My adventure in Microsoft today

lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows Update...
came up with the new cumulative security patch for my system... installed...
rebooted... works fine... check again because there were more updates... 2
driver updates... one for my NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for my POS
ESS Allegro onboard sound card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!!
DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh joy... what fun!!

Had to do the following:

1. reboot
2. tried to boot into safe mode
3. run cmd
4. sfc /scannow
5. would not run so...
6. boot normal mode
7. steps 3 & 4
8. have ciggy
9. reboot
10. see corrupted file still existing
11. reset restore point to yesterday
12. reboot
13. ciggy
14. get drink
15. check drivers - good
16. check SP 1 - still there
17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
18. reboot
19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
$#%^**(&^%^ HELL!

lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the manufacturers
web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well that was my evening
after work...

how was yours???

lol :P
--
Sue Thugette #69

Jtyc
Mon Feb 02 19:06:14 CST 2004

Shoulda used my steps:

1. Go to store and purchase a real soundcard.
2. Install
3. Drink

Brat
Mon Feb 02 20:24:23 CST 2004

lol still wouldnt have fixed the corrupted DLL32.exe file... I bought that
card last summer... was all I could afford... was better than the onboard
POS I had before... haven't got my first paycheque yet... the whole system
needs replacing anyway so I will probably go that route instead :P

--
Sue Thugette #69

"Jtyc" <jtyc_mcngp@f'nspammersdie.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23X7IBGf6DHA.2488@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Shoulda used my steps:
>
> 1. Go to store and purchase a real soundcard.
> 2. Install
> 3. Drink
>
>

Rowdy
Mon Feb 02 20:46:07 CST 2004

That has been known to happen. Hence, why Mr. Rowdy "Shtick" Yates patches
only when it's a matter of life and death. (excluding critical security
patches!).

:-)



"Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in
news:u8s6f#e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

> lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows
> Update... came up with the new cumulative security patch for my
> system... installed... rebooted... works fine... check again because
> there were more updates... 2 driver updates... one for my NVidia
> GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for my POS ESS Allegro onboard sound
> card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!! DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh
> joy... what fun!!
>
> Had to do the following:
>
> 1. reboot
> 2. tried to boot into safe mode
> 3. run cmd
> 4. sfc /scannow
> 5. would not run so...
> 6. boot normal mode
> 7. steps 3 & 4
> 8. have ciggy
> 9. reboot
> 10. see corrupted file still existing
> 11. reset restore point to yesterday
> 12. reboot
> 13. ciggy
> 14. get drink
> 15. check drivers - good
> 16. check SP 1 - still there
> 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
> 18. reboot
> 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
> 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
> $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
>
> lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the
> manufacturers web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well that
> was my evening after work...
>
> how was yours???
>
> lol :P



--
Rowdy Yates
I am Against-TCPA
http://www.againsttcpa.com

J
Mon Feb 02 20:51:13 CST 2004

Forgive me for saying it, but I can't recall last time that anyone
recommended installing drivers for any hardware based on the Windows Update,
SPs, and MS fixes, yes, other non MS software, never, it's being well
documented in articles on and off the Web.

Thank you,

Jose
MCSA, A+

"Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in message
news:u8s6f%23e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows Update...
> came up with the new cumulative security patch for my system...
installed...
> rebooted... works fine... check again because there were more updates... 2
> driver updates... one for my NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for my
POS
> ESS Allegro onboard sound card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!!
> DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh joy... what fun!!
>
> Had to do the following:
>
> 1. reboot
> 2. tried to boot into safe mode
> 3. run cmd
> 4. sfc /scannow
> 5. would not run so...
> 6. boot normal mode
> 7. steps 3 & 4
> 8. have ciggy
> 9. reboot
> 10. see corrupted file still existing
> 11. reset restore point to yesterday
> 12. reboot
> 13. ciggy
> 14. get drink
> 15. check drivers - good
> 16. check SP 1 - still there
> 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
> 18. reboot
> 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
> 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
> $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
>
> lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the manufacturers
> web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well that was my evening
> after work...
>
> how was yours???
>
> lol :P
> --
> Sue Thugette #69
>
>

Rowdy
Mon Feb 02 21:06:53 CST 2004

I sometimes use Microsoft print drivers for HP printers instead of HP's
own print drivers - cause they are easier to mass deploy.

what do you have to say to that, Mr. J. "Non-Microsoft-driver" Figueredo?

hmm....?

