INTERRUPTED UPDATE INSTALLATION

WHOA, BABY!!!! A large number?! Eight and a half hours and 32,000 useless
files later, my computer works again. You're a genius -- you're my hero.
Now, I'm going to start downloading all those updates that seem to be gone.
One thing. The images are all extremely pixilated. I've checked in Control
Panel (Display) and it's not going back. Is is possible that one of these
downloads will remedy this?

"Mike M" wrote:

> Check that you don't have a very large number of useless 0 byte
> oem????.inf files in your windows\inf folder. If located, and by default
> they are hidden so you will need to enable viewing of hidden files in
> Windows Explorer, delete them. Then boot back into normal mode and try
> reinstalling the failed updates.
>
> If this is your problem then I would advise you that if you have Norton
> installed you would be well advised to remove this faulty software which
> can cause this and many other similar problems.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby DeleteThis @gmail.com
>
>
> dmh <dmh DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I downloaded the critical updates to my old computer with MS ME.
> > During the installation process, the power went off. When I
> > restarted my computer, I only get past the password window; I get an
> > "Updating Hardware Database" window that "isn't responding" and can
> > go no further. I can only work in safe mode and can not connect to
> > the internet. My laptop does not have a floppy and my wounded
> > desktop does not realize it has a cd drive. Suggestions???
>
>

> WHOA, BABY!!!! A large number?! Eight and a half hours and 32,000
> useless files later, my computer works again.

That's good news indeed. Shame however about the wasted 8½ hours,

> Is it possible that one of these downloads will remedy this?

The remedy is to thoroughly remove all software on your PC that has either
the name Symantec or Norton. Sadly in the last 15 years or more Symantec
has changed from selling worthwhile and useful software to instead pushing
bloated, faulty and defective software that in most cases does more harm
to a user's system than any good it might suggest it offers. It is of
course just possible that your problem was caused by some other third
party software that exhibits the same behaviour as Norton but that is very
rare with Norton, NAV, LiveUpdate and Norton System Works being the
principal culprits.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.RemoveThis@gmail.com


dmh <dmh.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> WHOA, BABY!!!! A large number?! Eight and a half hours and 32,000
> useless files later, my computer works again. You're a genius --
> you're my hero. Now, I'm going to start downloading all those updates
> that seem to be gone. One thing. The images are all extremely
> pixilated. I've checked in Control Panel (Display) and it's not
> going back. Is is possible that one of these downloads will remedy
> this?