Hi, everytime I get one of those automatic windows updates I have a problem. It installs fine, but when it goes to restart I get that black screen saying "windows cannot not upgrade 2% from 1%....windows cannot upgrade one or more system files, windows may fail to load properly" then I push enter, and it loads and everything seems fine. The only other problem I have is it seems to freeze a lot, when I'm not even running any programs or sometimes just one. I just thought this error was strange and was hoping someone could shed some light on it for me, or tell me what I could do to keep from getting this error everytime. I've ran scandisc and defrag and all that.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q283069 Error Message:Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2 %1: %2

Thank you. But I have another question the intructions on that page say to reinstall the program or update, how is that possible? It's the auto update from microsoft, will it just redownload itself?

Oh now this is interesting. I searched for wininit.ini just like that site said and got no results "search complete. There are no results to display"

Have you tried a system restore?

Thank you for the response but when would I restore it too? I've been having this problem for a while, making it pretty hard to pick a date before it started happening, and I've installed qite a few programs since then.

Are you running NAV?If so,what version? See if this helps; http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q281/9/67.ASP&NoWebContent=1 Computer Stops Responding (Hangs) During Setup When You Install Updates or When You Add New Hardware