Repaired XP Pro SP2, lost no setups/data, then Win Update screwed system AGAIN!

[KWW]

OK... I had been posting how my system had gotten screwed up via the Windows
Updates... Well after messing with MS Knowledge Base suggestions, dorking
with kernel32.dll, etc... I finally resorted to putting the XP CD in and
letting it "Repair". Thirty some minutes later it came back up, it was
fixed! (OK, had to reboot once to get it out of the weeds after it had
completed the Setup, but then it worked!)

Well, I figured since it had copied files from my XP Pro CD I had better
check the Windows Updates! I also figured that since it had just repaired
stuff AND had copied a bunch of files over/installed them, that the security
updates ought to be fine! HA! They all installed just fine and dandy, and
then on reboot it went through the splash screen, and then, right when it
should have come up with the login, the screen clicked (like it was changing
modes/resolutions), and then the hard drive heads went to the landing zone
and it spun down. (The screen was greenish/grayish/black.) They had screwed
the system over AGAIN!

Here were the 18 updates, in the order they got installed (decided by
Windows)
01) KB885884 Update for Office XP SP2
02) KB873339
03) KB886185
04) KB885836
05) KB890175
06) KB888302
07) KB891781
08) KB888113
09) KB873333
10) KB887942 (?)
11) KB893086
12) KB893066
13) KB890923 (IE update)
14) KB890859
15) Installer 3.1
16) KB885835
17) KB890830
18) KB885250

This is a bummer... the screen still goes to the greenish/grayish/blackish
(after all of the clicks from the monitor).

Any help or suggestions?
(Too tired to detailedly perscribe.)

[John]

KWW wrote:
> OK... I had been posting how my system had gotten screwed up via the Windows
> Updates... Well after messing with MS Knowledge Base suggestions, dorking
> with kernel32.dll, etc... I finally resorted to putting the XP CD in and
> letting it "Repair". Thirty some minutes later it came back up, it was
> fixed! (OK, had to reboot once to get it out of the weeds after it had
> completed the Setup, but then it worked!)
>
> Well, I figured since it had copied files from my XP Pro CD I had better
> check the Windows Updates! I also figured that since it had just repaired
> stuff AND had copied a bunch of files over/installed them, that the security
> updates ought to be fine! HA! They all installed just fine and dandy, and
> then on reboot it went through the splash screen, and then, right when it
> should have come up with the login, the screen clicked (like it was changing
> modes/resolutions), and then the hard drive heads went to the landing zone
> and it spun down. (The screen was greenish/grayish/black.) They had screwed
> the system over AGAIN!
>
> Here were the 18 updates, in the order they got installed (decided by
> Windows)
> 01) KB885884 Update for Office XP SP2
> 02) KB873339
> 03) KB886185
> 04) KB885836
> 05) KB890175
> 06) KB888302
> 07) KB891781
> 08) KB888113
> 09) KB873333
> 10) KB887942 (?)
> 11) KB893086
> 12) KB893066
> 13) KB890923 (IE update)
> 14) KB890859
> 15) Installer 3.1
> 16) KB885835
> 17) KB890830
> 18) KB885250
>
> This is a bummer... the screen still goes to the greenish/grayish/blackish
> (after all of the clicks from the monitor).
>
> Any help or suggestions?
> (Too tired to detailedly perscribe.)


You are ****ing in the wind dude. Without hardware details (probably
the problem) and following up your posts in the same thread no one will
help you. If on the other hand you just want to vent then ...

I feel your pain,
John

ps: You have control if you want it. Don't install anything that isn't
needed. Just because there is a fix for someone's thing doesn't mean
that your thing automagically broken.

[KWW]

You are prob. right... given that it is Windoz the only recourse would prob.
be to reload the entire $#%@* OS. Well, for now I am re-repairing (Last
Known Good... did not work).
By the way, HW =
ASUS A7V333
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
512 MB DDR (PC 3200)
MS Win XP Pro v.2002, SP 2 v2055
IE 6.0.2900.2055 (128 bit) SP2
3Com Etherlink 10/100 PCI TX NIC (3C905B-TX)
Video Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440, Screen 1024x768, Highest (32 bit) color
ZoneAlarm Pro
NAV Corporate Edition
Executive SW Diskeeper 9 Pro

Regards,
KWW

I just got a spare CPU/mobo/case... am going to migrate my wife's Win98 PC
over to it... use her old hardware for a Linux system... finally. Hey,
maybe I will like it enough to convert my main system (someday).

"John" > wrote in message
news:pzEbe.5795$Sk6.4561@trndny08...
> KWW wrote:
> > OK... I had been posting how my system had gotten screwed up via the
Windows
> > Updates... Well after messing with MS Knowledge Base suggestions,
dorking
> > with kernel32.dll, etc... I finally resorted to putting the XP CD in and
> > letting it "Repair". Thirty some minutes later it came back up, it was
> > fixed! (OK, had to reboot once to get it out of the weeds after it had
> > completed the Setup, but then it worked!)
> >
> > Well, I figured since it had copied files from my XP Pro CD I had better
> > check the Windows Updates! I also figured that since it had just
repaired
> > stuff AND had copied a bunch of files over/installed them, that the
security
> > updates ought to be fine! HA! They all installed just fine and dandy,
and
> > then on reboot it went through the splash screen, and then, right when
it
> > should have come up with the login, the screen clicked (like it was
changing
> > modes/resolutions), and then the hard drive heads went to the landing
zone
> > and it spun down. (The screen was greenish/grayish/black.) They had
screwed
> > the system over AGAIN!
> >
> > Here were the 18 updates, in the order they got installed (decided by
> > Windows)
> > 01) KB885884 Update for Office XP SP2
> > 02) KB873339
> > 03) KB886185
> > 04) KB885836
> > 05) KB890175
> > 06) KB888302
> > 07) KB891781
> > 08) KB888113
> > 09) KB873333
> > 10) KB887942 (?)
> > 11) KB893086
> > 12) KB893066
> > 13) KB890923 (IE update)
> > 14) KB890859
> > 15) Installer 3.1
> > 16) KB885835
> > 17) KB890830
> > 18) KB885250
> >
> > This is a bummer... the screen still goes to the
greenish/grayish/blackish
> > (after all of the clicks from the monitor).
> >
> > Any help or suggestions?
> > (Too tired to detailedly perscribe.)
>
>
> You are ****ing in the wind dude. Without hardware details (probably
> the problem) and following up your posts in the same thread no one will
> help you. If on the other hand you just want to vent then ...
>
> I feel your pain,
> John
>
> ps: You have control if you want it. Don't install anything that isn't
> needed. Just because there is a fix for someone's thing doesn't mean
> that your thing automagically broken.
>