Windows Server 2000/2003 General Support

HI:  I just did an update on an OLD laptop running 2000Pro (79 updates installed) and I need to know if I can delete the blue uninstall files in C:\WINDOWS?  I only have a 4 gig HD and these files take up about 400MB of ...

I third this.  I've been having this problem for at least a few weeks. At first I thought it was triggered by my screen saver somehow (win starfield).  For a while, I thought I could avoid the problem by running winmgmt.msc and opening "Properties", which seemed to "preoccupy" winmgmt.exe.  Now, the problem starts almost immediately after login, which means I have no way to stop it (winmgmt.msc can't connect to the service).  I can't kill it, and it won't respond to my stopping the service.  It seems to be running in tandem with CSRSS.EXE in hogging up my CPU.  If anybody has any suggestions, I'd like to hear them! -- squirrelly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ squirrelly's Profile: [link] View this thread: [link][link] ...

I'm getting this entry in service.log: 'Just before processing loop...init Error!!' Nothing else. Any help in identifying the problem much appreciated. Graeme C ...