Super slow boot after installing Windows updates on October 9 2007

I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on October 9 2007.
Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up. The performance when it is up and
running is good. I haven't noticed any issues with the applications either or
the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow, litterally
dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen all the way to steady state.

Any feedback on what to do?
--
Passemurailles

Review your update history to see what updates were installed, none of my
winxp / win2k PC's installed 8 updates in this last round
I suspect you may have installed some crappy MS driver updates

"Passemurailles" <> wrote in message
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>I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on October 9
>2007.
> Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up. The performance when it is up
> and
> running is good. I haven't noticed any issues with the applications either
> or
> the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
> litterally
> dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen all the way to steady
> state.
>
> Any feedback on what to do?
> --
> Passemurailles

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate PC. I have OneCare installed as well. It is
weird because the drivers you are referring to belong typically to the
optional section and are not automatically downloaded.

1. How do I check Windows Update History?

2. Can I remove easily Windows Updates?
--
Passemurailles


"DL" wrote:

> Review your update history to see what updates were installed, none of my
> winxp / win2k PC's installed 8 updates in this last round
> I suspect you may have installed some crappy MS driver updates
>
> "Passemurailles" <> wrote in message
> news92EB506-F2E2-4179-AAF6-...
> >I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on October 9
> >2007.
> > Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up. The performance when it is up
> > and
> > running is good. I haven't noticed any issues with the applications either
> > or
> > the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
> > litterally
> > dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen all the way to steady
> > state.
> >
> > Any feedback on what to do?
> > --
> > Passemurailles
>
>
>

Ah, Vista afraid I dont know what updates this o/s had in the last round
From IE, run win/msupdate
History will be on left pain
They can be removed if shown in add/remove dialogue, once you have
determined what the last 8 were

"Passemurailles" <> wrote in message
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>I have a Windows Vista Ultimate PC. I have OneCare installed as well. It is
> weird because the drivers you are referring to belong typically to the
> optional section and are not automatically downloaded.
>
> 1. How do I check Windows Update History?
>
> 2. Can I remove easily Windows Updates?
> --
> Passemurailles
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> Review your update history to see what updates were installed, none of my
>> winxp / win2k PC's installed 8 updates in this last round
>> I suspect you may have installed some crappy MS driver updates
>>
>> "Passemurailles" <> wrote in
>> message
>> news92EB506-F2E2-4179-AAF6-...
>> >I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on October 9
>> >2007.
>> > Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up. The performance when it is
>> > up
>> > and
>> > running is good. I haven't noticed any issues with the applications
>> > either
>> > or
>> > the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
>> > litterally
>> > dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen all the way to steady
>> > state.
>> >
>> > Any feedback on what to do?
>> > --
>> > Passemurailles
>>
>>
>>

just wanted to add that you are not alone. many people is experiencing
problems with the latest update, I'm using XP, affected, and can't do a thing
because whatever's being installed yesterday was and is still stuck
somewhere. I still can't get into my computer even with a brand new hard
drive that has a freshly installed Win XP in it. good job MS, kill everyone's
computer and charge a ridiculous amount of money to patch it! what a way to
boost revenue.

"Passemurailles" wrote:

> I have a Windows Vista Ultimate PC. I have OneCare installed as well. It is
> weird because the drivers you are referring to belong typically to the
> optional section and are not automatically downloaded.
>
> 1. How do I check Windows Update History?
>
> 2. Can I remove easily Windows Updates?
> --
> Passemurailles
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > Review your update history to see what updates were installed, none of my
> > winxp / win2k PC's installed 8 updates in this last round
> > I suspect you may have installed some crappy MS driver updates
> >
> > "Passemurailles" <> wrote in message
> > news92EB506-F2E2-4179-AAF6-...
> > >I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on October 9
> > >2007.
> > > Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up. The performance when it is up
> > > and
> > > running is good. I haven't noticed any issues with the applications either
> > > or
> > > the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
> > > litterally
> > > dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen all the way to steady
> > > state.
> > >
> > > Any feedback on what to do?
> > > --
> > > Passemurailles
> >
> >
> >

Yes I am totally frustrated too. The users are being held hostages to
substandard software and as the downloads are automatic and highly
recommended by Microsoft, I feel like I have no control and being left with a
major issue and lots of tme wasted.
--
Passemurailles


"gysca" wrote:

> just wanted to add that you are not alone. many people is experiencing
> problems with the latest update, I'm using XP, affected, and can't do a thing
> because whatever's being installed yesterday was and is still stuck
> somewhere. I still can't get into my computer even with a brand new hard
> drive that has a freshly installed Win XP in it. good job MS, kill everyone's
> computer and charge a ridiculous amount of money to patch it! what a way to
> boost revenue.
>
> "Passemurailles" wrote:
>
> > I have a Windows Vista Ultimate PC. I have OneCare installed as well. It is
> > weird because the drivers you are referring to belong typically to the
> > optional section and are not automatically downloaded.
> >
> > 1. How do I check Windows Update History?
> >
> > 2. Can I remove easily Windows Updates?
> > --
> > Passemurailles
> >
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> > > Review your update history to see what updates were installed, none of my
> > > winxp / win2k PC's installed 8 updates in this last round
> > > I suspect you may have installed some crappy MS driver updates
> > >
> > > "Passemurailles" <> wrote in message
> > > news92EB506-F2E2-4179-AAF6-...
> > > >I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on October 9
> > > >2007.
> > > > Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up. The performance when it is up
> > > > and
> > > > running is good. I haven't noticed any issues with the applications either
> > > > or
> > > > the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
> > > > litterally
> > > > dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen all the way to steady
> > > > state.
> > > >
> > > > Any feedback on what to do?
> > > > --
> > > > Passemurailles
> > >
> > >
> > >

=?Utf-8?B?UGFzc2VtdXJhaWxsZXM=?= added these comments in the
current discussion du jour ...

