It is memorial day weekend, so I doubt many will see this, but thought it might be good to generate a little traffic.
A quick story. My nephew's Win2kPro machine quit booting -- blue screen on bootup (drive missing error! -- which is of course not true -- because it was booting from the drive to get that message). Yeah, a virus had mangled the master boot record -- fixed that.
Lots and lots of viruses -- lots. I used Avast Home Edition (not a plug here, but it does work and it is free) to remove stuff.
Windows Update Installer however doesn't work -- you see -- it was disabled as well by the virus software. I spent at least 45 minutes in microsoft help figuring out what to do (clean registry, spin 3 times, clap hands, take a drink of water, throw salt over my shoulder).
After many gyrations, I uninstall it, and install a new version. After a couple of reboots, it works!
So, as the title goes -- Windows then proceeds to download 52 updates in one sitting.
A reality check is good once in a while.
I have Vista installed under Parallels on my Mac. I am sure it will be better.
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