Re: booting continuously

From: Simon (dont_at_bother.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:32:55 +0100

Computers screw up all the time for many reasons. When it happens
hours/days/weeks after SP4 install it doesn't necessarily mean the SP4 was
to blame. In many cases it was probably just a coincidence.

Even in MS know that it causes problems in x% of cases, if it solves
problems in n * x% (where n > 1) cases then overall its still a good thing.

I have installed and been running SP4 without any problems. Thats a 100%
success rate.

Simon

"Baz" <bcap@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1088158500.26896.0@nnrp-t71-02.news.uk.clara.net...
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:uSsXtppWEHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Baz" <bcap@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:1088155763.19586.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net...
> > >
> > > "Tuna" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:2165501c45a3d$0809ee70$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > > > My computer is booting continuously. Nothing I do in
> > > > advanced setup (safe mode, command prompt, etc) is able to
> > > > stop this. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Have you installed the criminally dangerous SP4? If so, check this
out:
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839517&Product=win20
00
> > >
> > > What it doesn't say in the article is that the bluescreen flashes up
> > > briefly, and then the system restarts. Again. And again. And again.
> > And
> > > so on. Also, although the article specifically refers to W2K Server,
I
> > can
> > > assure you from bitter experience that exactly the same thing can
happen
> > > with W2K Pro.
> > >
> > > Anyone who hasn't installed SP4 yet, take heed: DON'T!!!
> > >
> > > Baz
> >
> > While I'm sure you're speaking from bitter experience, your
> > experience is an isolated one. The vast majority of all PCs
> > work very nicely with SP4. I have installed about 50, without
> > the slightest problem. Out of interest, how many did you
> > install, and how many failed?
> >
> >
>
> I installed one, and it failed: a 100% failure rate! Googling the problem
> shows a fair number of other people experiencing the same problem,
including
> some desperate sysadmins who couldn't start their server after installing
> SP4. Of course, those who submitted their anguished please for help to
NG's
> are the tip of the iceberg: I, for one, fixed it without resorting to
> Usenet, but it took a significant amount of my expensive time.
>
> IMNSHO, it doesn't matter that it works with the "vast majority". If your
> computer happens to one of the minority which does get screwed up, then
the
> problem will certainly be expensive, and could be disastrous. Microsoft
> released a Service Pack that, by their own admission, renders some
computers
> inoperable. Their failure to withdraw the SP as soon as they knew about
the
> problem is, I submit, criminally irresponsible.
>
> Baz
>
>
>

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