Latest Updates nuked my computer :-(

I went to windowsupdate and downloaded the latest updates.

They were:

813489 April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
330994 April 2003, Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SP1
817787 April 2003, Security Update Windows Media Player for XP

I am not sure which installs completed, but at some point the machine needed
to be rebooted for the installation to complete. After it rebooted XP would
just goto a blank screen (after the Windows XP logo.)

Safe mode will boot fine.

I tried restoring to a restore Windows Update restore point (presumably made
by the installer) and nothing.

I tried restoring "system checkpoint" or whatever from earlier in the day.
Nothing.

I ran XP setup and selected repair: Nothing.

I "clean booted" per Microsoft's Q article on clean booting and it worked
once. The next time I rebooted: Nothing.

HELP!!

 

So in safe mode.

Go to add/remove and uninstall all 3 updates!

Then reinstall IE by the following means:

start
run
type

rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %windir%\Inf\ie.inf

Mike

 

I should have came here first.

Did i mention that I have already reinstalled?

Right before i came here to check again I booted from the floppies and told it to overwrite my existing windows partition with a new installation. (after accidentally installing a new installation on another partition)

I had already done a "repair" installation anyhow.

That seemed to remove all of the "fixes" from the installation folder anyhow.

Would what you have said to do have worked?

And if so what the heck went wrong?

 

To avoid this kind of disaster in the future, find out what Updates you need/want by going thru the regular MS update routine WITHOUT going thru the update, then use this site http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp?corporate=true to download them to a folder for later install, ONE AT A TIME.

Before installing, use System Restore to create a restore point that can be gone back to. Read thru this thread http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?threadid=18097

Regards - Charles