Today Critical Updates Stopped my Computer *@#$& !!!

[Bob]

I have a different but similar problem after updating
q817287. My system is a 6 months old XP Home Edition.
After downloading this critical update, my apps take
longer to open and occasionaly hang. I can't find any
reference to q817287 on Microsoft's site anywhere. It
looks like there is no uninstall for this update. I will
probably repair the XP installation from the CD and start
from there all over again.
Sorry I can't help much, but at least there are other
people having the same problem and maybe someone from
Microsoft will respond.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have automatic upload and install on the microsft
>updates. I always had this and it's worked flawlessly.
>Untill today/ SO I installed what microsft recomenned
and
>my XP OS hang while booting up. I was able to restart
>yesterdays OS and I am up. So I tried installing each
>patch seperatley but they did not take. SO is there a
>problem with these updates or a BIG conflict with my
>system, which has never, shall I say it again, NEVER had
>a problem for 2 years now.
>
>I have tried tech support, but they want to pass the
buck
>to Alienware. This machine is 2 years old and way out of
>there support time. This is Microsofts problem.
>
>Q817287: Critical Update (Catalog Database Corruption in
>Microsoft Windows) and 811493: Security Update (Windows
>XP)
>.
>

[Rex]

"Bob" > wrote in message
...
> I have a different but similar problem after updating
> q817287.
> >
> >Q817287: Critical Update (Catalog Database Corruption in
> >Microsoft Windows) and 811493: Security Update (Windows
> >XP)
> >.
> >

Had the problem with 811493.

Computer would restart and stall on opening screen.
As it did not load I could not use add/remove programs in control panel.

Fortunately I had just made a Drive Image - Image file and just reloaded
that image.

To test the problem I again tried to load 811493 with the same result.