Unknown error caused by latest updates

Using Automatic Update, the most recent security updates were downloaded to
my Windows 2000 computer on August 13.

Today, my computer is constantly crashing. I am unable to determine a
pattern to the websites which trigger the problem, but this is the first time
I've consistently had such problems.

Upon sending the error report to Microsoft, I am referred to a Microsoft
Online Crash Analysis page which says that "an unknown error has occurred".
I have also once been referred to a page which mentioned the XP Service Pack
2 upgrade, but I am running Windows 2000.

Is anyone else having such problems on a Windows 2000 computer?

I'm not sure it's random. Since last night, every time I get online, I
can tell something is downloading. I go to click on my first link and
IE freezes and I have to restart. I thought it was my clunky Windows
98SE computer or a virus.

Same thing happened at work today with the Windows XP computer except
it wouldn't let me open anything until the security updates were
completely downloaded. The one program I got opened did freeze and I
couldn't get the computer to shut down so I had to press my power
button to turn the pc off. I don't know if the updates installed
properly.

You'd think they could alert people about this update and warn us about
opening websites or programs during download.

There is definitely a problem with the download. It is using a large
amount of computer resources.


Dorpond wrote:
> Yes, I too am having the same issue. I am finding that users are calling me
> and telling me that their IE is crashing but it seems totally random - one
> minute they can access a website without crash, the next time, it crashes.
> There seems to be nothing common yet as far as sites visited.
>
> I would like to say though that the same day, users tried accessing this
> site (via mass e-mail). I am uncertain if it caused this problem or if it was
> Windows Update. I never visited the webpage below and I would suggest that
> you don't either until we know if it was that cause.
>
> http://www.wrljet.com/Letterman_Gates.wmv
>
> Did your people visit that site above by chance?
>
>
> "BamBam" wrote:
>
> > Using Automatic Update, the most recent security updates were downloaded to
> > my Windows 2000 computer on August 13.
> >
> > Today, my computer is constantly crashing. I am unable to determine a
> > pattern to the websites which trigger the problem, but this is the first time
> > I've consistently had such problems.
> >
> > Upon sending the error report to Microsoft, I am referred to a Microsoft
> > Online Crash Analysis page which says that "an unknown error has occurred".
> > I have also once been referred to a page which mentioned the XP Service Pack
> > 2 upgrade, but I am running Windows 2000.
> >
> > Is anyone else having such problems on a Windows 2000 computer?
> >

BamBam wrote:
> Using Automatic Update, the most recent security updates were downloaded to
> my Windows 2000 computer on August 13.
>
> Today, my computer is constantly crashing. I am unable to determine a
> pattern to the websites which trigger the problem, but this is the first time
> I've consistently had such problems.
>
> Upon sending the error report to Microsoft, I am referred to a Microsoft
> Online Crash Analysis page which says that "an unknown error has occurred".
> I have also once been referred to a page which mentioned the XP Service Pack
> 2 upgrade, but I am running Windows 2000.
>
> Is anyone else having such problems on a Windows 2000 computer?

ya i am having problems with the ie update as well on my win2k sp4
computer, i contacted ms and got the hotfix that was supposed to fix
the problem and it did somehwat fix it, which means i still get the ie
crashing error but its not as frequent, so the fix they put out sucks
as well.

BamBam wrote:
> Using Automatic Update, the most recent security updates were downloaded to
> my Windows 2000 computer on August 13.
>
> Today, my computer is constantly crashing. I am unable to determine a
> pattern to the websites which trigger the problem, but this is the first time
> I've consistently had such problems.
>
> Upon sending the error report to Microsoft, I am referred to a Microsoft
> Online Crash Analysis page which says that "an unknown error has occurred".
> I have also once been referred to a page which mentioned the XP Service Pack
> 2 upgrade, but I am running Windows 2000.
>
> Is anyone else having such problems on a Windows 2000 computer?

ya i am having problems with the ie update as well on my win2k sp4
computer, i contacted ms and got the hotfix that was supposed to fix
the problem and it did somehwat fix it, which means i still get the ie
crashing error but its not as frequent, so the fix they put out sucks
as well.

I realized that my problem was likely the same one affecting win2k sp4
computers, since KB918899 was among the updates automatically downloaded.

I did not download the hotfix, since it sounds as though it is not a 100%
fix. Instead, I did the workaround, by unchecking the "Use HTTP 1.1" in the
advanced section of Internet Properties.

As was the case with your hotfix, this workaround has reduced the frequency
of crashes but has not totally eliminated them.

"gblum" wrote:

>
> BamBam wrote:
> > Using Automatic Update, the most recent security updates were downloaded to
> > my Windows 2000 computer on August 13.
> >
> > Today, my computer is constantly crashing. I am unable to determine a
> > pattern to the websites which trigger the problem, but this is the first time
> > I've consistently had such problems.
> >
> > Upon sending the error report to Microsoft, I am referred to a Microsoft
> > Online Crash Analysis page which says that "an unknown error has occurred".
> > I have also once been referred to a page which mentioned the XP Service Pack
> > 2 upgrade, but I am running Windows 2000.
> >
> > Is anyone else having such problems on a Windows 2000 computer?
>
> ya i am having problems with the ie update as well on my win2k sp4
> computer, i contacted ms and got the hotfix that was supposed to fix
> the problem and it did somehwat fix it, which means i still get the ie
> crashing error but its not as frequent, so the fix they put out sucks
> as well.
>
>