IdahoMan

Mystery solved; one other thing happened to my PC on the same day the updates were installed. My TrendMicro PC-cillen subscription expired. After removing the key hotfixes I decided to remove the TrendMicro code next and it solved my problem. I'm using a different antivirus program now. I reinstalled all of the Microsoft hotfixes and it's back to its old rock solid self. I've shut down every unnecessary service and IE add-on and I always get a little nervous that an update will create a new dependency on something I've turned off.

Since I received the updates on the 14th XP hangs for long periods of time- a minute or more between mouse clicks. The problem is remniscent of the svchost issue of a the 2007 timeframe. It's really any operation on the PC. I have Office 2007 on a 32bit XP. I am wondering if anyone else is noticing similar behavior? They released so many updates at once it is going to be a major PITA to pull them out to figure out which one is the culprit.