Re: Service Pack 3

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HOW TO Start System Restore Tool from Command Prompt (Q304449): http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/4/49.asp
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"jon" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9294218C-3FDC-4411-997C-C34B57846739@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
By error I installed service pack 3 whilst logged onto my laptop with two
users. My computer now freeze's with a blank screen upon start up and I
cannot even get to a command prompt.

Can anyone tell me how I get arround fixing this.

Thanks

.

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