were they?
>>
>> 1. You click on a hyperlink in and an IE window doesn't even open:
>> http://www.oehelp.com/ielnk.aspx
>>
>> 2. You click on a hyperlink and an IE window opens but it doesn't load:
>>
>> Re-register all DLLs listed in this KB article:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
>> --
>> HTH - Please Reply to This Thread
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>>
>> AumHa Forums
>> http://forum.aumha.org
>>
>> What You Should Know About Spyware
>> http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/...y/spyware.mspx
>>
>> amber wrote:
>>> Installed this baby on Saturday..Have had nothing but trouble since. I
>>> can't open links in my browser (example: to post on
> this board, I could
>>> not open with the post button at all, I'm using mozilla right now, links
>>> on mictrosoft website do not open, links on scripts
> that I have on my own
>>> servers do not open, etc..) System is acting funky too..I ran spybot,
>>> adaware, nortons, trojan hunter, etc, etc..nothing suspicious..
>>> I'd like to uninstall this mutha but cant find it in
> the add/remove
>>> programs..so I did a system restore to friday..still no good..It must
>>> have messed with deep system files somehow..any help?? Also did a sfc
>>> \scannow and it appeard to replace a lot of files but still did not
>>> help..
>>> so,,any suggestions short of wiping this one out?
> Burns me cause this is
>>> a brand new install (just about 2 weeks old) Windows
> xp sp1
>>
>> .