SP 3 2nd beta

[stewart a mc names]

After the install XP say,s it is going to re-boot.

That it does.

And re-boot, and re-boot, and re-boot.

Anyway to stop the cycling and actually get into XP?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After the install XP say,s it is going to re-boot.

That it does.

And re-boot, and re-boot, and re-boot.

Anyway to stop the cycling and actually get into XP?

- Safe Mode?
- Last Known Good Configuration?
- Safe Mode + System Restore?
- Safe Mode + Uninstall the pre-release service pack?
- Re-image your test machine and better prepare it for SP3?

That assumes, of course, that you have followed the common sense method of
_not_ installing pre-release (beta) software onto a 'production' machine and
have backed up completely before applying any pre-release (beta) software so
that loss of data is not a concern. If you have not done this - image the
machine with your favorite imaging software now (one that has a utility that
allows you to read/copy things from the image file(s) directly) and copy
your data out and rebuild your machine from scratch and put your data back
and consider this a lesson learned about what you should/should not do to a
'production' machine. ;-)

 

[Jerry]

WinXP SP3 tech net forums:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

 

[stewart a mc names]

done all except re-image since I cannot get into windows to uninstall RC 2

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After the install XP say,s it is going to re-boot.

That it does.

And re-boot, and re-boot, and re-boot.

Anyway to stop the cycling and actually get into XP?

Shenan Stanley wrote

- Safe Mode?
- Last Known Good Configuration?
- Safe Mode + System Restore?
- Safe Mode + Uninstall the pre-release service pack?
- Re-image your test machine and better prepare it for SP3?

That assumes, of course, that you have followed the common sense
method of _not_ installing pre-release (beta) software onto a
'production' machine and have backed up completely before applying
any pre-release (beta) software so that loss of data is not a
concern. If you have not done this - image the machine with your
favorite imaging software now (one that has a utility that allows
you to read/copy things from the image file(s) directly) and copy
your data out and rebuild your machine from scratch and put your
data back and consider this a lesson learned about what you
should/should not do to a 'production' machine. ;-)

done all except re-image since I cannot get into windows to
uninstall RC 2

First - if you had done all that - then you can wipe the test machine and
start fresh. The SP3 has gone RTM now - should be available within a week
or so.

Secondly - you don't need to boot into Windows to image the machine as is.

The point was you could image it now and get your files out of the image
files (given a decent imaging utility...) You could apply the image you
made before applying SP3 to it given the common sense method of installing
beta software on a test machine without any important data (and if it wasn't
a test machine without any important data - the backup thing just quadrupled
in importance.)