Re: Windows update locks up windows

"traebo" <> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I'm not really a tech savvy person, so a detailed description of my
> notebook will not be given because I don't know every detail. I'm
> currently using vista windows on a toshiba notebook (i'm sorry but
> that's the best i can do for description ). My problem seems to occur
> when ever my notebook attempts to update automatically and when i do a
> virus scan (at one point it stopped on a document fvcupdate.exe before
> my windows completely froze up). I have attempted to download windows
> update from the site instead of it downloading on its own, although the
> problem remains. Running it on safemode didn't do much of a difference
> as it also completely froze up on crcdisk.sys during start up and just
> restarted the notebook.
>
> My cousin says that it could be because of the hard drive space but
> when i checked i have only used up 47% of my hard drive. She also
> insisted that i do a virus scan to check if its a virus that's doing
> this to my notebook, although even doing a scan would freeze up vista.
>
> So far, the only way i have managed to stir away from this freezing up
> problem is by turning off the automatic updates and virus scans. Is
> there another way around this problem?
>
> Thanks for your time
>
>
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Sounds like you have a bug. Download and run this. It's free.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

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