Windows Update Software 7.0.6000.374 problems

Hello,
On the 21st I downloaded a new update .. the update was Windows Update
Software 7.0.6000.374. After this update I have been having a lot of
problems.
Just to name a few problems

-Host Process fails
-Search protocol fails
-Slow start-up
-Very slow performance, programs may take forever to start
-Windows media player seems to play no movies that I have, just freezes up
-Internet very slow, when I try to connect sometimes it doesn't find a
network and I would need to restart.

I never experienced any problems before this and my laptop was running
perfectly fine until Thursday when the new update came out. Anyone else
experience these sort of problems?

I am running Windows Vista Business. Any help?

"Emmanuel" <> wrote in message
news:15106301-4B56-4094-AD07-...
> Hello,
> On the 21st I downloaded a new update .. the update was Windows Update
> Software 7.0.6000.374. After this update I have been having a lot of
> problems.
> Just to name a few problems
>
> -Host Process fails
> -Search protocol fails
> -Slow start-up
> -Very slow performance, programs may take forever to start
> -Windows media player seems to play no movies that I have, just freezes up
> -Internet very slow, when I try to connect sometimes it doesn't find a
> network and I would need to restart.
>
> I never experienced any problems before this and my laptop was running
> perfectly fine until Thursday when the new update came out. Anyone else
> experience these sort of problems?

No
>
> I am running Windows Vista Business. Any help?

Hopefully, it did a restore point before doing the update. You should go
back to the restore point prior to the update. Then you should call MS, if
you have a retail version of Vista, since you have 180 days of free support
from MS after the activation.

Mr. Arnold can you give me some directions on going back to a restore point?
Plus I am unable to call MS because I am away at school in Europe. I will
have to do that when I get back to the US or try sending them an email.
Thanks for your help

"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

>
> "Emmanuel" <> wrote in message
> news:15106301-4B56-4094-AD07-...
> > Hello,
> > On the 21st I downloaded a new update .. the update was Windows Update
> > Software 7.0.6000.374. After this update I have been having a lot of
> > problems.
> > Just to name a few problems
> >
> > -Host Process fails
> > -Search protocol fails
> > -Slow start-up
> > -Very slow performance, programs may take forever to start
> > -Windows media player seems to play no movies that I have, just freezes up
> > -Internet very slow, when I try to connect sometimes it doesn't find a
> > network and I would need to restart.
> >
> > I never experienced any problems before this and my laptop was running
> > perfectly fine until Thursday when the new update came out. Anyone else
> > experience these sort of problems?
>
> No
> >
> > I am running Windows Vista Business. Any help?
>
> Hopefully, it did a restore point before doing the update. You should go
> back to the restore point prior to the update. Then you should call MS, if
> you have a retail version of Vista, since you have 180 days of free support
> from MS after the activation.
>
>

Ok it seems like the restore worked...!
But now what is the next step? I will definately not install the Windows
update software 7.0.6000.374

"Emmanuel" <> wrote in message
news:46CF404E-B347-4DA3-A6CC-...
> Ok it seems like the restore worked...!
> But now what is the next step? I will definately not install the Windows
> update software 7.0.6000.374

Do the problems you listed occur when you set Windows Update to "Never check
for updates"? I wonder, because when that's set, no component of WU/AU is
even in memory, so it would seem impossible for it then to cause any
problems whatsoever. It might be a good workaround, since as you know, WU
7.0 is a mandatory upgrade just to use WU.

No other updates were involved, right?

Thanks for the reply,
Just to let you guys know what's going on. I restored my system and had to
download one update which was for WIndows Defender, everything seemed fine
but now the problem still persists. The computer is very very slow, When I
try to run AVG or Adware it seems to get stuck. Adware gets stuck during Deep
scan of registry and AVG seems to never end and is scanning files in
C:ProgramFiles/Java for at least 20 minutes which I dont understand why. How
does my laptop go from being problem free to the next day having these
problems I still can't understand