[Ham-Computers] Problems with latest XP Security Patch

[R B]

I have installed the patch on my XP Pro box and don't
have any of the problems you describe.


--- "Mike D." <hrg at cifnet.com> wrote:

> I installed the latest XP patches after Tuesday's
> release. I immediately
> began having problems with my system. 
> 
> 1. In Windows Explorer, I was only able to view one
> hard drive at a time.
> When I pressed a "+" box in the left pane to expand
> the tree, nothing
> happened-except resources were being used in the
> attempt. The system would
> become unstable and would require Windows Explorer
> to be closed by using the
> Task Manager.
> 
> 2. In Internet Explorer, if I typed in a URL and
> pressed ENTER, nothing
> would happen. To get to a specific URL I would
> either have to use an already
> bookmarked site or type the desired URL in a search
> engine.
> 
> I uninstalled the patch (Security Update for Windows
> XP [KB908531]) and the
> system seems to be okay. I repeated the installation
> to determine if the
> installed patch was corrupt and it duplicated the
> problem. 
> 
> Is anyone else having problems after installing this
> parch? I'm using XP Pro
> (32 bit).
> 
> 73 de Mike, N9BOR
> A-1, FISTS, JARL A-1, SMC
> http://www.n9bor.us
> http://www.k9ya.org
> 


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