Re: Can't reboot after installing SP3

On Wed, 7 May 2008 17:11:29 -0400, "Dapper Dan" <dapperdan@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks Bear. I elected to uninstall SP3 and tackle the problem another day
when I have more time to devote to this. In the meantime I will do a bit
more research so as to ensure that the problems are not associated with
something I should be doing.

FWIW, I've got the same problem with the continual reboot loop and
that's exactly what I did - SP3 can wait for another day :-)

For anyone having the same problem and looking for a simple way of
uninstalling SP3 then selecting safe mode and doing a system restore
(created by the SP3 installation) does work.

One thing I did try was reformatting the disk and doing a full
reinstall of the original manufacturers disk image (containing XP SP2)
that came with the system. Installing SP3 immediately after this
restore still resulted in the rebooting problem so I know it was
nothing _I_ added.

--
Ian

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