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  1. July 21st, 2004, 03:41 PM #1
    reevegj
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    Boot failure after installing Win XP SP1

    Trend recently stopped supporting my anti-virus software, so I want to upgrade to their latest (2004) version, but this requires SP1. Unfortunately my PC fails to boot after I install SP1 (or security update 811493). Any ideas?

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    Win XP Home (pre-installed)
    AMD Athlon XP1600+ processor
    512Mb RAM
    Asus v7100PRO GeForce2 MX400 64MB Graphics card
    Asus A7A266-E Motherboard
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  2. July 21st, 2004, 03:45 PM #2
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    Does it start in safe mode?
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    Welcome to WD reevegj .

    Any error messages ?
    What does it do ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CeeBee
    Does it start in safe mode?
    Yes. Once I uninstall the update everything works fine
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  5. July 21st, 2004, 04:06 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by GrandDad
    Welcome to WD reevegj .

    Any error messages ?
    What does it do ?
    Haven't tried this for some time (tried to install these when they they were first released, didn't work so I gave up!) so my memory is a bit foggy. Will install 811493 again to see what happens.
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    Here is the way to remove sp1.

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...9015#appliesto

    You should use the latest service pack which is sp1a found here.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...1/default.mspx
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    Quote Originally Posted by reevegj
    Haven't tried this for some time (tried to install these when they they were first released, didn't work so I gave up!) so my memory is a bit foggy. Will install 811493 again to see what happens.
    Go do the new updates on eboyjones link and things should be fine .
    Thier was some problems with M$ updates a ways back but was fixed .
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