Windows Update - March 19th

Primplepuss · 04-11-2009, 06:34 AM

Hi All

Is anyone else had an issue with the windows update on March 19th ??

The automatic update ran on both my laptop and desk top during the night - both of them run on XP - and both now have the same issues.

I.E is slow - super slow - opening up particularly. I also had to change the firewall back to windows and not Norton to get some of the sotware I use for my business to run.

Bizarre - anyone had this issue - any ideas ??

Mcninjaguy · 04-11-2009, 06:40 AM

no my OS is fine it might just be Norton as its a huge resource hogger and not a very anti virus program

you had to exit Norton firewall for programs to work? how long did programs take to work? did you see how much ram was taken up or your CPU usage too?

Primplepuss · 04-11-2009, 07:11 AM

As soon as I changed from Norton to Windows fire wall my other programs started up with no probs !

I didnt catch what was on the CPU usage - I was too busy cursing !!!!!

Mcninjaguy · 04-11-2009, 08:12 AM

and the rest of Norton is fine?

Primplepuss · 04-11-2009, 09:02 AM

yep - everything else is running fine - Norton and all other programs

Its strange that its happening to both machines - and I have had to go through the processes with the firewall on both as well - thats why I can pin it to the update

04-11-2009, 06:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Primplepuss Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Clermont, Florida Posts: 34 OS: XP Media Centre	Windows Update - March 19th Hi All Is anyone else had an issue with the windows update on March 19th ?? The automatic update ran on both my laptop and desk top during the night - both of them run on XP - and both now have the same issues. I.E is slow - super slow - opening up particularly. I also had to change the firewall back to windows and not Norton to get some of the sotware I use for my business to run. Bizarre - anyone had this issue - any ideas ??

04-11-2009, 06:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Windows Update - March 19th no my OS is fine it might just be Norton as its a huge resource hogger and not a very anti virus program you had to exit Norton firewall for programs to work? how long did programs take to work? did you see how much ram was taken up or your CPU usage too?

04-11-2009, 07:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
Primplepuss Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Clermont, Florida Posts: 34 OS: XP Media Centre	Re: Windows Update - March 19th As soon as I changed from Norton to Windows fire wall my other programs started up with no probs ! I didnt catch what was on the CPU usage - I was too busy cursing !!!!!

04-11-2009, 08:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Windows Update - March 19th and the rest of Norton is fine?

04-11-2009, 09:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
Primplepuss Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Clermont, Florida Posts: 34 OS: XP Media Centre	Re: Windows Update - March 19th yep - everything else is running fine - Norton and all other programs Its strange that its happening to both machines - and I have had to go through the processes with the firewall on both as well - thats why I can pin it to the update