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Update Issues

J

JNPE

Flightless Bird
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
 
T

Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

Flightless Bird
>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

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]
 
U

Unknown

Flightless Bird
Check for a heat related problem. All fans working? No update problems here.
"JNPE" <JNPE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8C2F2F5-7751-490A-80FE-675C638E6A51@microsoft.com...
> 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
>
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
See:

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...ate-re-released-with-new-detection-logic.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/015

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980966/

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...talling-ms10-015-and-the-alureon-rootkit.aspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


JNPE wrote:
> 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
 
U

Unknown

Flightless Bird
What have any of what you posted have to do with freeze ups?
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:-OLwtnawuKHA.812@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> See:
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...ate-re-released-with-new-detection-logic.aspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/015
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980966/
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archi...talling-ms10-015-and-the-alureon-rootkit.aspx
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> JNPE wrote:
>> 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
>
 
P

Patrick Keenan

Flightless Bird
"JNPE" <JNPE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8C2F2F5-7751-490A-80FE-675C638E6A51@microsoft.com...
> 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

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
 
V

VanguardLH

Flightless Bird
Unknown wrote:

> What have any of what you posted have to do with freeze ups?

Apparently you don't know what are rootkits. You think they just interfere
with updates?
 
E

EN59CVH

Flightless Bird
Unknown wrote:

>What have any of what you posted have to do with freeze ups?
>
>

It has everything to do with giving pigs something to do. How else do
you keep members of Geriatric Society busy?

hth
 
J

JNPE

Flightless Bird
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.

"Unknown" wrote:

> Check for a heat related problem. All fans working? No update problems here.
> "JNPE" <JNPE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C8C2F2F5-7751-490A-80FE-675C638E6A51@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> >
>
>
> .
>
 
U

Unknown

Flightless Bird
Tis VERY OBVIOUS you don't.
"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:hmmpqb$nok$1@news.albasani.net...
> Unknown wrote:
>
>> What have any of what you posted have to do with freeze ups?
>
> Apparently you don't know what are rootkits. You think they just
> interfere
> with updates?
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
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.

"JNPE" <JNPE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:35FE3B7A-3BE0-47A7-A0B7-CC8C83C8E4F1@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>
> "Unknown" wrote:
>
>> Check for a heat related problem. All fans working? No update problems
>> here.
>> "JNPE" <JNPE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C8C2F2F5-7751-490A-80FE-675C638E6A51@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>> >
>>
>>
>> .
>>
 
Y

ybS2okj

Flightless Bird
"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eLlon4$uKHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> So what made you conclude that the Feb updates were the culprits?

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.
 
J

JNPE

Flightless Bird
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

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "JNPE" <JNPE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C8C2F2F5-7751-490A-80FE-675C638E6A51@microsoft.com...
> > 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
>
> 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
>
> .
>
 
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