Thank you - once I get things recovered, I will try your advice.

"mikeyhsd" wrote:
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> did as I had recommended and my update went off flawlessly.
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> care must be taken, it is up to you.
> ms will not do it for you.
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> [email]mikeyhsd@comcast.net[/email]
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> "Seren" <Seren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A121921F-B5A9-4063-9DE9-8D6E5815450F@microsoft.com...
> I also have experienced this problem - last night right after the update. It
> downloaded & installed then restarted. I can get as far as the Welcome
> screen & no farther. I currently am at work, so I don't have my PC's info,
> but it's only 2 weeks old, Gateway DX430s, and other than Office 2007 &
> Firefox, nothing I have loaded on my pc is what JH has.
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> "mikeyhsd" wrote:
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> > what I would suggest is to change the update to NOTIFY you when they are available.
> > when you see one is available STOP the Virus program and any extra firewall, download and install the update, after the reboot, turn everything back on.
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> > [email]mikeyhsd@comcast.net[/email]
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> > "JH" <jdh@eastlink.ca> wrote in message news:OxcmxIldHHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > I installed this security update that was coded as an important update on
> > Windows Update. After rebooting, the system went to a blue screen (error in
> > win32k.sys). It would not even boot in safe mode, so I had to boot from the
> > Vista CD, run a system restore and everything worked fine. Then, a few
> > hours later, Windows Update automatically installed the update again and on
> > reboot, again the same blue screen error. I had to run system restore a
> > second time to fix it.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this problem? Is there any solution other than turning
> > off automatic update right now? How can MS screw up so bad on an update
> > that it forces to people's systems by default?
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