OK, so my son calls me from Auburn ...
Right after downloading and installing the latest updates from our friends in Redmond, the OS crashes into a memory dump/ BSOD.
Vista Home Premium 64 bit on an HP notebook duo core 2 quad etc etc.
It'll boot and run in safe mode, but something Microsoft sent out conflicts BIG time.
I called Geek Squad to set up an appt for him, and the gentleman at Geek Squad said they had been getting a LOT of calls about laptops crashing after a Windows update.
Shoulda bought him that Macbook ;-)
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Yeah and sooooo????
1. Close laptop.
2. Buy beer.
3. Drink beer.
4. Problem solved.
Yessir. I updated 8 systems and 6 are unusable now. Thank God I stopped at only 8.
We were planning a move to Ubuntu anyway, I guess I’ll get it installed on those 6 first.
Mine crashed too.
It happened to me once on an old NT (4?) installation. I downloaded the latest patches and it resized the kernel, which ended up overwriting the boot sector, resulting in a somewhat expensive door stop.
I had to do a Level 0 format and reinstall from scratch.
Hope that didn’t happen here...
*Very* common with the latest MSFT updates. I generally advise waiting for about a month after they come out except for security patches.
Should've installed Win7 x64.
You called Geek Squad? LOL!
Your son is in college. Surely, he can find someone to barter with than having you get raped by the Geek Squad!
As far fixing the problem, doing system restore in safe mode should roll it back before the patch was applied.
I use to write software for 911 call centers. Almost every time Microsoft released a new Windows Service Pack we had to rewrite the software. There’s a limit to how much testing you can do on a software version to make it run. There is an infinite number of computer/software configurations out there and the developers can only test so many. I’m glad I don’t do that anymore. It will make you old before your time.
Mine crashed and the Vista image is corrupted, too. MS is in a HEAP of trouble because I just got through talking to my neighbor and 5 of us on this block ALONE have dead computers after this last update...
Luckily, my daughter’s computer does NOT have automatic updates on, and is still working...
I am TICKED! Hubby went out and purchased a new HD for me to reinstall Vista on, and now my installation disc keeps hanging! I’m >< this close to saying ADIOS MS and going to Linux...
BUT, all I have to say is that MS had better start sending all of us whose computers were screwed up FREE HARD DRIVES (mine was 500 GB), or they will be facing probably the biggest class-action lawsuit in history...
Auburn’s football team stinks.
My whole system crashed. Blue screen of death. Won’t even start in safe mode.
It’s so bad that I have to type this post on a vintage Smith Corona typewriter. Do you have any idea how hard it was to adapt this thing to a wireless router?
“64 bit on an HP notebook duo core 2 quad etc etc”
I bought an HP laptop, 64-bit, Turion Pavillion with Home Vista Premium. Talk about buyer’s remorse!! I wanted the fast processor to run Adobe PhotoShop, but that program won’t run on the 64-bit system and Adobe has no plans to provide a fix, or support it in any way. Our anti-virus software through Time-Warner won’t run on a 64-bit system so I had to get something else. Best Buy wouldn’t take it back or exchange it since there’s technically nothing “wrong” with it. It does make an interesting door stop. I have the “auto update” feature turned off.
And I’m always fearful with MS auto updates. When I updated my XP system with Service Pack 3 months ago, the system crashed. Had to re-image to virgin state factory settings and am sticking with SP 2. Has never worked well since. Microsoft is like the Great And Mighty Oz. You may not approach them.
OK; I’m done.
>>>Shoulda bought him that Macbook ;-)
Yes, you should have.
Apple’s Snow Leopard OS came out yesterday - FedEx brought mine - it installed without a hitch. :)