problem after latest updates

[rick]

hi, was out of town for a couple months and didnt use my home pc for that

time. came home and started updating. there were several i had missed from

being away. after downloading all the updates i'm having trouble with web

pages loading, sometime they do, sometime they dont and sometimes when they

do, they freeze. other programs i have installed seem to work ok i also

downloaded new versions of ad-aware free and avg anti-virus free. i'm using

XP home edition service pack 3, IE 8. also using zone alarm firewall. can

anyone help? thanks

 

[Twayne]

In news:6CDDF08B-B4A9-4390-89D4-E60D4CF4BC08@microsoft.com,

rick typed:

> hi, was out of town for a couple months and didnt use my

> home pc for that time. came home and started updating.

> there were several i had missed from being away. after

> downloading all the updates i'm having trouble with web

> pages loading, sometime they do, sometime they dont and

> sometimes when they do, they freeze. other programs i have

> installed seem to work ok i also downloaded new versions of

> ad-aware free and avg anti-virus free. i'm using XP home

> edition service pack 3, IE 8. also using zone alarm

> firewall. can anyone help? thanks



If you're really convinced it's an update, then uninstall them one by one,

checking to see if the problem changes.

It's not likely to be an update per sae, but an update could have exposed

some other problem that has now become noticeable. I suspect that's what you

might end up looking for.

Be prepared to put a good amount of time into troubleshooting, or best

IMO, restore your your boot drive from the backup you made just before you

left town. Then you can instal the updates one at a time and watch for

problems. Assuming you have such a thing of course.



HTH,



Twayne`

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rick wrote:

> hi, was out of town for a couple months and didnt use my home pc for that

> time. came home and started updating. there were several i had missed from

> being away. after downloading all the updates i'm having trouble with web

> pages loading, sometime they do, sometime they dont and sometimes when

> they

> do, they freeze. other programs i have installed seem to work ok i also

> downloaded new versions of ad-aware free and avg anti-virus free. i'm

> using

> XP home edition service pack 3, IE 8. also using zone alarm firewall.

> can

> anyone help? thanks

 

[rick]

hi, thanks for the responses. turned out to be the new version of avg

anti-virus. i uninstalled it and put the old version in and everything is

fine now. thanks again



"rick" wrote:



> hi, was out of town for a couple months and didnt use my home pc for that

> time. came home and started updating. there were several i had missed from

> being away. after downloading all the updates i'm having trouble with web

> pages loading, sometime they do, sometime they dont and sometimes when they

> do, they freeze. other programs i have installed seem to work ok i also

> downloaded new versions of ad-aware free and avg anti-virus free. i'm using

> XP home edition service pack 3, IE 8. also using zone alarm firewall. can

> anyone help? thanks