# How can I discern which Windows update goobered up machine

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-discern-which-windows-update-goobered-up-machine/431296 "2007-12-26T17:46:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-discern-which-windows-update-goobered-up-machine/431296/1 "2007-12-26T17:46:31Z")

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Being a good little Smurf, I usually install Windows updates regularly–once a week, to be specific. I have the system set to install only Important and Recommended updates automatically. However, when I ran WU after the 11 December updates came out, Internet Explorer stopped working; I got the same error message I get if I try to use WiFi when no connection is available. I went back to the last previous restore point. How can I determinewhich of the updates caused the problem (short of installing them 1 at a time, rebooting, and trying to get online?)