Re: W2K continually reboots (Just before log in) After updates?

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In my organization we experienced the same problem. Most of our
desktops are wXP but we still have some 15 to 20 machines running on
w2k. We have a policy to automatically install the latest updates as
they became available from Microsoft's website. I am pointing at
yesterday's (may 9 2007) updates as the source of our (now 8 machines)
w2k computers rebooting right before getting to the login screen. Any
variant of safe mode does the same... the machine reboots and reboots
and reboots.
My question is... is it just our computers or are there thousands of
w2k machines out there having the same problem? If the second is true.
IS Microsoft going to do something about this fiasco. In my opinion
the damage caused by the update is comparable to the damage made by a
worm. Anyone has found another solution that doesn't require reinstall
the OS, or buy a new computer (which may be cheaper than fixing all
the machines one by one!!)
Thanks for reading

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