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Author Topic: Vista update patch could b****r your PC Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-10-2007 01:01 AM                        Just come across the following on another forum I read: quote: If you have Vista and have not yet been prompted to download an update numbered KB941649 then please think twice before you do. I downloaded it last night,it prompted a reboot, which naturally I accepted, and..hey presto...my computer would not reboot! It hangs on a driver called crcdisk.sys. Cannot even get it into safe mode. Checking out the forums for inspiration I have discovered a lot of other suckers are now having the same problem. I've now changed my updates setting to 'ask me before downloading and installing anything', and will tell it to ignore this one. Just thought the heads-up could be useful. It occurred to me that this might be a hoax - someone who is spreading malware wanting to prevent people from installing a patch that will stop it. But a brief Google search threw up several forums where this has been reported, and so I think there's probably something in it. A workaround if you do want to try the patch appears to be: 1. Create a system restore point immediately before applying the patch. This is important, because if you don't you won't be able to roll back the installation using the Vista installation DVD. 2. Reboot, then apply the patch. 3. Reboot as requested. If Vista restarts OK it seems you're fine; if not, then boot the PC using the installation DVD and use the 'repair Vista' facility to roll back to the system restore point you created immediately before installing the patch. Vista should then restart OK. If you're really paranoid, create an entire system image (using Norton Ghost or Acronis, for example), before running the patch, and restore that if it goes wrong.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 10-10-2007 01:11 PM                     Thank God for XP.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Frazza Expert Film Handler Posts: 161 From: Nutley, NJ, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 10-10-2007 07:19 PM                        I think you mean thank god for Linux.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 10-10-2007 11:22 PM                     Nope, thank God for Mac OS X...now on my lap and in my pocket! AJG  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-10-2007 11:31 PM                     Aaron, That really should be thank God for FreeBSD, since OSX is just it plus a different gui.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 10-10-2007 11:35 PM                     I'm relatively thankful for any OS that isn't Windows nowadays. I just can't go back to it, and using OS X makes me realize how much more Windows could be. So if OS X is BSD, where does Unix fit in? AJG  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-11-2007 12:47 AM                     Yea, XPPro.SP2 for us novice PC users. I did try the eval version of VISTA - pretty and nifty, but what's the advantage? But true, LINUX is quite the OS to play with ... ..anyone ever played with Lindows (now called Linspire since Microsoft bought the trademark from Lindows in a private settlement due to fear of losing the "windows" name to the court)? -Monte  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 10-16-2007 01:55 AM                        I've been trying to install some stupid Cumulative Security Update for Vista, but I keep getting Error 80070017. Anyone else ever run into this? If so, how did you fix it.  |  IP: Logged Adam Wilbert Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 590 From: Bellingham, WA, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 10-16-2007 09:50 PM                        Wait, since when does Vista require a patch to bugger up a system. I thought it had that functionality straight out of the box?  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-17-2007 01:35 AM                        Allison: usually when that happens the reason is that Windows Update has incorrectly determined that the update is relevant to your machine when it isn't. So when you install it, it's trying to patch software or a hardware driver which isn't on your machine, and the error message is saying in effect that it can't find it. Windows Update did want to install the suspect patch on my home PC, so I imaged the system volume first before going ahead. The patch installed and the computer rebooted without any problem, so I guess the conflict must have been with some specific hardware which I don't have. Since building the machine, however, I've discovered a cheap source of XP x64 licences, and so intend to install that as a dual-boot with Vista when I get a few spare hours (my processor is a 64-bit one). It might not work with some 32-bit applications, but should do with most and will give me a plan B in the case of unforeseen Vista bugs.  |  IP: Logged

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