Update Issues

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Has anyone experienced any problems with XP Pro updates sent in Feb.? My
Lenovo T61p has performed flawlessly for 2+years but suddenly started turning
off and now stays on but freezes-up. I can’t detect a virus and seems like
the Feb. updates are all that has changed.

I plan to uninstall them….between freeze-ups, unless someone has a better
thought.

Thanks
 
Has anyone experienced any problems with XP Pro updates sent in Feb.? My
Lenovo T61p has performed flawlessly for 2+years but suddenly started turning
off and now stays on but freezes-up. I can’t detect a virus and seems like
the Feb. updates are all that has changed.

I plan to uninstall them….between freeze-ups, unless someone has a better
thought.

Thanks
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Freeze-ups can sometimes be attributed to heat, RAM going bad. I doubt
the February updates had an part in it. When the last time you updated
the BIOS? Anything in the event viewer? Run an anti-malware check with
Spybot or similar app? Antivirus scan?

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]
 
JNPE said:
Has anyone experienced any problems with XP Pro updates sent in Feb.? My
Lenovo T61p has performed flawlessly for 2+years but suddenly started
turning
off and now stays on but freezes-up. I can’t detect a virus and seems like
the Feb. updates are all that has changed.

I plan to uninstall them….between freeze-ups, unless someone has a better
thought.

Thanks
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If the system shuts off and stays off, that indicates hardware failure,
usually due to heat. This doesn't heal, parts are replaced.

Now would be a good time to ensure that your drive is fully backed up.

HTH
-pk
 
Unknown said:
What have any of what you posted have to do with freeze ups?
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Apparently you don't know what are rootkits. You think they just interfere
with updates?
 
Unknown said:
What have any of what you posted have to do with freeze ups?
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It has everything to do with giving pigs something to do. How else do
you keep members of Geriatric Society busy?

hth
 
I think you are correct. My son loaded a temp monitoring prog. and the temp
reached 65C and rising when it locked-up again.

Thanks for the tip.
 
So what made you conclude that the Feb updates were the culprits? It's
something we see quite often in this forum: Unexplained problems -> must be
caused by a Windows update.
 
Pegasus said:
So what made you conclude that the Feb updates were the culprits?
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Because there is ample evidence if you care to search for them. M$ updates
have become a drain on users systems since September 2009. The sooner these
useless updates are stopped the better it would be for everybody - least for
Microsoft Valuable Pigs.

Thankfully it doesn't affect me because I haven't had any updates since SP3
and I have no intention to change this position in the near future.
 
I think you are correct....overheating appears to be the issue I need to
address and backing up is a great suggestion. The damage may be beyond
reasonable repair $$.

Thanks
 
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