Re: SP2 unsuccessful cant boot up, looks for media center edition? Cant do safe mode

From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:50:52 +0100

"Vince" <vinresp*@swhome.com> wrote in message
news:ufpVluatEHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Will Denny wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site - left hand
>> column(21A and 26C):
>>
>> http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
>>
> Thanks for the message. It says that the message 21c is for a Roxio GoBack
> probelms. I dont have that software although I do have Roxio.
> 26c appears tobe due to a device driver problem but am not sure which
> driver is causing problem since all I was doing was upgrading to SP2.
> But in both cases, I have to get into the system to do something which I
> am unable to do because the system is in a perpetual crash-restart loop.
> And in safe mode why does it show me the OS as Media Center Edition?? It
> should have been XP Home Edition. Any guesses?
> Thank you agan.

Hi

Have you installed MCE - perhaps version 2004? Have you tried the 'Last
Known Good Configuration' option? If you can't boot into Windows using that
option and the others don't work, you may have to look towards a 'Repair'
install of XP. However, I'm not sure where MCE is appearing from. 

-- 
Will Denny
MVP - Windows Shell/User
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