A Typical MS Windows Security Update - plenty of problems afterward

review from ClifNotes, Apr 2007, permalink System Maintenance

 

This last Tuesday, Microsoft issued an early fix for a security problem with animated cursors. I was prompted to install this software after reading a special announcement from Mark at CoolSitesNewsletter.

 

Sometimes Windows Updates can cause problems. I'm sure many of you have seen this first hand. So what happened to me?

 

I updated by using the Windows Update icon in my system tray. I keep mine set on manual updates so that it doesn't automatically install all of the junk they send out. I especially don't want the Windows Genuine Advantage software.

 

I'm including all the steps I went through so that you can see how easy it can be to track down problems like this and fix them yourself. Maybe you know someone who has the same problem right now.

 

MS07-017 XP Security Update issued on 4/3/07

KB925902

 

After updating I received this error message popup when I rebooted. I didn't panic, but I was a little bit aggravated. This is too typical of the updates I've been getting from MS.

 

 

Now how do I copy the error message into text? I want it in text so I can do a search for a fix.

Can't highlight the message to copy it ...

 

I went to Google and typed "copy error message window".

 

I found out how to do this at Tech-Recipes. It was so simple, just hold down CTRL and press Insert key. You don't see anything happen but whatever is in the error message box gets dropped into your Windows clipboard, as shown here.

 

 

Now I went to Google again and typed "KB925902 Illegal System DLL Relocation".

 

I found someone who found the fix at MSDN forums.

 

A link there sent me to Microsoft Hot Fix.

 

I installed the hot fix and the error went way.

 

I sincerely hope this helps someone.

Have fun!

 

Clif

 

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