XP Service Pack 3 CRASH

Hi

Wonder if someone could advise please

yesterday this computer was well due a format and re-install
of win XP

this was all done correctly --all ok so far

windows update went straight after service pack 3 update
set it off all seemed to go ok until its restart computer time

boot up stopped about half way thru and then auto restarted boot up
this kept happening in a continuos loop effect

managed to start in safe mode and used system restore
to get back in hence why i am able to write this

clearly something is amiss
question is what

cheers

Susan K.

bojimbo26one
Fri May 09 02:29:57 PDT 2008

On Fri, 9 May 2008 09:29:16 +0100, "Susan K" <susan.ko@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>Hi
>
>Wonder if someone could advise please



>
>yesterday this computer was well due a format and re-install
>of win XP

Why ? - just curious .





>
>this was all done correctly --all ok so far
>
>windows update went straight after service pack 3 update
>set it off all seemed to go ok until its restart computer time
>
>boot up stopped about half way thru and then auto restarted boot up
>this kept happening in a continuos loop effect
>
>managed to start in safe mode and used system restore
>to get back in hence why i am able to write this
>
>clearly something is amiss
>question is what
>
>cheers
>
>Susan K.
>

GMG
Fri May 09 10:42:41 PDT 2008

Same thing is happening to me, twice. I was told you can install SP3 from
SAFE mode. Haven't tried that yet. I'm a bit afraid to try it again.

bud
Fri May 09 13:54:02 PDT 2008


"Susan K" <susan.ko@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%23FHkH7asIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Wonder if someone could advise please
>
> yesterday this computer was well due a format and re-install
> of win XP
>
> this was all done correctly --all ok so far
>
> windows update went straight after service pack 3 update
> set it off all seemed to go ok until its restart computer time
>
> boot up stopped about half way thru and then auto restarted boot up
> this kept happening in a continuos loop effect
>
> managed to start in safe mode and used system restore
> to get back in hence why i am able to write this
>
> clearly something is amiss
> question is what
>
> cheers
>
> Susan K.
>

See if this could be the problem,
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9084418
And this guy has a blog on the problem.
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/05/08/does-your-amd-based-computer-boot-after-installing-xp-sp3.aspx

kmpdx
Fri May 09 13:58:33 PDT 2008


Hi. Just happened to me too. We could go see what information Microsof
is offering in their forums, OR we could just do what we did when
worked in tech support for Dell and a new update was released (example
The problems with IE7 when it was released) We would say, "uninstall th
application and wait for Microsoft to release a more stable version".
guess part of the release process is unleashing it on the public the
confronting issues as they come up. I did the same as you guys>SAF
MODE> SYSTEM RESTORE and taht's where I'll stay for now. I'm going t
wait another month or so before I install SP3 (if I do at all!) I don
want the anxiety of data loss again

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