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Old August 19th 08, 05:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Friedl
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Default Recent Windows XP Home Updates

Is there a place where I can check if people are having unexpected problems
following a Windows update?

I run a dedicated audio workstation with one main application which hasn't
changed for months. Not much on it.. takes 50 seconds for a full boot.

1. Last May it became unpredictably unstable with a variety of halts.
After several months of troubleshooting, I found that one of the updates
conflicted with an old REALTEK audio driver which I don't even use. Once the
driver was updated, the system worked smoothly again.

2. Yesterday, after a long update sequence (I assume SP 3 etc), the screen
flickers every once in a while as if the whole desktop is being refreshed...
Very annoying. At one point after boot, the screen was very slow to fill,
grinding away at icons.

Since I have made no soft or hardware changes, I assume the most recent
update has triggered this new behaviour.

Can anyone confirm similar symptoms?
If there is a bad interaction, can I go back to before the latest update?

Any help would be appreciated.

Friedl


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Old August 19th 08, 06:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
David B.[_2_]
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Default Recent Windows XP Home Updates

First thing I would do is update the graphics driver.

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"Friedl" wrote in message
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Is there a place where I can check if people are having unexpected
problems
following a Windows update?

I run a dedicated audio workstation with one main application which hasn't
changed for months. Not much on it.. takes 50 seconds for a full boot.

1. Last May it became unpredictably unstable with a variety of halts.
After several months of troubleshooting, I found that one of the updates
conflicted with an old REALTEK audio driver which I don't even use. Once
the
driver was updated, the system worked smoothly again.

2. Yesterday, after a long update sequence (I assume SP 3 etc), the
screen
flickers every once in a while as if the whole desktop is being
refreshed...
Very annoying. At one point after boot, the screen was very slow to fill,
grinding away at icons.

Since I have made no soft or hardware changes, I assume the most recent
update has triggered this new behaviour.

Can anyone confirm similar symptoms?
If there is a bad interaction, can I go back to before the latest update?

Any help would be appreciated.

Friedl



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Old August 21st 08, 04:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Andrew E.
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Default Recent Windows XP Home Updates

Since realtek has never digitally signed thier drivers/software like all
others
do with microsoft WHQL,i dought if an update has anything to do with it.
However,try downloading the latest Direct X update...

"Friedl" wrote:

Is there a place where I can check if people are having unexpected problems
following a Windows update?

I run a dedicated audio workstation with one main application which hasn't
changed for months. Not much on it.. takes 50 seconds for a full boot.

1. Last May it became unpredictably unstable with a variety of halts.
After several months of troubleshooting, I found that one of the updates
conflicted with an old REALTEK audio driver which I don't even use. Once the
driver was updated, the system worked smoothly again.

2. Yesterday, after a long update sequence (I assume SP 3 etc), the screen
flickers every once in a while as if the whole desktop is being refreshed...
Very annoying. At one point after boot, the screen was very slow to fill,
grinding away at icons.

Since I have made no soft or hardware changes, I assume the most recent
update has triggered this new behaviour.

Can anyone confirm similar symptoms?
If there is a bad interaction, can I go back to before the latest update?

Any help would be appreciated.

Friedl


 




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