Serious WinXP Sp2 issue

[StANTo]

Downloaded it.
Installed it.
Rebooted machine.
Watched system boot past the BIOS to a black screen.
Watched USB peripherals power down.
No HDD activity.
Rebooted machine into safe mode.
Uninstalled SP2.
Rebooted into Windows XP fully.

Specs:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (1.92Ghz)
512mb PC2700 DDR Ram
Asus A7n8x-x nForce2 motherboard
nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4800SE
Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Player
BT 878 TV Tuner
CMD PCI-0649 Ultra 100 IDE Raid controller
LG DVD-Rom DRD8120B
Plextor CD-R PX-W2410A
Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1302
40gb IBM Deskstar HDD
40gb Maxtor HDD
60gb Maxtor HDD

I'm clueless as to what's wrong.

Reg's
Stanto.

 

[StANTo]

Did you close all runing programs , specially any antiviruses before setting
up the sp2 ?

Yes I did.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Uninstalling SP-2 solved it?
Perhaps a bad installation or some other cause possibly impossible to
determine.
Try it this way:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

 

[FIDO]

Check out what MS has to say about PCs with the AMD Chip there is something
about it over at zdnet...

Hello, StANTo!
You wrote on Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:54:22 GMT:




S> Those instructions haven't helped, it still acts the same way.



With best regards, FIDO. E-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[StANTo]

Uninstalling SP-2 solved it?
Perhaps a bad installation or some other cause possibly impossible to
determine.
Try it this way:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

Those instructions haven't helped, it still acts the same way.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Then it is one of 3 things:
1. Noncompatible hardware...verify with hardware manufacturers and
get latest drivers, reseat all cards and cables.
2. Some software is incompatible (not likely), check with
manufacturers.
3. Windows is damaged...Perform a Clean Installation.
4. Bad SP-2 download...download again.
5. ???

 

[StANTo]

Then it is one of 3 things:
1. Noncompatible hardware...verify with hardware manufacturers and
get latest drivers, reseat all cards and cables.

Hm, I have the latest WHQL drivers for my hardware, I would've thought it
should still work since my current install of Windows XP runs fine?

2. Some software is incompatible (not likely), check with
manufacturers.

I've looked into problems, and the only issue I can find is with Norton Anti
Virus, but an update's all ready been released and downloaded for it.

I discovered that windows is actually booting past the part where the white
bar scrolls along the bottom. It's just bombing out before it shows 'Windows
XP'

3. Windows is damaged...Perform a Clean Installation.

Gnurk. A last resort I guess, but I thought it was all right since I haven't
had any problems for a long while. Like, months.

4. Bad SP-2 download...download again.

Good suggestion, may well try that. I would've thought it's own checking
would spring up any problems.

5. ???

That's what I was thinking, heh.

 

[StANTo]

Check out what MS has to say about PCs with the AMD Chip there is something
about it over at zdnet...

Do you have a direct link to the relevant article?

 

[John Doe]

The 5th point in Jupiter Jones' message should have read "the new OS is crap
and no one should touch it".

I say the new OS because that is what it is despite Microsoft's insistence
to call it SP2.

The new operating system consisting of 2,933 files and 308 directories is
about about 342,132,100 bytes when expanded normally. The files also
contains other zipped files which I haven't bothered to count yet. It is
named SP2 because MS cannot market it as a new OS or upgrade Windows XP
otherwise nobody
would touch it. MS is determined to have its new products used by loyal
supporters of MS like yourself.

In most organisations, installing a new OS requires high level meetings
after meetings. For anyone intending to use PC as a business tool should
stay away from the latest incarnation from Microsoft Corporation. Best
thing is to wait until MVP guinea pigs have tested this throughly.




Pirates).

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Your broad insults to people show much of your true character.
They also show you as a troll.

Do you have anything to contribute? Apparently not!
Or are you only capable of criticism? Apparently!

 

[StANTo]

The 5th point in Jupiter Jones' message should have read "the new OS is crap
and no one should touch it".

Sod off to linux and stop posting here, you unhelpful neanderthal.

 

[Earl Lewis]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:24:44 -0600, "Jupiter Jones [MVP]"

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

The instructions here say to:
regsvr32 regwiz.dll

I do not have regwiz.dll, nor is it on my WinXP CD (modified for SP1).
I DO have regwizc.dll. I suspect the instructions on that site should
say "regwizc.dll"?
Earl