realcestmoi
Thu May 08 10:05:25 PDT 2008
Hi there,
If the system is configured well sp3 will install without any problem, so do
not expect that Sp3 will be changed by MS since Sp3 works fine.
for info about what has changed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480/
Also helpfull:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947309/
Best regards,
Michel Denie
"Dave H." <DaveH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CFD811C-4EFA-4B12-ABD2-8BDFBDBDBCAC@microsoft.com...
> Same here. I was able to boot into Safe Mode and uninstall SP3, which got
> everything working again.
>
> You can still do Windows Updates without having to install SP3. Go to the
> Microsoft Update site and choose the "Custom" button. It will scan your
> PC
> to see which updates are needed, then offer you SP3 again. There's a
> button
> near the bottom right that allows you to check for other updates without
> installing SP3.
>
> Probably a good idea to run off Automatic Updates if you have them
> enabled,
> at least until Microsoft gets this fixed.
>
> My work PC (a Dell) installed SP3 yesterday with no problem. But this
> makes
> three Windows Update issues (two Vista, one XP SP3) in the last two days
> on
> my Compaq Presarios at home.
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
>> I updated windows XP home last night with SP3 the update hung and I had
>> to
>> reboot after 2 hours. When it rebooted a blue screen flashed up and the
>> PC
>> rebooted. It just circles around in this loop. I tried safe mode but it
>> did
>> the same. I can't tell what the blue screen says as it flashes past too
>> quickly.
>>
>> I then tried reinstalling windows, but get back to the same problem when
>> I
>> try to update to SP3. I can now boot into safe mode and restore to before
>> the
>> SP3 update. But if I leave windows in this condition it won't have any of
>> the
>> security updates.
>>
>> Can anyone help please, I'm only a home user and not very technical.