I have a Gateway 4520GX laptop running XP home.  Last week when installing scheduled 
updates, the computer froze. Upon rebooting, I received the following three errors:
1: User environment: windows cannot load the users profilebut has logged you on with 
the default profile for the sytem. Default - Insufficient system resources exist 
to complete service requested.
2: Parser message: Value creation failed"line 422
3: userinit.exe: Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000012d). Click OK 
to terminate the application.

I used the system restore disc to return to the clean OS.  I downloaded antivirus 
and ran a complete scan. No viruses found.  I then downloaded SP2 (rebooted fine). 
Downloaded all updates but SP3 (wont allow my wireless adapter card to function). 
 Upon rebooting, received the same errors.

Restored original state. Ran antivirus. This time I only downloaded SP2 (rebooted 
fine) and updates relating to security for Windows XP and SP2.  Upon rebooting, received 
the same errors.

So I again tried restored the original state.  I will load antivirus and SP2 only. 
 No more updates, EVER!!

I am concerned to never load updates for fear of these errors, as this will leave 
my computer vulnerable to malicious code/hackers.

However, upon loading SP2 (rebooted, worked fine) then the antivirus, I received 
the errors.

I'm completely stumped!!  What are my options?  Why can't I seem to get simple updates 
that once loaded fine (prefreeze a week ago) to load at all?

Instead of a laptop, I now have a paperweight. I was considering upgrading the ram 
from 480MB to 1 GB.  Would this help or just be a waste of time and money?  A guy 
on craigslist offered me $50 for parts.  Should I take it and move on with my life?

Any and all ideas appreciated.

Thank you,

Sarah

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re: startup errors after installing microsoft updates Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 9:40 am Posted by Ari (1378 messages posted) Why don't you try again, from scratch, but this time WITHOUT loading your antivirus program. It sounds like that might be what's interfering with the update installations....it certainly wouldn't be the first time. If the updates all work fine without the antivirus program installed, I'd ditch that particular antivirus package, in favor of the (free) antivirus/antimalware download from Microsoft, which you can find by googling for Microsoft Security Essentials. To avoid getting "stung," just don't go to any websites (other than Microsoft's) prior to completing all your updates and the installation of Security Essentials. On Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 9:24 am, Sarah Evans wrote: >I have a Gateway 4520GX laptop running XP home. Last week when installing scheduled >updates, the computer froze. Upon rebooting, I received the following three errors: >1: User environment: windows cannot load the users profilebut has logged you on with >the default profile for the sytem. Default - Insufficient system resources exist >to complete service requested. >2: Parser message: Value creation failed"line 422 >3: userinit.exe: Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000012d). Click OK >to terminate the application. > >I used the system restore disc to return to the clean OS. I downloaded antivirus >and ran a complete scan. No viruses found. I then downloaded SP2 (rebooted fine). >Downloaded all updates but SP3 (wont allow my wireless adapter card to function). > Upon rebooting, received the same errors. > >Restored original state. Ran antivirus. This time I only downloaded SP2 (rebooted >fine) and updates relating to security for Windows XP and SP2. Upon rebooting, received >the same errors. > >So I again tried restored the original state. I will load antivirus and SP2 only. > No more updates, EVER!! > >I am concerned to never load updates for fear of these errors, as this will leave >my computer vulnerable to malicious code/hackers. > >However, upon loading SP2 (rebooted, worked fine) then the antivirus, I received >the errors. > >I'm completely stumped!! What are my options? Why can't I seem to get simple updates >that once loaded fine (prefreeze a week ago) to load at all? > >Instead of a laptop, I now have a paperweight. I was considering upgrading the ram >from 480MB to 1 GB. Would this help or just be a waste of time and money? A guy >on craigslist offered me $50 for parts. Should I take it and move on with my life? > >Any and all ideas appreciated. > >Thank you, > >Sarah [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: startup errors after installing microsoft updates Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:24 am Posted by MartinM (7551 messages posted) In addition to Ari's advice, which hopefully will get your system back, many don't bother with XP updates any more. IE is the big malware magnet so if you use Firefox and a good AV plus a couple of regular malware scans you'll be fine without updates - unless you have very dodgy surfing habits or use file-sharing sites, I'd say. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: startup errors after installing microsoft updates Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:31 am Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) If you insist on the SPs they seem to work much better if you slipstream them into your install CD, this will not work with a recovery partition and may or may not with a recovery disk, all depends on how it is made. As stated by martin many do not install them at all as they often create more problems than they are worth. On Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 9:24 am, Sarah Evans wrote: >I have a Gateway 4520GX laptop running XP home. Last week when installing scheduled >updates, the computer froze. Upon rebooting, I received the following three errors: >1: User environment: windows cannot load the users profilebut has logged you on with >the default profile for the sytem. Default - Insufficient system resources exist >to complete service requested. >2: Parser message: Value creation failed"line 422 >3: userinit.exe: Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000012d). Click OK >to terminate the application. > >I used the system restore disc to return to the clean OS. I downloaded antivirus >and ran a complete scan. No viruses found. I then downloaded SP2 (rebooted fine). >Downloaded all updates but SP3 (wont allow my wireless adapter card to function). > Upon rebooting, received the same errors. > >Restored original state. Ran antivirus. This time I only downloaded SP2 (rebooted >fine) and updates relating to security for Windows XP and SP2. Upon rebooting, received >the same errors. > >So I again tried restored the original state. I will load antivirus and SP2 only. > No more updates, EVER!! > >I am concerned to never load updates for fear of these errors, as this will leave >my computer vulnerable to malicious code/hackers. > >However, upon loading SP2 (rebooted, worked fine) then the antivirus, I received >the errors. > >I'm completely stumped!! What are my options? Why can't I seem to get simple updates >that once loaded fine (prefreeze a week ago) to load at all? > >Instead of a laptop, I now have a paperweight. I was considering upgrading the ram >from 480MB to 1 GB. Would this help or just be a waste of time and money? A guy >on craigslist offered me $50 for parts. Should I take it and move on with my life? > >Any and all ideas appreciated. > >Thank you, > >Sarah [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: startup errors after installing microsoft updates Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 11:31 am Posted by Sarah Evans (2 messages posted) Thanks everyone. I started downloading SP2 before your responses. That seems to be working okay. I turned off automatic updates and downloaded the Microsoft Security Essentials. Next I will load Firefox, Office and my printer driver, and hopefully be good to go. I'll post if I run into any more trouble. Thanks again. On Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:31 am, Adam Bradley wrote: >If you insist on the SPs they seem to work much better if you slipstream them into >your install CD, this will not work with a recovery partition and may or may not >with a recovery disk, all depends on how it is made. As stated by martin many do >not install them at all as they often create more problems than they are worth. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum