My computer is on a dual boot system. In case that makes a diffrence but shouldn't. It has been working fine. No problems. I disabled the updates because I didn't like them taking so much time and I didn't want any problems till I could back up the whole dual boot thing. I don't have the software yet.
But despite me turning off the updates, they reactivated themselves somehow and updated from Windows (Windows updater that I got with Service Pack 2). Now my games and alot of other software no longer work, installations won't finish, media only plays half the time. its all messed up. I have Norton and Spy Sweeper so I doubt it was any of that and their scans don't show anything. Plus it did come from windows in the windows updater. Does anyone know what I can do? This really makes me mad. I work for over a month setting this whole dual boot and redoing this computer and the updates just screwed it all up. any help would be appreciated.

That did it. I uninstalled like 3 of them and now my games work. They are messed up at startup and go to a green screen. then like 3 seconds later they are fine and keep going. I am gonna see what else I can do and disable the updates. (again). thanks for the help

I have a HP Pavillion a6110n Desktop. I installed XP service Pack 2, realtek audio manager drivers, and nvidia drivers. and what all do u want in the way of system specs?

If, as you say, you're certain that the updates are the cause of your problem, then you can uninstall them. It may be just a single update that caused the problem, as it is extememly unlikely that just the act of updating caused the problem. So, although it may be tedious, I would start by uninstalling the last one that was installed, and work backwards to try and identify the possible culprit. Retry your games, etc. after each one.

Some system specs and make and model of computer and service packs installed would be a good thing.

I am not sure how to. Every item I click on to get to some manager or something it takes me to loading updates on the computer. Where is the manager or how can I uninstall them?

Go to Control Panel => Add or Remove Programs.
Make sure the 'Show Updates' box at the top is checked. If you sort by 'Date Last Used' you should be able to identify the ones you installed by the installation date.

k i did it. theres like 50 of them. should I just uninstall all of them?

Have you tried uninstalling the updates?