I have just installed win 2000 with sp4 and all was well.
However, I have since installed all the securuty fixes in windows update and
am getting the following error in the log on shutdown.
Event Type: Error

Where are the KB files located after download?

Can I safely delete windows update directories in
$NtUninstall., $NtServicePackUninstall$, $ExchUninstall.
directories without affecting the operation of my server?
If the directories can not be deleted outright, what is a

The father of a friend of mine has had his PC crash. He was running Windows
ME. The following text originally appeared at bootup.......
'Cannot find or load required file krnl386.exe. The file has an invalid exe
format. System halted.'

Just what I said -- every day when I log on, the Update
icon is displayed in the tray and the installer installs
the same update, in my case 832483 "QFE Hotfix."  I've
seen some posts to Usenet about this with both this update

I have pak 5, which is incompatable with Symantec Speed
Disk. Speed Disk is compatable with pak 6, but Windows
Update site doesn't offer it. What's going on?

Cannot update windows Xp?  says software data incomplete??
What is wrong/
Crystal

I installed the same Crit Update (KB832483 about 2Mb
download) 6 times (thats what it took me to mention I am
installing the same thing over and over) and it still
shows up after I scan for updates. Why does it keep

The Collect Procedure for the "Tcpip" service in
DLL "C:\WINNT\system32\Perfctrs.dll" generated an  
exception or returned an invalid status. Performance data
returned by  counter DLL will be not be returned in Perf

I have been trying to download Win2000 sp4 for 4 days
from microsoft.  What is the deal?  Is anyone else having
this problem.  Does anyone have the networl installation
I can download.

After installing Windows 2000 Professional, this is the
error message: For troubleshooting and advanced startup
options for Windows 2000 press F8 Windows 2000 could not
start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

I'm currently having problems adapting myself and working
practices to Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP1), and
would like to return to the more familiar and much more
stable Windows 2000 Professional.

I know the answer is in one of the groups somewhere. I've read it.
Automatic update continually tells that an update in available even though
I've installed all updates.
How do I clear the update?  I'm thinking something to change in the

I have several pc's that continue to want to install the
update for the security patch for MDAC.  The installation
history of windows updates states that the install was
successful but still says there is a critical update to

I cannot configure Automatic Updates because it is not
available in the Control Panel.  I am running Windows 2000
with SP4.
Any ideas how I can turn it on in the registry or make it