BSOD after upgrade to sp3

[reliq]

hi yol
i just upgraded from sp2 to sp3 and my system is unable to boot to
desktop.after the windows logo a BSOD appears ...............c
0000218.....registry file failure..............the registry could not
load the
hive(file)...........systemroot\system32\config\software..................then
it starts to dump my physical memory. after which it restarts again and
the cycle continues. the other thing is am able to boot to safe mode
without hustle. i really dont know what to do bout it so i was
thinking bout downgrading back to sp2 but i dont know how to do that
since i dont see it in the add and remove prog when i am in safe
mode, i didnt uninstall the sp2
before upgrading to sp3 , could it be part of the problem.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Where did you get Service Pack 3? Microsoft hasn't released one yet.

 

[SAM-R]

Released one. SP3 won't even start Beta until sometime in 2007.

 

[SAM-R]

Time to reformat.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

"Released one. SP3 won't even start Beta until sometime in 2007."

I meant 'Microsoft hasn't released a Service Pack 3 yet'. Lousy syntax.

 

[Dave Patrick]

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| hi yol
| i just upgraded from sp2 to sp3 and my system is unable to boot to
| desktop.after the windows logo a BSOD appears ...............c
| 0000218.....registry file failure..............the registry could not
| load the
|
hive(file)...........systemroot\system32\config\software..................then
| it starts to dump my physical memory. after which it restarts again and
| the cycle continues. the other thing is am able to boot to safe mode
| without hustle. i really dont know what to do bout it so i was
| thinking bout downgrading back to sp2 but i dont know how to do that
| since i dont see it in the add and remove prog when i am in safe
| mode, i didnt uninstall the sp2
| before upgrading to sp3 , could it be part of the problem.
|

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Service pack 3 doesn't even exist. All you actually have is a mis-mash of
updates collected and packaged as SP3. It certainly isn't a Microsoft
service pack. I'd be looking at uninstalling the so called service pack.

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[D. Spencer Hines]

Absolutely Correct!

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

SP-3 for what?
There is no such thing as SP-3 for Windows XP.