Last week I installed the following Windows updates:
KB824145 for IE6 SP1
KB825119 for Windows ME and
KB828026 for Media Player.
Since installing these updates I've been experiencing a
number of system anomalies.
How about it Microsoft? Are these updates contributing to
issues described below?
Issue 1: The hyperlinks, e.g., My Documents, My Computer,
etc. no longer function from the Start Menu ( see the
thread of my post "Loss of Hyperlink Functionality" from
11/19/2003). Removing one of the updates (IE Update
Q824145) as suggested by one of the respondents had no
effect.
Issue 2: For the past two days I haven't had a single
clean boot of my computer. The process advances to the
stage with a blank blue screen (the desktop background)
and hangs. The mouse is useless for little more that
running the cursor around on the screen. The only response
from the keyboard comes when I press CTRL-ALT-DEL. This
invokes a sound from within the machine that makes me
think that a rapid-fire mechanical woodpecker
(metalpecker?) is attacking the hard drive.
The only recourse is to power down. Naturally, on the
subsequent reboot ScanDisk is activated (Improper shutdown
detected. Checking disk for errors.). Previously I've been
able to [CANCEL] / [CLOSE] ScanDisk when I knew that I had
not shut down properly and the boot sequence would resume
and complete. Now if I try to [CANCEL] / [CLOSE] ScanDisk
the system hangs and it's back to a power down/reboot
attempt. Fortunately, letting ScanDisk run to completion -
over the course of 8 to 12 minutes - results in a
resumption of the boot process culminating in a successful
reboot.
Now the kicker. The reboot issue may not be associated
with any of the updates. Examination of C:\SCANDISK.LOG
reveled the following:
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Microsoft ScanDisk for Windows
NOTE: If you use an MS-DOS program to view this file, some
of the characters
may appear incorrectly. Use a Windows program such as
Notepad instead.
Log file generated at 09:28 on 11/21/2003.
ScanDisk used the following options:
Standard test
Automatically fix errors
Drive Local Disk (C:) contained the following errors:
The drive contained an error in its FSInfoSector.
Resolution: Repair the error
Results: Error was corrected as specified above.
ScanDisk found errors on this drive and fixed them all.
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What is FSInfoSector and what's its function?
If ScanDisk was able to fix the error why do I continue to
have problems?
Is the reported 8 to 12 minute ScanDisk time appropriate
for an 80 GB hard drive (about 30% full)?