Sp3 Rc2

JakeD · Feb 22, 2008

Hey guys, i'm having some problems with SP3 RC2. Noticed yesterday that the yellow windows update shield was on the task bar and sure enough its the SP3 update. I was pretty excited so i went ahead and did the update.

Update took about 15-20 min....thought it was normal, everything was fine.....smooth update. Update screen then had me reboot the computer. Rebooted, and everything seemed fine, then the XP load screen comes up and all of a sudden a blue screen flashes and then reboots automatically. tried to reboot a couple of times, same old situation. The problem was recognized by my computer......black screen poped up with the choices of safe mode......last good config. and normal......it recognized that a recent software change has occurred, and that something was wrong, just didn't say what?

I have temporarily solved the problem, went into safe mode and uninstalled SP3 and everything came back to normal. But i would like the update it to sp3!!! ha

I tried the update again....nothing...same problem.

When the blue screen flashes at boot up after i install SP3, there are words on the screen, it just flashes so fast i can't see them! so maybe that will tell me the problem???? not sure

I've been looking forward to the update....just frustrating that its not working. I'll run my virus scans and see if anything is up....ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!! thx guys!!!!

-jaked

running:
WinXP SP2
HP Compaq Presario
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Possessor 3800+
2.41 GHz, 960 MB of RAM

Just Playin · Feb 22, 2008

Recovery Settings

One of the things that is quite different about Windows XP compared to Windows 9x (9x is shorthand for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me in all their various versions), is that one can control how it responds to certain critical errors—those that cause the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). In Windows XP, the default setting is for the computer to reboot automatically when a fatal error occurs. If that fatal error only occurs when you're shutting down, the system reboots automatically.

If you haven't changed any of the system failure settings, you should be able to see the error by looking in the Event Log. But a better long-term solution is to turn off the automatic reboot so you can actually see the error when it happens—chances are it will tell you enough about itself to let you troubleshoot further. To change the recovery settings to disable automatic rebooting:

1.

Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

2.

Click the Advanced tab.

3.

Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and Recovery dialog box.

4.

Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary number of times.

5.

Restart your computer for the settings to take effect.

Now when you go to shut down and a fatal error occurs, you'll at least see it and it won't cause an automatic reboot. You still have to sort out what's causing the problem, but that gets us to the next section quite nicely.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02may13.mspx

theefool · Feb 22, 2008

SP3 adds the following:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

JakeD · Feb 22, 2008

thx for the responses....i agree steve, i'll stay away from it for a while. thx again

DavidGP · Feb 23, 2008

Its likely that an old driver or some software will have been not compatible with XP SP3, as SP3 adds some new wifi and bluetooth updates, its possible if this is a wireless pc, that those caused this issue with the drivers.

But most issues with SPs are from security software thats either old and not updated anymore or versions that dont take into account the new core kernel updates.

So update as much as you can to latest versions.

If you had a BSOD, did you get its error code? this may help trace this issue.

You still may get the same issue once XPSP3 goes RTM, so as your leaving it for a while to install again, I would likely just make sure all your software and drivers are upto date.

JakeD · Feb 23, 2008

sounds good, i'll check all my software and driver updates...

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