[realp]

I have the same problems. Do'es Microsoft know about that?

"rico" wrote:

> I have had to reinstall 12 computers so far. Here's the deal...
> Microsoft put out 2 bad updates, (KB890859) & (KB893066)
>
> This is a known problem. Bad updates from Microsoft. You will have to
> reinstall XP by booting from cd. Go thru the motions of installing for the
> first time, you'll get to a screen (after pressing F8) that asks to hit
> "enter" to install or "R" to repair, choose repair, it will go automatically
> with very little user interaction. After the reinstall your system should be
> right back to normal. First thing, change Auto Updates in Control Panel to
> just download, not auto install. Next goto Windows update site and do a
> custom install so that it shows you the updates. Uncheck (KB890859) and
> (KB893066) and choose to hide these updates, install the updates and that's
> it.
>
> Note: (KB890859) causes the reboot problem & (KB893066) causes the internet
> to quit, unable to obtain an ip address. (KB893066 only happened to half the
> computers I reinstalled, you can install it and if the internet stops working
> go to "Add/Remove Programs", click @ top to show updates and uninstall it. On
> some computers after reinstall I could not goto Windows Update, gave me error