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Bob Hart · May 3rd, 2009, 11:43 PM

Can anyone tell me what to do about this sod? - It started after the last automatic upgrade came down the pipe from MS. Yahoo mail no longer works since this started.

Any advice appreciated -- except that suggesting tossing the computer up high in the air by its own power cord and waiting for its earthward return with a baseball bat. - I can work that one out on my own.

Chris Soucy · May 4th, 2009, 06:06 PM

Yep, that Auto Update can be a sod.

Go to:

Control Panel

Click on "Add/ Remove Programs"

Tick "Show Updates"

Sort by: "Date Last used"

Highlight appropriate Update.

Click on "Remove"

If it was an update, that will can it.

CS

Stelios Christofides · May 5th, 2009, 07:37 AM

Bob
Don't forget the magical "System Restore" option. Saved me several times before.

Stelios

Andy Tejral · May 5th, 2009, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Hart

except that suggesting tossing the computer up high in the air by its own power cord and waiting for its earthward return with a baseball bat.

Be very careful with this as power cords cannot be firmly attached. I'd recommend you leaving it on the ground and beating it. But use a sledge, unless you want to ruin the bat.

Ervin Farkas · May 6th, 2009, 09:47 AM

Never set your editing PC to auto update, that's what most software makers recommend.

Hank Coffin · May 6th, 2009, 10:49 AM

You might want to try uninstalling/reinstalling Microsoft's .NET, all 3 or so versions. Doing that has help me a couple times. Sometimes it simply resets the crazy complicated .NET settings to their default values.

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Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,682 Images: 18	Hi Bob......... Yep, that Auto Update can be a sod. Go to: Control Panel Click on "Add/ Remove Programs" Tick "Show Updates" Sort by: "Date Last used" Highlight appropriate Update. Click on "Remove" If it was an update, that will can it. CS

May 5th, 2009, 07:37 AM	#3
Stelios Christofides Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nicosia, CYPRUS Posts: 1,080	Bob Don't forget the magical "System Restore" option. Saved me several times before. Stelios __________________ My Blog: http://steliosc.blogspot.com "I hope for nothing, I fear nothing, I am free" Nikos Kazantzakis

May 6th, 2009, 09:47 AM	#5
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	Big mistake! Never set your editing PC to auto update, that's what most software makers recommend. __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

May 6th, 2009, 10:49 AM	#6
Hank Coffin Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 25	You might want to try uninstalling/reinstalling Microsoft's .NET, all 3 or so versions. Doing that has help me a couple times. Sometimes it simply resets the crazy complicated .NET settings to their default values.