Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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A friend "lost" his IE 11 internet access after installing the December 2013 updates. I backed up to the system restore just before the system updates (Dec 15) and still no go. I backed up to the system restore prior to the one just before the system updates (Dec 14) and still no go. I backed up to the December 10th system restore and I was able to get IE11 back. When I went into Windows Update I still saw the updates that were applied on December 15. I was expecting to see them gone and have a long list of fixes to reinstall. I did have 9 or 10 fixes to be installed. How come the other fixes were not removed?
My friend has automatic updates as the default. I only let Windows Update notify me and I do all of the updates manually. Would this be the difference? And if so, can I safely assume all of the updates listed as being installed are still installed even after a restore to a date prior to the updates? Thanks, Z
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Jacksonville, Florida Andover, New Jersey The Villages Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning. |
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Forget this one. The next day Windows Update reinstalled all of the fixes. Apparently I was looking the wrong place to see the updates. I should have gone through the Control Panel to see thee actual updates instead if using the Update History.
Just an FYI: I put this question on the Windows Forum and one reply was: Tip: Ideally, you would never, EVER use System Restore to "undo" an update, Service Pack, or IE upgrade (which often leaves the system in a "confused" or "torn" state)! Instead, uninstall the update, Service Pack, and/or IE upgrade & reboot. If that doesn't correct the problem, then try System Restore. Note: The updates listed in Installed Updates always trump what Update History has to say about them, even if they're listed as successfully installed in the latter. Thanks, Z
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Jacksonville, Florida Andover, New Jersey The Villages Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning. |
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Or just install Firefox.
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KayakerNC Mt Clemens, MI Newport, NC Suffering from TV envy |
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That probably would not have helped my friend. He has several malware apps on this PC that would have taken over FireFox like it did IE11.
I am still not sure what messed up his IE11. I plan on running malwarebytes tomorrow on his machine to clean up the 100+ PUP errors. Most of them are taskbars, etc that attack all of the browsers. I dread the task. Z
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Jacksonville, Florida Andover, New Jersey The Villages Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning. |
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back up his important files and reformat the harddrive and reinstall windows. Easiest way to get rid of all the problems
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I did fix his problem where Mindspark took over his home page but weeding through the other 279 errors that malwarebytes found will take some time. He is happy now so I am happy. Z
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Jacksonville, Florida Andover, New Jersey The Villages Second star to the right, then straight on 'til morning. |
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