Gil, For what it is worth I have autoupdates set to "notify".
I was wrong about system32 being corrupted. It is there and I can see it with Bart-PE. I can find the service pack that caused the damage. It contains spuninst.exe and I thought I was home. But there is a problem with finding spuninst.log.... My data resides on D and E drives. I have backups but will copy the date to another drive, format c:, and reinstall xp. Oh well - that is why God made weekends. Carl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gil Hale Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF} Windows XP Update Destruction I also have autoupdates turned off. But M$ has decided to ignore that setting for updates they deem too important to not get out there. There was an article about that in PC World recently. The same issue that bit Carl bit me with my AMD 2900 machine. So far my old tricks are useless. I have a Ghost image, but no time to dink with it yet. I merely copied my backed up VMWare machine files onto a different PC and let 'er rip. One of the nice things about using VMware or any other Virtual Machine. If you have copies of the virtual machine(s) you can use them anywhere. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Jack Skelley > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF} Windows XP Update Destruction > > > Carl: > Start in safe mode and restore from a point before that last updates. > This is why I have auto updates turned off > Regards, > > Jack Skelley > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Carl Lindner [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF} Windows XP Update Destruction > > 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 > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [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/001101c991fb$8e785780$ab6906...@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.
