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Windows Update Madness

  • 03-11-2004 11:21am
    #1
    Boro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭


    I had a fun evening last night.

    I thought it would be great to run windows update for once and catch up on those little security patches that we all know and love. Little did i know that the big evil microsoft corp had it in for me!

    I ran windows update using VNC from work on my home comp. Came home to find it stuck in a reboot cycle. Something had gone wrong somewhere, causing windows to crash (BSOD) and thus reboot (default option in windows) about 30 seconds after it loaded up. Lovely says I.

    Spent a good few hours trying to troubleshoot it, thinking it may have been incompatible drivers, or incompatible software, or some spy/malware loading up at the start. Eventually just gave up completely and uninstalled the 9 files that WU had installed for me. Problem solved. Still not exactly the evening i had planned for myself!

    Damn you microsoft, DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!

    Googled for this and couldnt find any solutions or even anyone that had the same problem. I was getting the lovely "This computer has rebooted from a bugcheck" message. 0x0000008E was the code. No drivers mentioned.

    Anyone else come across this before? Quite annoying.


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  • #2
    jessy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭jessy


    Common problem with Windows updates. When was the last time you updated? Is sp2 installed?

    I don’t really believe in updates from windows (Not since they released that s**t call SP2) unless its a software update like Win media player 10 NOT a security patch.

    All you need is a good Firewall, Antivirus, (Like BitDefender pro 8 or Panda) spyware , adware. and a decent web browser like Opera


  • #3
    Fionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭Fionn


    Boro wrote:
    I had a fun evening last night.
    0x0000008E was the code.

    Anyone else come across this before? Quite annoying.
    yes!! see the thread here.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2044247

    I'd tend to agree SP for some machines seems to be awful.


  • #4
    MadKevo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭MadKevo


    Boro wrote:
    I had a fun evening last night.

    I thought it would be great to run windows update for once and catch up on those little security patches that we all know and love. Little did i know that the big evil microsoft corp had it in for me!

    I ran windows update using VNC from work on my home comp. Came home to find it stuck in a reboot cycle. Something had gone wrong somewhere, causing windows to crash (BSOD) and thus reboot (default option in windows) about 30 seconds after it loaded up. Lovely says I.

    I was getting the lovely "This computer has rebooted from a bugcheck" message. 0x0000008E was the code. No drivers mentioned.

    Anyone else come across this before? Quite annoying.

    As it happens, yes: when I loaded up SP2 I went through this or something very similar, eventually by trial and error finding that disabling the virtual video adapter installed by NetSupport [similar to VNC in this case I am zhinking] sorted it all out. Perhaps there is a similar virtual device wih VNC somewhere.

    Hope this helps,
    /MK


  • #5
    Boro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭Boro


    jessy wrote:
    Common problem with Windows updates. When was the last time you updated? Is sp2 installed?

    I don’t really believe in updates from windows (Not since they released that s**t call SP2) unless its a software update like Win media player 10 NOT a security patch.

    All you need is a good Firewall, Antivirus, (Like BitDefender pro 8 or Panda) spyware , adware. and a decent web browser like Opera
    Last time i updated stuff, probably about 6 months ago..
    normally keep quite up to date on the security patches.

    SP2... god no! not going to touch that thing until it settles down a bit...
    i only install security stuff, not those 'optional' extras

    zonealarm, avg, spybot, ad-aware, opera... well ahead of ya jessy :D


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