Re: SP2 boot cycle problem also in KB840987

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From: Atsushi Nakagawa (atnak_at_chejz.com)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: 16 Oct 2004 18:36:49 -0700

Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> wrote:
> which processor?

Oops, it's an Intel P4 Northwood 1.6GHz (Family = 15,0, Model = 2,0,
Stepping ID = 4,, in WCPUID)

> Please check http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm. It probably
> contains the explanation and solution to your problem.

I looked through your site. The only thing I found under "Boot or
shutdown problems after Service Pack 2 installation" that could apply
to "KB840987" over repair install was "incompatible drivers or
outdated BIOS". It could possibly be the drivers or the BIOS. (I
have Nero Burning ROM but it's patched to the newest version.) It
can't be DEP and my CPU isn't on the hotlist.

The reboot happens after "Mup.sys" is displayed (in safe mode). I
don't have SP2 so I can't suppress the automatic rebooting.

I've noticed that during a repair install, WinXP installs some drivers
that aren't available on its CD. Does it get these drivers out of
%systemroot%\system32\inf?

It'll be nice to get this problem (both the SP2 and KB840987 ones)
sorted out, but I don't particularly want to break my system again in
order to try. If I were to install SP2 into a different partition,
does anyone know if anything other than C:\boot.ini in C drive (my
current OS drive), as well as MBR or drive lettering, will change?

Regards, 

-- 
Atsushi Nakagawa
<atnak@chejz.com>
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