Re: SP2 Upgrade No Go

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From: stan (SEDNCID_at_myomy.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:37:13 -0500

Me thinks that at times adding shortcuts and so called helpful programs
tends to pollute WINXP and make it difficult for updates to install
properly. Other then AD-Aware or Spy-bot I don't use and extras.
On the 18th of this month I was notified thru Automatic Update that SP2 was
going to be installed, it took until today 8\24\04 for SP2 to start
installing. I did nothing to prepare for it except wait for the installation
to begin, took a while,flawless. My MB is about 3 years old, Pentium III
933MHz, 640 RAM. I think by all standards it's old. So far SP2 did no harm
and functions I might say a bit better. I think at times it appears if it's
not broken don't fix it. Not bragging just a comment of the top of my head..

Stan
"r" <r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AEE8DDF8-BB87-47B5-8E16-9F2ACB222C5C@microsoft.com...
> Peter,
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> Clean your box first:
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> Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
> http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
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> Startup and Temporary Files Cleanup:
> http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindows.htm
>
> And be patient during install.
>
> Good Luck!
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> "Peter" wrote:
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>> I tried upgrading one of my PCs to WinXP SP2 but no luck. I got a
>> message
>> saying the upgrade was successful but I was not able to boot the PC after
>> the upgrade. I tried re-booting several times but no luck. Safe Mode
>> was
>> also a no go. Fortunately I had made an image file of my hard drive
>> before I ran the upgrade (using Drive Image) so I was able to easily
>> restore everything back to pre-upgrade.
>>
>> Here are the details of my system and upgrade process. The PC has an
>> ASUS
>> P4C800E Deluxe motherboard with the latest BIOS. I'm running WinXP Pro
>> SP1 with all of the latest updates from Windows Update (except SP2). As
>> best I can tell, I have the latest updates for all of my applications and
>> the latest drivers for everything. Everything on the PC seems to be
>> working normally. For the SP2 upgrade I downloaded the big (270+ MB)
>> file
>> from the MS Web site and ran it. It seemed to run normally and, as I
>> said, I got a message saying that the upgrade was successful.
>>
>> After running the upgrade, when I tried to boot, the system BIOS went
>> through its normal POST. Then WinXP started. I got the initial WinXP
>> logo screen as usual but about 10 seconds later everything just stopped.
>> No hard drive activity. No booting. The only way out was to press the
>> hardware reset button on the PC.
>>
>> I don't know if this means anything but I did notice that on that initial
>> WinXP logo screen, where it used to say "Windows XP Professional," after
>> the upgrade it said "Windows XP." The word "Professional" was no longer
>> there.
>>
>> I have no clue what the problem is. Any suggestions or clues
>> appreciated!
>>
>> Peter
>>
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