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pyrodude

When windows does an automatic update after we re start
we are not able to get on internet until we do a re-start to back date
before the up date. this happens every time windows up dates
please help
Paul D Minnesota
 
M

Malke

pyrodude said:
When windows does an automatic update after we re start
we are not able to get on internet until we do a re-start to back date
before the up date. this happens every time windows up dates
please help
Paul D Minnesota

It sounds like you are installing drivers for your network adapter. This is
why it's a bad idea to install drivers from Windows Updates. Normally, if
you aren't experiencing any problems with your network you would not update
your network adapter drivers anyway.

Go to Control Panel>Automatic Updates and change the setting from
"Automatically download/install" to "Automatically download and notify me
when updates are ready". Now you'll get the little yellow shield in the
System Tray. Left-click on it and when the message box appears, choose
"Custom" instead of "Express". This way you'll be able to see what the
updates are and uncheck any unwanted ones, like drivers.

If this doesn't solve your issue or isn't applicable to you, then do the
above and only install one update at a time, testing your Internet
connectivity after each install. When you find the one that is the culprit,
post in the Windows Update newsgroup with full details for help from the
Windows Update experts.

microsoft.public.windowsupdate

Malke
 
S

Shenan Stanley

pyrodude said:
When windows does an automatic update after we re start
we are not able to get on internet until we do a re-start to back
date before the up date. this happens every time windows up dates
please help

Sounds like a problem specific to your computer.

I would suggest visiting the hardware manufacturer page for the computer (if
something like a Dell, IBM, HP, Gateway, Packard Bell, etc) and getting the
latest hardware drivers for at least the motherboard (chipset), network
device, modem (if you have one) and video device... If it is not a computer
like that - you can visit the manufacturer for each component I mentioned
(use "Belarc Advisor" to get a good idea of what hardware you have -
http://belarc.com/)

After that - I suggest this (considering you should have Windows XP -
considering your choice of posting locations.)

Download, install, run, update and perform a full scan (separately) with the
following two applications (freeware versions are the ones to use for this):

SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/

MalwareBytes
http://www.malwarebytes.com/

After performing a full scan with one and then the other and removing
whatever they both find completely, you may uninstall these products,
if you wish.

Reboot.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\net stop wuauserv
--> Click OK.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\wups2.dll
--> Click OK.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\net start wuauserv
--> Click OK.

Download the latest version of the Windows Update agent from here (x86):
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237
.... and save it to the root of your C:\ drive. After saving it to the root
of the C:\ drive, do the following:

Close all Internet Explorer windows and other applications.

Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemDrive%\windowsupdateagent30-x86.exe /WUFORCE
--> Click OK.

(If asked, select "Run.) --> Click on NEXT --> Select "I agree" and click on
NEXT --> When it finishes installing, click on "Finish"...

Reboot.

Download/Install the latest Windows Installer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/...6F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en

Reboot.

Log on as a user with administrative rights and open Internet Explorer and
visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and select to do a CUSTOM scan...
(Every time you are about to click on something while at these web pages -
first press and hold down the CTRL key while you click on it. You can
release the CTRL key after clicking each time.)

Once the scan is done, select just _ONE_ of the high priority updates
(deselect any others) and install it.

Reboot again.

If it did work - try the web page again - selecting no more than 3-5 at a
time.

The Optional Software updates are generally safe - although I recommend
against the "Windows Search" one. I would completely avoid the Optional
Hardware updates.

Come back - let us know if that worked.
.... Really - come back and let everyone know if that worked.

If it seemed to have failed, do this:

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type: %windir%\windowsupdate.log
and then click OK.

Scroll down towards the bottom for the latest entries to locate any error
code(s) or explanation as to why the page cannot be displayed.

You can copy/paste the last 50 or so lines here...

How to read the Windowsupdate.log file:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093
 

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