The answer is simple. This is a Microsoft'ism that such things don't always work.
The cure will be painful some day.
Bob
I have a compaq 723rsh notebook and after installing the xp udates, the computer would simply freeze up. So, I uninstalled them and reinstalled tham, and the same thing happened.
SO I unstalled them again, and it seems to be working fine now.
Any thoughts?

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