You should be able to go into Add/Remove programs in the
control panel and remove Windows XP Hotfixes.
Unfortunately, your guess is as good as mine as to which
one is causing the problem tho.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently downloaded the 7 Critical updates and Service
>Packs for Windows XP, essentially to prevent "hackers"
>from accessing my computer. This was done about 4 days
>ago. Since then my computer has periodically crashed
>every day I am on it. The error report says it is a
>problem with the hardware. I have a HP laptop. As I
>never had this problem in the past two years, I assume it
>has to do with the downloads.
>
>Any ideas? How do I remove these "patches"? Very
>frustrating to have these shutdowns.
>.
>