Hi I updated my laptop (using windows update) on wednesday (15 Oct 2008), and it now seems to be constantly crashing. After a while of running it just hangs, I can't click on anything or do anything, my only option is to hold the power button down! I am running XP SP3 on a Sony Vaio, and windows is now completely "up to date" according to MS website! The only update I've removed in IE7 as it seemed so slow I couldn't work with it! Is anyone else having this problem? Any ideas as to which update may be causing this problem? Any ideas why MS continue to release crap? Cheers Charlie

It is not that MS is releasing crap. It is just that there are a huge amount of hardware and software out there that it is almost impossible to create software that is compatible with all of the hardware and software at the same time. Besides nobody is perfect. We often do mistakes. Are you yourself faultless and unmistakable ? Apart from this, I do not run Windows XP on my machine. I run Vista. Therefore, I do not know about XP updates. But if I find an answer, I will post it for you. Regards SuatCINI

MS do release crap - they are well known for releaseing upstable updates and software! Look at vista for example - I've had to remove this from several of my friends machines and install XP because it's so unstable! Yes there are a huge number of hardware and software variations out there, but I'm running a fairly standard machine, with standard components and nothing unusal software wise. A company with MS's resources should be doing far more testing before releasing their updates. It is quite simply not acceptable!

shut up. your machines are probably logged with spyware or something. i deal with many a day and most of these software related issues are due to that. Medion MIM 2080 Toshiba T2130CT Macintosh Performa 450 All working wonderfully.

mmm... Intel...??? "...your machines are probably logged with spyware or something..." may be a valid observation, but if the problem "arrive" post latest updates... not a truly safe assumption? (Is it really necessary to say: "shut up"...?) Charlie: Can you get back to a pre updates restore point? And if so does that resolve it - or does the problem persist?

Charlie IF any recent update is the cause of your problems then uninstall the updates. Go to Control panel> add/remove programs. Be sure the box to show updates is checked. Now look at the install date for the updates and remove anything installed after the start of your problems. The updates are probably not at fault but that will verify it.

Try loosing sp3.