latest update killed windows 2000

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Brad

I got a windows update notice on 4-13-04 and after it was
installed and rebooted, win2000 now freezes at the :log
on ot windows" box and also runs extremely slow getting
to that point, any help in saving my HD from being
reformatted? Thanks
 
I am trying to do that, it has taken 15 minutes just to
get my icons on the desktop to appear, will let ya know
if it works.
 
Press F8 while starting windows will allow you to boot
into safe mode.

To make it faster to uninstall, do this:
(1) Boot into Safe mode.
(2) Run TaskManager - and noticed that the SYSTEM process
was using 99% of the CPU time.
(3) From TaskManager set the Priority of the EXPLORER
process to REALTIME, so that I can get to the control
panel.
(4) Run ADD/REMOVE PROGRAM from control panel.
(5) Go back to TaskManager and set the Priority of
MSHTA.exe to REALTIME, so that the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAM can
get some CPU time.
(6) Select and Remove "Windows 2000 Hotfix - KB835732".
(7) Go back to TaskManager and set the Priority
of "SPUNIST.exe" to REALTIME, for the uninstall program to
run.
(8) Wait a few minutes, and the uninstall program will
eventually ask you to click FINISH to reboot the machine.
It took a long time for the system to shutdown and I just
unplugged the power.
(9) The machine should become normal after reboot.
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