problems after downloading 12 Aug 05 updates

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I downloaded and installed the latest up dates from Microsoft, succesfully
according to the results screen, then restarted the machine as instructed.
Now my destop shortcuts will not work, I can open the control panel but
trying to select a catagory in the control panel or even going right to an
..exe such as internet explorer return an error that no program is associated
with it and that I need to make a change in the file association in the
folder options.

Has anyone else run into this, if so, what had to be done to correct it? I
have tried to get to the add remove programs to take out the new update but
so far I keep getting errors about file association.
 
Hmmm.... I had a similar experience. When I tried to burn some files to a
CD, I clicked on "Write these files to the CD" and got a quick hourglass,
then nothing. When I went to Control Panel and clicked on System to see if
something was up with the CD-RW, I, again, received a quick hourglass, then
nothing.

I then attempted to shutdown the computer and had to force three or four
services to close via the "End Now" dialog. Then the computer would not shut
down -- stopped on the "Saving Your Settings..." screen (I let it try to
complete overnight - about 8 hrs.).

So suffice it to say that the PC is pretty hosed up. I may try to reinstall
the updates to see if that will fix things.

Updates were done automatically via the Automatic Updates.

Nice, huh?
 
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