Re: XP Pro Rebooting after SP update

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From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 20:17:57 -0400

On Mon, 10 May 2004 11:19:28 -0700, "Scott Pennell"
<spennell@solsticesoftware.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>My son installed the update to fix the sasser "hole" and
>now his machine will not boot to windows. As soon as the
>first black background windows screen comes up with the
>progress bar, it reboots again. I tried running in safe
>mode and last known good config with the same results.
>
>Another anomaly is the No Signal dialog from his monitor
>keeps popping up intermittently while the boot is
>attempting. This never occurred before. There are no
>loose cables and the video card is about 3 months old. He
>has a dual boot to linux which still works properly so
>hardware doesn't seem to be the problem.
>
>Please help if you can! My son attends an online school
>and can't continue his studies. Thanks in advance.

Proper terminology here, please!!! An update and/lor hotfix is not
the same thing as a Service Pack (SP) that you hinted at in your
message header!!

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