Latest Critical Update -- Cause computer slowdown??

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Chris Cairns

I ran the latest critical update patch for Windows XP Pro just after it was
released. I notice now that my computer is running quite a bit slower
after the update. Anyone else have this problem? I did not make any
other changes and am running all the latest SP and security patches.
 
Yeah, update kb828028. It's sucking down my memory like nobody's business. It does it randomly. I didn't have any problems before I intalled the update. I think I'm just going to uninstall it. Unless somebody has a better idea.
 
Dylan said:
Yeah, update kb828028. It's sucking down my memory like nobody's
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business. It does it randomly. I didn't have any problems before
.intalled the update. I think I'm just going to uninstall it. Unless
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somebody has a better idea.


I had the same problem -- system was running perfectly and was completely up
to date on all patches, critical and non-critical. I installed this
critical patch and have several symptoms:
1) Start > Settings > Network Connections takes a FULL 30 seconds to
finally tell me "(empty)", even though I launch IE and connect (like for
this email, and it still says (empty).
2) The network connection (LAN via NIC to cable modem) takes longer than
ever to reach a connection
3) I lost my sound -- 3 of the 9 drivers under my Sound card devices have
the yellow (!) symbol and are not starting and reporting corrupt (code 39),
4) time to shut down (for restart) is very long -- it used to shut down
in 5 seconds or so, and now takes 30 - 90 seconds to finally give up
whatever it was doing and finally shut down. Actually had to push reset
once after waiting 2 full minutes for shutdown.

I did system restore back to before I had installed that update and whatever
the source of the problem is still lingering.

This bites. Hey, MS -- can you test your critical updates better, or people
will hesitate to install them!!!

fletch
 
After installing the patch it takes me about 40 seconds to load IE. Before
the patch it took 5-7 seconds. I now find myself waiting on almost
everything and the only change to my computer was the security patch. Has
anyone figured this out yet?
 
I ran the latest critical update patch for Windows XP Pro just after
it was released. I notice now that my computer is running quite a
bit slower after the update. Anyone else have this problem? I did
not make any other changes and am running all the latest SP and
security patches.
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I knew this would happen again with such a large batch of updates. A client
of mine called last week saying his 2.8 GHZ XP Pro machine was slow. I did
the usual spyware checks, defrags, checked event logs -- nothing. Computer
was barely usable. Took five minutes to do simple things. The only change
made to his machine was the automatic Windows updates.

This is extremely frustrating. He is losing money because he can hardly
work; I look dumb because I assumed a "critical" update would actually help
his computer.

I'm considering installing SP2 RC-1 rather than uninstalling the critical
updates. Let me know if you find out anything else.
 
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