Related problems? Too many problems!

1st problem - no start button on bottom of desktop - hidden button is unchecked and Ctl + Esc has no effect - 2- My internet works, but no email (Outlook) - alth when I do checks - it says both the incoming & outgoing works fine - no addresses have changed. Tried to do detect & repair in outlook - message is Windows Installer Service can't be assessed 3 - My printers have 'uninstalled' - no printers listed - when i try to install - error message saying print spooler service is not running Everything worked fine Friday .. walked in Monday and it's a whole new world! help please!

Wow, am I stuppppid I guess since my email is not working - please do not send to it .. It won't help - please send any help to .. I can get to that one! thanks Email addy removed

1st problem - no start button on bottom of desktop - hidden button is unchecked and Ctl + Esc has no effect -
2- My internet works, but no email (Outlook) - alth when I do checks - it says both the incoming & outgoing works fine - no addresses have changed. Tried to do detect & repair in outlook - message is Windows Installer Service can't be assessed
3 - My printers have 'uninstalled' - no printers listed - when i try to install - error message saying print spooler service is not running
Everything worked fine Friday .. walked in Monday and it's a whole new world! help please!

This did all happen following the Blue guys doing an update in my absence! - It appears that on 4/15 MS did 9 updates - apparently all 'successful' including KB2508429 (that someone had mentioned). I have changed my 'auto install' to inform but don't install'! thanks again for any help

i suggest you edit your post and delete your e-mail address and send it to one of the admins in a pm instead. you should never post e-mail address openly on a forum because there are bots that search for such things and you end up getting lots of spam and malware sent to you.

I would suggest doing a System Restore to a date before 4/15, see if that fixes the problem.

How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

If so, set Automatic Updates to notify again (SR will probably set it to what it was then) and install them a few at a time and see if you can identify the one that is causing a problem (if it still fails that way).