New XP Security Updates

[Dra]

I recently installed the 823559 & 817606 Security updates
realeased by M$ and immediately after installation noticed
that my hard drive or something began clicking every few
seconds. I restarted the machine several times to no
avail and eventually decided to rollback the machine to
before the updates. NOTE - before installing any M$
updates I always make a restore point now. After I rolled
back the machine the problem stopped.

My question>? Does anybody have any idea exactly what
these updates are SUPPOSED to do and why they might affect
my hard drive?

 

[sjbibb]

you should be able to go to the knowledgebase and input
the numbers and find out what they do I am loading them
now to see if I get clicking.

 

[Bob Byrne]

I recently installed the 823559 & 817606 Security updates
realeased by M$ and immediately after installation noticed
that my hard drive or something began clicking every few
seconds. .......

I just installed these and rebooted with no problems and no
abnormal drive access.
For the record they can be uninstalled so a restore point is
probably not required.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I recently installed the 823559 & 817606 Security updates
realeased by M$ and immediately after installation noticed
that my hard drive or something began clicking every few
seconds. I restarted the machine several times to no
avail and eventually decided to rollback the machine to
before the updates. NOTE - before installing any M$
updates I always make a restore point now. After I rolled
back the machine the problem stopped.

My question>? Does anybody have any idea exactly what
these updates are SUPPOSED to do and why they might affect
my hard drive?

I have installed 823559 without noticing any such effect.

You can look up what they do at
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;823559
and so on. This one appears to relate to attacks that *might* arise
from a malicious web page - so is worth it. The other relates to
attacks on servers, and the third one that is out relates to a person
who is allowed limited rights to logon giving himself full control: It
is only relevant to a company needing to protect against possible
disaffected employees. So I do not intend to install them on a personal
machine.