Windows XP SP3 Creating Havoc

Skybird · 05-12-08, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

I turned updates off for good, not going to install sp3 nor any other updates i had a list of 15 before the sp3, i never bothered as winxp is running great. With Vista i update to sp1 as it did have some holes that needed filling!

Most of the recommended updates that the Windows updater recommends are not adding new features and gimmicks, but are closing security holes. Indded, the recommended updates are almost exclusively about closing security holes. You don'T do yourself a favour when not installing these.

I too have autoupdate deactivated, but I manually check once a month. And security updates I install. In the early days until short after SP1, this was sometimes a problem, making me reinstalling the machine many times. Since SP2, no more problems.

I will give it one or two months and then install SP3.

Segwin · 05-12-08, 02:04 PM

I just installed it on my home built AMD / ASUS system. After it installed it wouldn't boot, not even into safe mode. Called MS and they said a level two tech would call me on Wednesday.

I Googled around (thank God for Google) and found a thread where others with AMDs were having the same problem. To get it to boot they suggested a USB flashdrive on a usb port. Tried it and it booted right up - I then proceeded to unistall SP3.

When will I ever learn not to patch something right away from MS.

JALU3 · 05-12-08, 04:32 PM

XP is now unstable
Vista has had problems . . .
Come on . . . Microsoft!

AVGWarhawk · 05-12-08, 05:40 PM

I'm not having any issues at all with the update. I have loaded it on two computers. Working ok on my end. I'm not sure why it is creating headaches for some. Sorry to hear it fellas.

Linton · 05-13-08, 03:37 AM

Here is an article that gives more info on the problem:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...boots_crashes/

Skybird · 05-13-08, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linton

Here is an article that gives more info on the problem:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...boots_crashes/

Hm, it describes the symptom, but does not explain the Why and How.

Segwin · 05-13-08, 06:20 AM

The other thing that really gets me is they KNOW there is a major problem with this release but yet it's still there to download so some other poor sap can waste hours of their time when the computer craps out.

Nice MS, very nice.

Stealth Hunter · 05-17-08, 12:10 AM

Mysterious. Luckily, I didn't download it! Gates, Gates, Gates... what have we done to our OS empire, now? Can you not conceive and execute these simple processes without causing the entire bottom to fall out?

05-12-08, 02:04 PM	#2
Segwin Planesman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 187 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	I just installed it on my home built AMD / ASUS system. After it installed it wouldn't boot, not even into safe mode. Called MS and they said a level two tech would call me on Wednesday. I Googled around (thank God for Google) and found a thread where others with AMDs were having the same problem. To get it to boot they suggested a USB flashdrive on a usb port. Tried it and it booted right up - I then proceeded to unistall SP3. When will I ever learn not to patch something right away from MS. Last edited by Segwin; 05-13-08 at 06:15 AM.

05-12-08, 04:32 PM	#3
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	XP is now unstable Vista has had problems . . . Come on . . . Microsoft! __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

05-12-08, 05:40 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,282 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'm not having any issues at all with the update. I have loaded it on two computers. Working ok on my end. I'm not sure why it is creating headaches for some. Sorry to hear it fellas. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Here is an article that gives more info on the problem: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05...boots_crashes/ __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

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05-13-08, 06:20 AM	#7
Segwin Planesman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 187 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	The other thing that really gets me is they KNOW there is a major problem with this release but yet it's still there to download so some other poor sap can waste hours of their time when the computer craps out. Nice MS, very nice.

05-17-08, 12:10 AM	#8
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Mysterious. Luckily, I didn't download it! Gates, Gates, Gates... what have we done to our OS empire, now? Can you not conceive and execute these simple processes without causing the entire bottom to fall out?