"Hazyday" <Hazyday@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>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.

> "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?

You might want to check the posts in and post to the experts in the windows
update newsgroup.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=us

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