Thanks guys but no success. I got to safe made and tried "Last Working ..." it reboots. Then I went to a "safe mode command prompt" and it just reboots.
I saw kb 304449: At the command prompt, type %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and then press ENTER. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to restore your computer to a functional state Booted using Bart-PE and had a command prompt. No luck. Went to system32 and there was no \restore directory. In fact there were only three directories under system 32 \config, \drivers, and \lang. I run XP Pro on my HP laptop. It shows dozens of directories under system32. --- Thoughts on what happened? --- Any alternative other than to reinstall? Thanks for the input. Carl Lindner -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF} Windows XP Update Destruction This sounds like an HP with and AMD processor. There are instructions how to get out of that loop online in places. However, that loop started when SP 3 was installed. Boot into Safe Mode to uninstall patches. Is it tapping the F6 key just after a memory count happens? HTH, Tracy -----Original Message----- From: Carl Lindner Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:34 AM Running XP Pro with SP3. Last night I shut down my main computer. The shut down dialog indicated it wanted to install updates and I told it to go ahead. This morning it will not start. Things progress through the screen that displays the colored logo and copyright. Then goes black then blue - then instead of a logon dialog - the sucker starts the boot process again. I do not have an image. Thoughts on the "best" way to recover? Thanks Carl Lindner [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000801c991e8$ea66b6d0$bf3424...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
