Waynefxsb
December 5th 03, 07:31 PM
I had the same problem , apperantly I got luckier than
You , I uninstalled Security patch 811493, and went back
to normal. I understand ms knows about this problem.
Good luck
>-----Original Message-----
>Did the update, and discovered that upon booting the PC,
immediately things
>come to a near-halt in slowness. We can barely enter
BIOS setup, and when we
>can, pressing a key we end up waiting on screen redraw
before the keystroke
>is recognized. Talk about SLOW. Something is clearly
borked here, because
>all this starts immediate upon boot up and long before
XP even begins to
>load.
>Using a Gateway GP7-800 (P3/800), IDE drives, XP Pro -
all patched up.
>
>Things we have done:
>Removed all 3 of those patches - no change
>Defragmented the HD, no change
>Turned off Norton AV Pro, reinstalled - no change
>Uninstalled - no change
>Defragmented again - still no change.
>Next step? Reformat HD and reinstall XP Pro...
>
>Would sure like to avoide reformating/installing XP and
the various Apps.
>
>Seems this latest patch installs more than just the 3
patches - I am curious
>what changes or files got installed that would affect
the initial boot up
>and bork the BIOS???
>
>Hopefully M/Soft will have a fix ASAP -
>
>Any suggestions, appreciated.
>
>
>
>.
>
You , I uninstalled Security patch 811493, and went back
to normal. I understand ms knows about this problem.
Good luck
>-----Original Message-----
>Did the update, and discovered that upon booting the PC,
immediately things
>come to a near-halt in slowness. We can barely enter
BIOS setup, and when we
>can, pressing a key we end up waiting on screen redraw
before the keystroke
>is recognized. Talk about SLOW. Something is clearly
borked here, because
>all this starts immediate upon boot up and long before
XP even begins to
>load.
>Using a Gateway GP7-800 (P3/800), IDE drives, XP Pro -
all patched up.
>
>Things we have done:
>Removed all 3 of those patches - no change
>Defragmented the HD, no change
>Turned off Norton AV Pro, reinstalled - no change
>Uninstalled - no change
>Defragmented again - still no change.
>Next step? Reformat HD and reinstall XP Pro...
>
>Would sure like to avoide reformating/installing XP and
the various Apps.
>
>Seems this latest patch installs more than just the 3
patches - I am curious
>what changes or files got installed that would affect
the initial boot up
>and bork the BIOS???
>
>Hopefully M/Soft will have a fix ASAP -
>
>Any suggestions, appreciated.
>
>
>
>.
>