I have definitely traced this to KB929969. When I uninstall 929969, the
problem disappears. Anyone have a clue? I hate to leave a "critical" issue
unpatched.
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HazydayXP


"Hazyday" wrote:

> I rarely shut my pc off; I normally log off windows to the welcome screen. I
> have my monitor set to shut off after 30 minutes. I've not had any problems
> with this until recently
> I entered my password one morning, and got the message " Loading your
> personal settings" as usual, the cursor displays hourglass so I know it's
> "busy", then suddenly, the screen kind of blinks momentarily, the hour glass
> is gone, and I have to reenter my password. This time it actually logs on to
> my desktop. I check my Event Viewer and under Applications Is the following
> error:
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: EventSystem
> Event Category: (50)
> Event ID: 4614
> Date: 1/13/2007
> Time: 5:43:39 PM
> User: N/A
> Computer: OWNER-381C340C5
> Description:
> The COM+ Event System detected an inconsistency in its internal state. The
> assertion "GetLastError() == 122L" failed at line 201 of
> d:\qxp_slp\com\com1x\src\events\shared\sectools.cp p. Please contact
> Microsoft Product Support Services to report this error.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> Clicking on the "Help and Support" link results in the Normal message: We're
> sorry;
> there is no additional information about this issue" blah, blah, blah. I
> really do not understand why microsoft puts the link there, as 99% of the
> time that I click on that link, I get the "We're sorry" message. Sorry, just
> a bit frustrated.
> Anyway, if I reboot and log on, I have no problem. I, however, do not want
> to be forced to either shut down or reboot my pc every time I want to log on.
> This all seems to coincide with the 1/10/07 windows updates. I can't be 100%
> positive, as I
> restored my system from a backup after this happened a couple of times. I
> did the windows updates once again ( KB929969(VML), KB890830(windows
> malicious software removal), and KB915597( definition update for windows
> defender), and the error has returned. I uninstalled KB929969, but am still
> getting this error. Could just be a "kwinky dink", I don't know.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks
>
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> HazydayXP