"J Figueredo" <jfigueredoNOSPAM@lycos.com> wrote in
news:B0ETb.7819$GO6.4848@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> Forgive me for saying it, but I can't recall last time that anyone
> recommended installing drivers for any hardware based on the Windows
> Update, SPs, and MS fixes, yes, other non MS software, never, it's
> being well documented in articles on and off the Web.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jose
> MCSA, A+
>
> "Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in message
> news:u8s6f%23e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows
>> Update... came up with the new cumulative security patch for my
>> system...
> installed...
>> rebooted... works fine... check again because there were more
>> updates... 2 driver updates... one for my NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and
>> another for my
> POS
>> ESS Allegro onboard sound card. Did the update... reboots...
>> CRASH!!! DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh joy... what fun!!
>>
>> Had to do the following:
>>
>> 1. reboot
>> 2. tried to boot into safe mode
>> 3. run cmd
>> 4. sfc /scannow
>> 5. would not run so...
>> 6. boot normal mode
>> 7. steps 3 & 4
>> 8. have ciggy
>> 9. reboot
>> 10. see corrupted file still existing
>> 11. reset restore point to yesterday
>> 12. reboot
>> 13. ciggy
>> 14. get drink
>> 15. check drivers - good
>> 16. check SP 1 - still there
>> 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
>> 18. reboot
>> 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
>> 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
>> $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
>>
>> lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the
>> manufacturers web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well
>> that was my evening after work...
>>
>> how was yours???
>>
>> lol :P
>> --
>> Sue Thugette #69
>>
>>
>
>



--
Rowdy Yates
I am Against-TCPA
http://www.againsttcpa.com

Brat
Mon Feb 02 21:39:33 CST 2004

no one said it was recommended anywhere... show me where I said I was
recommended? I have done a lot of driver updates from MS... sometimes it is
easier when you consider what devices are out there... if the OEM is no
longer in existance, where do you propose you get the drivers? From the
local Mcdonald's drive thru? I have also gone to the OEM sites before and
found very outdated software because they do not keep such information up to
day with the current OS's out there... so again... local McD's? I was lazy
tonight and paid for it... hence the reason I was LAUGHING at myself and
thought I would share my adventure with the group for a little fun and a
good laugh at my expense...

so get off your high horse... sheeesh

Everyone ELSE could see I was laughing at myself and took a bit of fun out
of my experience... I guess you are just not that observant to the
subtleties of humans..

--
Sue Thugette #69

"J Figueredo" <jfigueredoNOSPAM@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:B0ETb.7819$GO6.4848@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Forgive me for saying it, but I can't recall last time that anyone
> recommended installing drivers for any hardware based on the Windows
Update,
> SPs, and MS fixes, yes, other non MS software, never, it's being well
> documented in articles on and off the Web.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jose
> MCSA, A+
>
> "Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in message
> news:u8s6f%23e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows
Update...
> > came up with the new cumulative security patch for my system...
> installed...
> > rebooted... works fine... check again because there were more updates...
2
> > driver updates... one for my NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for my
> POS
> > ESS Allegro onboard sound card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!!
> > DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh joy... what fun!!
> >
> > Had to do the following:
> >
> > 1. reboot
> > 2. tried to boot into safe mode
> > 3. run cmd
> > 4. sfc /scannow
> > 5. would not run so...
> > 6. boot normal mode
> > 7. steps 3 & 4
> > 8. have ciggy
> > 9. reboot
> > 10. see corrupted file still existing
> > 11. reset restore point to yesterday
> > 12. reboot
> > 13. ciggy
> > 14. get drink
> > 15. check drivers - good
> > 16. check SP 1 - still there
> > 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
> > 18. reboot
> > 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
> > 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
> > $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
> >
> > lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the
manufacturers
> > web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well that was my evening
> > after work...
> >
> > how was yours???
> >
> > lol :P
> > --
> > Sue Thugette #69
> >
> >
>
>

Rowdy
Mon Feb 02 21:47:55 CST 2004

obvously some people on this ng (i won't name names but the initials are
JF!!!) are too occupied with making $70K/year with their MCSE's instaed or
reading the original posting from start to finish.

now where did that bolivian torture device of mine go?

"Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in
news:uAi7qdg6DHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

> no one said it was recommended anywhere... show me where I said I was
> recommended? I have done a lot of driver updates from MS... sometimes
> it is easier when you consider what devices are out there... if the
> OEM is no longer in existance, where do you propose you get the
> drivers? From the local Mcdonald's drive thru? I have also gone to
> the OEM sites before and found very outdated software because they do
> not keep such information up to day with the current OS's out there...
> so again... local McD's? I was lazy tonight and paid for it... hence
> the reason I was LAUGHING at myself and thought I would share my
> adventure with the group for a little fun and a good laugh at my
> expense...
>
> so get off your high horse... sheeesh
>
> Everyone ELSE could see I was laughing at myself and took a bit of fun
> out of my experience... I guess you are just not that observant to the
> subtleties of humans..
>



--
Rowdy Yates
I am Against-TCPA
http://www.againsttcpa.c

Consultant
Tue Feb 03 09:16:18 CST 2004

throw it out and buy a new one

"Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in message
news:u8s6f%23e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows Update...
> came up with the new cumulative security patch for my system...
installed...
> rebooted... works fine... check again because there were more updates... 2
> driver updates... one for my NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for my
POS
> ESS Allegro onboard sound card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!!
> DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh joy... what fun!!
>
> Had to do the following:
>
> 1. reboot
> 2. tried to boot into safe mode
> 3. run cmd
> 4. sfc /scannow
> 5. would not run so...
> 6. boot normal mode
> 7. steps 3 & 4
> 8. have ciggy
> 9. reboot
> 10. see corrupted file still existing
> 11. reset restore point to yesterday
> 12. reboot
> 13. ciggy
> 14. get drink
> 15. check drivers - good
> 16. check SP 1 - still there
> 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
> 18. reboot
> 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
> 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
> $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
>
> lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the manufacturers
> web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well that was my evening
> after work...
>
> how was yours???
>
> lol :P
> --
> Sue Thugette #69
>
>

LnkWizard
Tue Feb 03 09:59:09 CST 2004


"Rowdy Yates" <rowdy.yates@no-spam.lycos.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9483E7E85957Drowdyyatesnospamlyco@207.46.248.16...
> now where did that bolivian torture device of mine go?
>
> "Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in
> news:uAi7qdg6DHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
>
When you find and are finished, can I borrow it? I have some
users I want to use it on. Maybe I can get rid of the "click"
madness that always overcomes them.

Jtyc
Tue Feb 03 10:17:03 CST 2004

> the whole system
> needs replacing anyway so I will probably go that route instead :P

I replace my system with each new release of Tribes.

Kendal
Tue Feb 03 11:09:17 CST 2004

I feel for you, really I do.

My experience with MS Updates was about the same. I had gone to MS Big Day
where they touted, "Always do Updates" and all the big viruses were going
around, and MS was saying, "Yeah we fixed that in an update, and if you
didn't run it, then it is your fault" So I decided, OK, I have this XP box
which has run flawlessly since the day I intalled it 5 months prior, but I
haven't done any updates, so I will update it. I went to MS Update and did
all the Patches and Security fixes, NO drivers, and rebooted. When I came
back up, my backup software would not run, and I could not print. It took
me a couple of days, and trying to do restore until I finally just said, the
hell with it, and reformatted that partition, and reloaded windows. Now it
started working, but I cringe everytime I go to update a system.

--
Kendal R. Emery, MCSE, Network+, A+, MCNGP #19
Systems Administrator
Coordinated Home Care
kemery@coordinatedhomecare.me.com
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"Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in message
news:u8s6f#e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows Update...
> came up with the new cumulative security patch for my system...
installed...
> rebooted... works fine... check again because there were more updates... 2
> driver updates... one for my NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for my
POS
> ESS Allegro onboard sound card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!!
> DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh joy... what fun!!
>
> Had to do the following:
>
> 1. reboot
> 2. tried to boot into safe mode
> 3. run cmd
> 4. sfc /scannow
> 5. would not run so...
> 6. boot normal mode
> 7. steps 3 & 4
> 8. have ciggy
> 9. reboot
> 10. see corrupted file still existing
> 11. reset restore point to yesterday
> 12. reboot
> 13. ciggy
> 14. get drink
> 15. check drivers - good
> 16. check SP 1 - still there
> 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
> 18. reboot
> 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
> 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
> $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
>
> lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the manufacturers
> web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well that was my evening
> after work...
>
> how was yours???
>
> lol :P
> --
> Sue Thugette #69
>
>

jfigueredo
Tue Feb 03 14:13:40 CST 2004

I am off the horse, now what's next ......LMAO!!!

