KB959426 made Windows unbootable

[ExperiMentor]

I am running XP Professional SP3. A batch of 10 automatic updates installed
when I shut down my PC last night. On restart today, part way throught the
boot sequence at Win XP logo page, BSOD for 1/10 second (therefore
unreadable), then PC started to reboot again.

Trying "Last Known Good" did not help. Evenatually rebooted using a Win XP
from a backup hard drive (insited on 'disk check' of my main drive during
boot up) and inspected my main drive. According to WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.txt,
all 10 updates had installed corectly. I decided to uninstall them in reverse
order. The last one to install was KB959426, and I uninstalled this using the
Wizard in the relevant SPUNINST directory. My PC now boots and seems to work
fine again.

Microsoft Update website dioes not show that I ever installed KB959426, not
does it offer it to me again.

What went wrong? Is everything now OK? Do I need to do something more? Am I
ok not to have the KB959426 "Win XP Security Update"?

 

[MowGreen]

According to the Security Bulletin, there are no Known Issues associated
with KB959426:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-015.mspx

Strongly suggest you contact MS and inform them of this issue.
From the Sec Bulletin:

Support
• Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Security Support or
1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls that are associated with security updates.
International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no
charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to
contact Microsoft for support issues, visit the International Support Web site
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=21155

MowGreen
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