> I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on
> October 9 2007. Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up.
> The performance when it is up and running is good. I haven't
> noticed any issues with the applications either or the
> networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
> litterally dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen
> all the way to steady state.
>
> Any feedback on what to do?

I only saw 4 for my XP system, and my boot time did not change. You
may want to consider in future installing only a few at a time in
order to more easily find the culprit if things go bad on you.

--
HP, aka Jerry

None of my Xp or w2k systems showed any problems

"gysca" <> wrote in message
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> just wanted to add that you are not alone. many people is experiencing
> problems with the latest update, I'm using XP, affected, and can't do a
> thing
> because whatever's being installed yesterday was and is still stuck
> somewhere. I still can't get into my computer even with a brand new hard
> drive that has a freshly installed Win XP in it. good job MS, kill
> everyone's
> computer and charge a ridiculous amount of money to patch it! what a way
> to
> boost revenue.
>
> "Passemurailles" wrote:
>
>> I have a Windows Vista Ultimate PC. I have OneCare installed as well. It
>> is
>> weird because the drivers you are referring to belong typically to the
>> optional section and are not automatically downloaded.
>>
>> 1. How do I check Windows Update History?
>>
>> 2. Can I remove easily Windows Updates?
>> --
>> Passemurailles
>>
>>
>> "DL" wrote:
>>
>> > Review your update history to see what updates were installed, none of
>> > my
>> > winxp / win2k PC's installed 8 updates in this last round
>> > I suspect you may have installed some crappy MS driver updates
>> >
>> > "Passemurailles" <> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news92EB506-F2E2-4179-AAF6-...
>> > >I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on October
>> > >9
>> > >2007.
>> > > Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up. The performance when it
>> > > is up
>> > > and
>> > > running is good. I haven't noticed any issues with the applications
>> > > either
>> > > or
>> > > the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
>> > > litterally
>> > > dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen all the way to
>> > > steady
>> > > state.
>> > >
>> > > Any feedback on what to do?
>> > > --
>> > > Passemurailles
>> >
>> >
>> >

Are you sure it wasn't .net 3.0. Mine took a long time also when I did that
update along with the other updates. I use WSUS for our corporate users and
I only had this issue. Can't explain, guess .net 3.0 was being weird.

"HEMI-Powered" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?UGFzc2VtdXJhaWxsZXM=?= added these comments in the
> current discussion du jour ...
>
> > I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft on
> > October 9 2007. Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot up.
> > The performance when it is up and running is good. I haven't
> > noticed any issues with the applications either or the
> > networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly slow,
> > litterally dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome screen
> > all the way to steady state.
> >
> > Any feedback on what to do?
>
> I only saw 4 for my XP system, and my boot time did not change. You
> may want to consider in future installing only a few at a time in
> order to more easily find the culprit if things go bad on you.
>
> --
> HP, aka Jerry
>

=?Utf-8?B?bmF0ZQ==?= added these comments in the current
discussion du jour ...

> Are you sure it wasn't .net 3.0. Mine took a long time also
> when I did that update along with the other updates. I use
> WSUS for our corporate users and I only had this issue. Can't
> explain, guess .net 3.0 was being weird.

Back in August when one or two of the updates dealing with .net
something or another were reported, I decided to NOT install
them. As is my custom, I do not blindly install updates, I lurk
here and other places to see what experiences others are having.
In this case, it seemed like a ready made visit from Murphy and I
also failed to get a clear understanding even of what the risk
was. That doesn't help you much now, and I am sorry for that, but
perhaps you and others may want to adopt a more circumspect M.O.
for future updates. My conservatism may well leave me vulnerable
to something I don't even know about, but I also feel it at least
MAY have saved me some pain.

In any event, best of luck resolving your current problem(s) and
any in future.

> "HEMI-Powered" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?UGFzc2VtdXJhaWxsZXM=?= added these comments in the
>> current discussion du jour ...
>>
>> > I installed the eight updates automatically from Microsoft
>> > on October 9 2007. Now my PC needs over 20 minutes to boot
>> > up. The performance when it is up and running is good. I
>> > haven't noticed any issues with the applications either or
>> > the networking. It is just the boot time that is incredibly
>> > slow, litterally dragging itsself from the HP blue welcome
>> > screen all the way to steady state.
>> >
>> > Any feedback on what to do?
>>
>> I only saw 4 for my XP system, and my boot time did not
>> change. You may want to consider in future installing only a
>> few at a time in order to more easily find the culprit if
>> things go bad on you.
>>
>> --
>> HP, aka Jerry
>>
>



--
HP, aka Jerry