Jose
MCSA, A+


"Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in message
news:uAi7qdg6DHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> no one said it was recommended anywhere... show me where I said I was
> recommended? I have done a lot of driver updates from MS... sometimes it
is
> easier when you consider what devices are out there... if the OEM is no
> longer in existance, where do you propose you get the drivers? From the
> local Mcdonald's drive thru? I have also gone to the OEM sites before and
> found very outdated software because they do not keep such information up
to
> day with the current OS's out there... so again... local McD's? I was
lazy
> tonight and paid for it... hence the reason I was LAUGHING at myself and
> thought I would share my adventure with the group for a little fun and a
> good laugh at my expense...
>
> so get off your high horse... sheeesh
>
> Everyone ELSE could see I was laughing at myself and took a bit of fun out
> of my experience... I guess you are just not that observant to the
> subtleties of humans..
>
> --
> Sue Thugette #69
>
> "J Figueredo" <jfigueredoNOSPAM@lycos.com> wrote in message
> news:B0ETb.7819$GO6.4848@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > Forgive me for saying it, but I can't recall last time that anyone
> > recommended installing drivers for any hardware based on the Windows
> Update,
> > SPs, and MS fixes, yes, other non MS software, never, it's being well
> > documented in articles on and off the Web.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Jose
> > MCSA, A+
> >
> > "Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in message
> > news:u8s6f%23e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the Windows
> Update...
> > > came up with the new cumulative security patch for my system...
> > installed...
> > > rebooted... works fine... check again because there were more
updates...
> 2
> > > driver updates... one for my NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for
my
> > POS
> > > ESS Allegro onboard sound card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!!
> > > DLL32.EXE corrupted!! oh joy... what fun!!
> > >
> > > Had to do the following:
> > >
> > > 1. reboot
> > > 2. tried to boot into safe mode
> > > 3. run cmd
> > > 4. sfc /scannow
> > > 5. would not run so...
> > > 6. boot normal mode
> > > 7. steps 3 & 4
> > > 8. have ciggy
> > > 9. reboot
> > > 10. see corrupted file still existing
> > > 11. reset restore point to yesterday
> > > 12. reboot
> > > 13. ciggy
> > > 14. get drink
> > > 15. check drivers - good
> > > 16. check SP 1 - still there
> > > 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
> > > 18. reboot
> > > 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
> > > 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and thought ... LIKE
> > > $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
> > >
> > > lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from the
> manufacturers
> > > web page and too HELL with Windows ... lmao... well that was my
evening
> > > after work...
> > >
> > > how was yours???
> > >
> > > lol :P
> > > --
> > > Sue Thugette #69
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

mommy
Wed Feb 04 11:16:37 CST 2004

You should stick to making grilled cheese for the kids ...
lol...

>-----Original Message-----
>That has been known to happen. Hence, why Mr.
Rowdy "Shtick" Yates patches
>only when it's a matter of life and death. (excluding
critical security
>patches!).
>
>:-)
>
>
>
>"Brat" <likeIwouldtellyou@inyourdreams.com> wrote in
>news:u8s6f#e6DHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
>
>> lol did a check to see what needed to be updated in the
Windows
>> Update... came up with the new cumulative security
patch for my
>> system... installed... rebooted... works fine... check
again because
>> there were more updates... 2 driver updates... one for
my NVidia
>> GeForce 4 MX 440 and another for my POS ESS Allegro
onboard sound
>> card. Did the update... reboots... CRASH!!! DLL32.EXE
corrupted!! oh
>> joy... what fun!!
>>
>> Had to do the following:
>>
>> 1. reboot
>> 2. tried to boot into safe mode
>> 3. run cmd
>> 4. sfc /scannow
>> 5. would not run so...
>> 6. boot normal mode
>> 7. steps 3 & 4
>> 8. have ciggy
>> 9. reboot
>> 10. see corrupted file still existing
>> 11. reset restore point to yesterday
>> 12. reboot
>> 13. ciggy
>> 14. get drink
>> 15. check drivers - good
>> 16. check SP 1 - still there
>> 17. check Windows Update - need same patch as earlier
>> 18. reboot
>> 19. ciggy - %^&&***&^!!%$#@@ MS makin me smoke so much
>> 20. check Windows Update - saw the 2 drivers and
thought ... LIKE
>> $#%^**(&^%^ HELL!
>>
>> lol I aint doin it again... kept the drivers I got from
the
>> manufacturers web page and too HELL with Windows ...
lmao... well that
>> was my evening after work...
>>
>> how was yours???
>>
>> lol :P
>
>
>
>--
>Rowdy Yates
>I am Against-TCPA
>http://www.againsttcpa.com
>.
>