Microsoft patch repair xp

Click Start , click Run , type Winver. To do this, follow these steps:. Click Start , click Run , type appwiz. If Internet Explorer is not listed in the Currently installed programs list, follow these steps:. Restart the computer in the Recovery Console. For more information about how to use the Recovery Console, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. In the Currently installed programs list, click Internet Explorer 7 or click Internet Explorer 8 , and then click Remove.

For Windows Internet Explorer 7. Perform a Repair installation of Windows XP. After the Repair installation process is complete, start Internet Explorer 6, and then make sure that it works. Install the latest service pack for Windows XP. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. When Windows XP has been repaired and is running correctly, reinstall the later version of Internet Explorer.

This installation package may still be on the computer from the first time that you installed the later version of Internet Explorer. Locate the installation package in the folder in which you saved the files. Note This package may be located in the Temporary Internet Files folder.

To connect to the Microsoft download site, you must have a functional Web browser. If Internet Explorer 6 does not work on the computer after you uninstall the later version of Internet Explorer, you cannot download the Internet Explorer installation package. Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I recently installed a group of Windows automatic updates for Windows XP. Now when booting my computer, it will get hung up on the "Windows XP" screen and not start.

I am now only able to boot my computer in Safe Mode. I ran the Microsoft Fixit tool for Windows update and the result it gave me was "windows update components need to be repaired" but offered no solution on how to repair them.

I tried to do a system restore to a prior date and that didn't help either. If your computer is running Windows XP, visit this Microsoft Fix it page to fix this problem automatically. What is Microsoft Fix it? Microsoft Fix it is an online solution center designed to help you automatically diagnose and fix common computer problems. How widespread is this problem? There have been limited reports that cybercriminals have exploited this vulnerability, but all of these exploits have since been taken down and we are not currently aware of anyone attempting to attack this issue.

However, now that the vulnerability has been made public, we do anticipate that others might try to take advantage of it.