Try booting from the XP Home CD and do a repair install. You will probably
have to go into the BIOS to change the boot order so that the CD/DVD
ROMdrive is first. You can go he
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...exfullpage.htm
for info on a repair install.

"New Orleans Novice" wrote in message
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Updates, OE 6.x, Live OneCare. Nothing works. Nothing updates.

For many years this HP PC with XP home worked perfect. But this week
after the latest MS Updates 3 things have broke.

1. Updates will not update. The MS Windows Updates pages hangs and will
not DL the updates.
2. OE 6.x will not DL the webbased email from:
3. MS Live OneCare will not update.

Now this HP PC will not restart, reboot. It just hangs forever. And
ever. All 4 things broke at the same time on the same day after DL'ing the
MS Updates.

Is there any hope? Can you help this HP restart? Reboot?

Using XP Home, HP PC, 1024 RAM, 80GIG HD with 29GIG of free space.

Clicking Restart will not restart. The HP Just hangs. Says shutting
down.
Stays there forever. And ever. The on/off button has to be pushed.

Thank you from New Orleans - Murder Capitol of the U.S.