Does anyone have problems with windows Updates such as SP1 ?

[UnatcoAgent]

I have had major problems starting up with my pc and it seems to have happened after installing windows updates. I've been told that 50% of problems in my computer shops pcs are caused by sp1. ?

 

[bacillus]

no problems here using sp1!

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Well has anyone HEARD of problems using any updates ?

 

[theAnimal]

I had a problem with blue screen on boot. I traced it down to a bad driver, so it wasn't Windows fault, but I never had a blue screen before SP1.

 

[bocamojo]

There was a windows update that came out a while back that did have performance issues. MS yanked it, and later posted a fixed version. It wasn't in SP1 though, it was much later.

 

[digitalman]

to reduce the likelyhood of updates messing up my system, i usually do them all first before installing any other apps. while this isn't always possible since neq updates come out all the time, i usually rebuild my computer every other month. it just seems to run better/faster/cleanerright after a clean install.

since i imeadiatly do all of the updates, it has been very rare that i have noticed a problem with an update hosing up everything. although i have my hard drive partitioned with data on a seperate partition from apps and os. so if something did happen, i can wipe it clean and rebuild without fear of losing something.

in theory though, i would say that if you are on the internet a lot, especially if you are on a dedicated system and have a static ip address, doing the updates *should* keep your system from getting screwed up or hacked. although M$ has been known to have to patch the patched patch. In the end i think that you would be in a higher likelyhood of danger if you don't update your system. Now if you *NEVER* got on the internet, and i mean never, it appears that at least 50% of the patches won't apply to you. then again you could never know that if you didn't get on line to find out what they are for.

Regardless of how much a company tries to test an application before releaseing it, they can not fully understand what issues will come up until a few million people are using it. and if that is true for a single app, it is multiplied thousand fold for an opperating system.... especially one like xp where the browser, media player, email client, (and if you are running it) office suite are all so closely tied togeather. it seems like when one of those get a fatal problem it can cause havac to any or all of the other ones.

 

[kursplat]

i usually rebuild my computer every other month. it just seems to run better/faster/cleanerright after a clean install.

why are you redoing your comp so much ? especially if your not having troubles .
the only problem i ever had related to SP1 was not being able to update NFS Porche after it was installed.
good luck

 

[digitalman]

partitally i rebuild it becouse i enjoy the process. i know it sounds crazy. the other reason is becouse i charge hardware a lot and what types of things i am doing. rather then deal with the hassle it is easier to rebuild.

 

[jmatt]

This applied about 4 - 6 weeks ago .

Programs Run Slower After You Install Windows XP SP-1
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/xp-sp1-bug.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815411
http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm

Fixes speed problems in XPsp1 ( boot & program loading )
http://www.iebeta.net/files/Q815411_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
http://www.warp2search.net/download.php?op=viewdownload&cid=9
http://winxp.bink.nu/

Patch slows down XP
http://forums.zdnet.com/group/zd.Co...L/@article@mark@39018?EXP=ALL&VWM=&ROS=&OC=75
MS03-013: Buffer Overrun in Windows Kernel Message Handling Could Lead to Elevated Privileges
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0304&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=2839
Experts warn not to apply Microsoft patch
Microsoft has pulled the 811493 security patch. PC World Article.