Like many posts here my computer kept running for hours after an automatic
update for Windows XP failed to download last Wed. I had to switch it off at
the wall in the end. This happened on Thurs 10th too and I switched it off
again. However after this second attempt, I can no longer open any programs
and therefore cannot fix the problem! I am only able to open files and
folders. I cannot even open anything in the Control Panel or Run anything
from the Start Menu. When I try to manually update now from the update site
the error 0x80248011 appears.

Has anyone any suggestions as the only option I can see is to use my
recovery CD and therefore lose all my files? Thanks in anticipation.........

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Charleympl wrote:

> Has anyone any suggestions as the only option I can see is to use my
> recovery CD and therefore lose all my files? Thanks in anticipation.........

take a look to this article,

http://www.fermu.com/content/view/147/37/lang,us/

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Saludos / Fernando M.
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
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