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    windows setup problem

    ok so u im trying to update my windows xp to the sp2 and i get the whole config up till the end and at the end the computer just restarts for no reason and it just keeps restarting over and over again i dont get ne error msgs does ne one kno how to fix this ive been w/o my comp for like 4 days and im hurtin ne help would be awsome

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    They very same thing happened to me... They only way I fixed it was to boot in safe mode and un-install SP2.

    That worked for awhile but in the long run I ended up reformatting. To this day I have not tried to install SP2.

    "Once bitten - twice shy..."

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    i cant go into safe mode ive pressed f8 and tried all the options they gave me and it still restarted the only time it didnt was when i picked the "dont restert on system failier" and that jus showed a blue screen that said i prob had a virus and i should restert my comp again

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    Looks to me like you had TV Media installed - not a virus but a highly undesireable piece of spyware!!

    If present on an XP machine, the install of SP2 results in constant reboots...

    M$ even take this so seriously that they've released a removal patch

    http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xptvmedia.html

    Unfortunately all you can do now is uninstall SP2, then remove TV Media, then re-install SP2.

    Method here:

    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875355

    Good Luck,

    John

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    im tryin that guid u gave me but when it come to the part where i type in
    cd $NtServicePackUninstall$\Spuninst
    batch spuninst.txt
    exit
    it says that it cannot find that file i am suppost to somehow put that one prog one there b4 i go through that guide? bc i dont kno how i would do that

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