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lubosch
Half an hour ago, on 7:40 pm Central European Summer Time, June 1st,
2009, I routinely ran Windows Update on my PC with Windows Vista Home
Premium SP2 (yes, I have had the service pack, 6002.18005, before most
people).
The attempt to update the Windows Defender definitions, with the brand
new KB915597, ended up with a blue screen of death. I restarted the
computer, it worked fine, and attempted to reinstall the update.
Another blue screen. The update seems to be the likely reason now.
After the second BSOD, the Windows failed to boot up normally, so I
had to turn it off and the PC went (because recommended) through some
- fortunately harmless (it seems...) - System Restore procedure,
returning me pretty much where I was before.
Is it possible that the update has a bug? Or is it just incompatible
with Vista SP2? Or with Vista SP2 on Czech Vistas? Or something else?
I am afraid to connect to the Internet because once the PC realizes
that there are updates waiting, it will give me another blue screen,
right? ;-)
OK, I disabled automatic installation of updates now.
I hate them. Half a year ago, I would have 100 of them, including a
full system reinstall, suspecting all kinds of reasons, when I finally
realized that the CPU fan needed to be cleaned, for Speedfan to show
29 instead of 41 deg C when the computer is doing kind of nothing.
But this time, it seems to be software-driven.
Thanks
Lubos
2009, I routinely ran Windows Update on my PC with Windows Vista Home
Premium SP2 (yes, I have had the service pack, 6002.18005, before most
people).
The attempt to update the Windows Defender definitions, with the brand
new KB915597, ended up with a blue screen of death. I restarted the
computer, it worked fine, and attempted to reinstall the update.
Another blue screen. The update seems to be the likely reason now.
After the second BSOD, the Windows failed to boot up normally, so I
had to turn it off and the PC went (because recommended) through some
- fortunately harmless (it seems...) - System Restore procedure,
returning me pretty much where I was before.
Is it possible that the update has a bug? Or is it just incompatible
with Vista SP2? Or with Vista SP2 on Czech Vistas? Or something else?
I am afraid to connect to the Internet because once the PC realizes
that there are updates waiting, it will give me another blue screen,
right? ;-)
OK, I disabled automatic installation of updates now.
I hate them. Half a year ago, I would have 100 of them, including a
full system reinstall, suspecting all kinds of reasons, when I finally
realized that the CPU fan needed to be cleaned, for Speedfan to show
29 instead of 41 deg C when the computer is doing kind of nothing.
But this time, it seems to be software-driven.
Thanks
Lubos