Microsoft Patch Tuesday - April 2009

[Eric the Red]

There are a number of critical patches issued this month that require immediate attention. For an assessment please see this ISC page.

[R-C]

Have a very strange thing happening to one of the people at GW after install of these updates here is the link to his thread
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/comphelp/msg0415340326610.html?7950

It is popping up a windows 98 screen and his pc has never had 98 on it  (came with xp) and he is unable to boot the pc.  Anyone have any ideas or seen similar?  I have looked at some of the other forums and not seen a similar problem mentioned.

[Eric the Red]

I cannot see any reason why that should happen. I'll do some digging and if I get anything I'll post back. Perhaps you would let me know if the Gardenweb thread is resolved?

[R-C]

I will keep an eye on it Eric and let you know, I think it is really a strange thing to have happen.

[R-C]

well not real good news for poor arkie this is his reply over on GW as to what has happened

"Thank you all for your help. I have no idea what happened or how it happened, but after about the 8th time I re-installed XP it started working again. Of course by that time I had completely wiped the hard drive, so now I'm in the process of re-installing all my programs. This has been a real lesson in the importance of backup. Thanks again."

[Temmu]

...sounds like a prank...  just a guess...