Re: Latest updates corrupt my PC

It is definitely the latest IE patch - the others are OK. Forgot to write
the KB number down though.
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Jon


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Jon wrote:
> > Any ideas on this one?
> >
> > I regularly update my PC but the latest updates which MS have said
> > are "critical" cause my PC to do a CHKDSK on bootup (takes about
> > 20mins) and then when it eventually boots Internet Explorer won't
> > start - as well as other components e.g Control Panel. Doing a
> > System Restore gets me working again - but how do I get the updates
> > to function.
> >
> > I think the one doing the damage is specifically the latest IE
> > patch. In the meantime I have disabled automatic updates.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated
>
> Verify which is doing the damage by visiting
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and installing them one at a time,
> rebooting, verifying functionality - next.. so on..
>
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>
>

Jon wrote:
> Any ideas on this one?
>
> I regularly update my PC but the latest updates which MS have said
> are "critical" cause my PC to do a CHKDSK on bootup (takes about
> 20mins) and then when it eventually boots Internet Explorer won't
> start - as well as other components e.g Control Panel. Doing a
> System Restore gets me working again - but how do I get the
> updates to function.
>
> I think the one doing the damage is specifically the latest IE
> patch. In the meantime I have disabled automatic updates.
>
> Any help would be appreciated

Shenan wrote:
> Verify which is doing the damage by visiting
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and installing them one at a
> time, rebooting, verifying functionality - next.. so on..

Jon wrote:
> It is definitely the latest IE patch - the others are OK. Forgot
> to write the KB number down though.

Assuming it is the IE cumulative update then?

You can get any month's release of patches from Microsoft by knowing the
year and month..

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms##-***.mspx

## - replaced with two digit year..
*** - replaced with three character abbreviation of month

So June 2006 patches (after the second tuesday passes for June):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-jun.mspx

Looking at the 8 critical patches and reading into this thread - it would
seem the one troubling you is:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-021
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS06-021.mspx

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916281

For which there are "Known Issues" listed in the first link given. You may
want to read that link - especially the known issues part - and make
appropriate corrections as directed there before installing that patch
again.

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MS-MVP
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Thanks for this - looks like a possible solution. Will come back to you.
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Jon


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Jon wrote:
> > Any ideas on this one?
> >
> > I regularly update my PC but the latest updates which MS have said
> > are "critical" cause my PC to do a CHKDSK on bootup (takes about
> > 20mins) and then when it eventually boots Internet Explorer won't
> > start - as well as other components e.g Control Panel. Doing a
> > System Restore gets me working again - but how do I get the
> > updates to function.
> >
> > I think the one doing the damage is specifically the latest IE
> > patch. In the meantime I have disabled automatic updates.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated
>
> Shenan wrote:
> > Verify which is doing the damage by visiting
> > http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and installing them one at a
> > time, rebooting, verifying functionality - next.. so on..
>
> Jon wrote:
> > It is definitely the latest IE patch - the others are OK. Forgot
> > to write the KB number down though.
>
> Assuming it is the IE cumulative update then?
>
> You can get any month's release of patches from Microsoft by knowing the
> year and month..
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms##-***.mspx
>
> ## - replaced with two digit year..
> *** - replaced with three character abbreviation of month
>
> So June 2006 patches (after the second tuesday passes for June):
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-jun.mspx
>
> Looking at the 8 critical patches and reading into this thread - it would
> seem the one troubling you is:
>
> Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-021
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS06-021.mspx
>
> Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916281
>
> For which there are "Known Issues" listed in the first link given. You may
> want to read that link - especially the known issues part - and make
> appropriate corrections as directed there before installing that patch
> again.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>