Yesterday's Updates (4/8/08) Reverted to Factory

[DKqwerty]

Today I installed 6 updates that were released April 7, 2008. However, upon doing so, ALL of my Windows settings were revered to factory: desktop, taskbar, program files, everything. The installed updates were as follows:

• KB947864 - Cumulative Secutiry Update for IE7 for x64-based Systems
• KB948881 - S.U. for ActiveX Killbits for x64-based Systems
• KB941693 - S.U. for W.V. for x64-based Systems
• KB948590 - S.U. for W.V. for x64-based Systems
• KB938371 - Update for W.V. for x64-based Systems
• KB890830 - Win. Malicious Software Removal Tool x64

Luckily, system restore was able to revert to my pre-update settings, but I have no idea which update(s) caused this issue. If anyone can shed some light on this situation, I'd appreciate it.

Also, I suggest a bit of caution when updating until this situation is resolved, unless you're looking to restore your system to factory.

 

[philhower]

Didn't see exactly that...but yesterday's updates did not go well for me. I encountered them upon shutting down the computer and it sat with the update message for "2 of 7" for > 14 hours...finally ending within 20 hours.

Afterwards, I see that KB941693 succeeded, KB938371 failed and the rest were ignored. I did all the updates except the MSRT (I mistakenly thought that was the one which failed) from the windows update tool and the updates succeeded.

 

[KingOfChaos]

Again, I am glad my system isn't hosed. All the updates installed and work perfectly on my upgraded HP Pavilion a6110n.

I am really starting to wonder if Vista 64 isn't just hosed in general. I have never had an issue with the 32 bit versions on my desktop and laptop.