Microsoft claims the XP BSOD problem is a rootkit issue, not the security patch

While I'd like to say they were right, I cannot. I have had 3 machines in the shop this week with the dreaded blue screen of death. I hand removed the update in question and all three machines booted normally.

Of course after the Microsoft announcement yet again that it "isn't" their fault, I ran several anti-virus scanners, malware detectors and rootkit detectors. I then kept the clients machine several days and found no issues. The computers were again working as expected.

Sorry Microsoft, but in my humble opinion you are wrong...

XP Blue Screen After Windows Update

Just this past Tuesday's Microsoft released several security and patch updates for Windows. One or more of these updates have left Windows XP computers un-bootable. Microsoft has acknowledged this issue and has removed the patch from Windows update.

For those of you already affected by the update, all is not lost. The patch(s) can be removed by hand and your system will work properly again without loss of data. If you experienced this BSOD (blue screen of death) you may want to take your computer to your local repair shop before you format and or restore.