Troubles after updates to XP

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XP Home Edition with SP2, IE6 and Outlook Express - running fine, then
decided to check for updates. Four recommended - KB73339. 885835, 886185
and 885836. Installed them all. Afterwards, got message saying Outlook
Express not the default mail handler, which seemed odd. Made it the default
again. However, when trying to send a mail message from within IE, there
was a pause . . . and suddenly there were 60-odd IE pages in the taskbar!
Also a message saying that the mail handler wasn't installed properly.
Looked in IE's Internet Options -> Programs tab - no email program,
newsgroup program or contact list - and no way of getting them back that I
could see.

Went back to previous restore point, all well again. Evidently one of the
updates had done something, but which one? Tried to contact Microsoft to
let them know, but didn't get anywhere. No support for Windows Update, I
see.

I suppose I could start again by installing these updates singly to find the
one that's interfering with IE settings, but life's too short . . .

This looks like a very busy ng, so maybe this question has been asked
before. Anyone else experienced this? Leave out the dot if replying by
email.

Roy
 
The updates that you've said are security updates and one critical update.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB885835)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339)
Critical Update for Windows XP (KB886185)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885836)
 
I know what they are, thankyou. What I am concerned about is what one of
them did to my system. As I can't get hold of Microsoft to ask them, I
would like to know if anyone else has tried these updates and if so whether
they experienced a similar problem.

Roy
 
Just in case anyone ever looks at this . . . I have now found that the
troubles I had with IE6 losing its settings (Tools
->Internet Options, Programs tab) was not due to the updates installed. I
know that because the damn' problem came back a couple of days after
temoving the updates.

Will now set about finding what the real problem is. It will probably be
something I'm doing, to my embarrassment.

Roy
 
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