Windows XP Pro Problem

[GB01]

Concerning Windows XP Pro.
I have a problem that has compounded itself this last weekend.
- Automatic updates were turned on (stupid me)
- Windows wanted to install updates when I shutdown (installing updates

1 of ???)
- It never installed and I had to cold reboot.
- Then the system ran extremely slow with some programs becoming
processor hogs ( I think it was msmsgs.exe or something like that,
killing the process didn't help)
- Turned off the auto updates and could then reboot without the hang
up. I still had a system slowdown and couldn't do certain operations
like connect to the internet untill 30 minutes after reboot. I tried
to run windows updates manually from online, but it claimed I already
had the downloads and would run for hours trying to install just one of

them. I can't run simple operations like add/remove windows
componenets because it complains that the application is already
running.
- Finally I rebooted with the WIN XP Pro setup and did a windows
repair. The installation went ok, but nothing has changed. It still
runs slow and I can't connect to the internet from the PC.

Any suggestions? I really don't want to reformat and reinstall the
whole operating system as I have many Dev tools, projects, and
applications installed on the PC.


Please Help,


Thank you.

 

[Drew Tognola]

GB01,

Is there any Hewlett Packard, nVidia and/ or the 'verclsid.exe' process in
your Task Manager? If so, read this. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165
Download the re-release of the 'Patch',
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-015.mspx

Also, check out this prior update problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/

ps-Microsoft seemed to be in an April slump. I hope May's releases go a
little smoother.

Drew

 

[Fadi]

try system restore