CRM-MAS 4.0 SR1 required software updates lead to system crash !?

(long post, sorry !)
Hello
I'd like to know how MAS 4.0 behave when the software required for its installation are updated : over the past few months my computer has acted more and more strangely, and in the end I couldn't even log into Windows. The ghost we made after the installation has just ended the same way this afternoon.
As I only have installed WinMerge on that computer, my own other apps were portable apps, I was wondering if software updates could lead MAS to make the system fail.
Here is the starting environment : Windows 2000 company master with SQL Server 2000, Lotus Notes 6.5, Java 1.4.2 (and IE 6)
Required for MSA are Lotus 5 and Java 1.3.5
- Notes 6.5 is uninstalled and replaced by Notes 5.
- Java 1.4.2 is uninstalled, left registry keys manually removed and Java 1.3.5 is installed.
- Installation of MAS + SPs + packages
- Notes 5 is uninstalled and replaced by Notes 6.5 (which, I think, updates java to 1.4.2)
So first, what is the impact of updated versions for MAS ?
Second, I think I saw the behavior becoming worse after some windows update, do you think it is possible, or it just made an existing problem bigger ?
The different problems I had were first a random crash from MSA when I had IE open (email webaccess). Then it almost crashed everytime. Then I could't even get into MAS when I had IE open, then the same with Notes.
Other things (don't remember the order) were :
- Couldn't launch any application when MAS was lanched (even "My Computer" properties)
- I had visual glitches with CRM, Notes and IE when they were running at the same time
- I couldn't run the project from the debug feature of MAS ("Could not access registry").
And this afternoon, when I logon, a message asking me to increase the registry size then reboot. Then I can see the desktop but can't do anything
Besides installing WinMerge (old version, installer only), I had on my usb key : Firefox portable, Miranda portable, Notepad++ Portable and in the end I also used winmerge directly form it.
What do you think about this ? Maybe there was just a flaw in the initial computer installation, or maybe MAS does really not like to have its initial requirements updated ? 
At the moment I am having my computer re-installed, and they have changed their masters to Windows XP, Notes 6.5 and Java 1.4 (maybe 1.6).
Have requirements of MSA 4 changed, for installation on WinXP ?
Thanks a lot and Regards,
François

Hi,
the installation of JRE (Java Runtime) or LN is not related to MAS directly but to an additional MSA installation. So their installation resp. update cannot have any impact on MAS.
I rather think that there might be a corruption of the Windows Installer Database which is used as a standard installation engine e.g. also for MAS.
I also can remember to have serious problems (always automatic start of Windows installer popup when trying to open MAS/MSA) some years ago on a customer MAS machine where windows updates were applied automatically.
Finally there was only the solution even to reinstall the complete OS.
Maybe you could check for microsoft tools like msicuu2.exe to uninstall the applications also from the installer database mentioned above.
By the way: Did you already check the hard disk resp. memory for failures?
Regards,
Wolfhard

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