Parcxman
April 17th 03, 05:39 PM
Can you tell us which update is involved?
Thanks,
Bruce
"Kath" > wrote in news:#cjNAOH8CHA.2308
@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
> Jim wrote:
>> The last windows update I ran installed a number of "critical" (ie.,
>> security) fixes. Unfortunately, it induced a number of problems in
>> outlook express, one of which includes blowing the application away
>> and getting a "send error to microsoft" panel if I press "enter"
>> twice in succession, or press double click to select a word. Very
>> annoying, especially if I have spent any time composing, because it
>> is all lost and I have to start from scratch. This happens almost
>> every time I post. (So far, so good this time).
>>
>> Can I use system restore to back out all these fixes by selecting a
>> checkpoint prior to the installation?
>> Will it screw up the "add remove programs" fix list if I do?
>> Will it screw up the HKLM ...Windows\Updates registry entries list
>> and give false "already installed" msgs at some future point?
>>
>> Or should I simple use add-remove program and remove each one one at
>> a time. Of course, when I do, I get an error message that shows that
>> every patch associated with SP2 may no longer work, even the 24MB one
>> that took hours to download.
>>
>> Your help would be appreaciated.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Please search on the NG for MSHTML, it is a known bug with one of the
> updates and much discussed on this NG. Fixes are available on some of
> the posts until MS releases the official fix.
>
Thanks,
Bruce
"Kath" > wrote in news:#cjNAOH8CHA.2308
@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
> Jim wrote:
>> The last windows update I ran installed a number of "critical" (ie.,
>> security) fixes. Unfortunately, it induced a number of problems in
>> outlook express, one of which includes blowing the application away
>> and getting a "send error to microsoft" panel if I press "enter"
>> twice in succession, or press double click to select a word. Very
>> annoying, especially if I have spent any time composing, because it
>> is all lost and I have to start from scratch. This happens almost
>> every time I post. (So far, so good this time).
>>
>> Can I use system restore to back out all these fixes by selecting a
>> checkpoint prior to the installation?
>> Will it screw up the "add remove programs" fix list if I do?
>> Will it screw up the HKLM ...Windows\Updates registry entries list
>> and give false "already installed" msgs at some future point?
>>
>> Or should I simple use add-remove program and remove each one one at
>> a time. Of course, when I do, I get an error message that shows that
>> every patch associated with SP2 may no longer work, even the 24MB one
>> that took hours to download.
>>
>> Your help would be appreaciated.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Please search on the NG for MSHTML, it is a known bug with one of the
> updates and much discussed on this NG. Fixes are available on some of
> the posts until MS releases the official fix.
>