Lastest Windows XP Update Causes BSOD Loop
@ 2010/02/12Consumers still using Windows XP may want to avoid the latest Microsoft security update released on Tuesday. Security blogger Brian Krebs reports that complaints are flooding the Redmond company's support forums, indicating that the update is crippling some systems with the notorious Blue Screen of Death. The systems thus falls into a reboot loop.
Early Wednesday morning an unofficial fix was posted on the support forum thread, suggesting that users boot from the Windows XP installation disk, launch the Recovery Console, and enter a chain of commands at the Repair Screen. After exiting the Recovery Console, the system should return to normal.
Early Wednesday morning an unofficial fix was posted on the support forum thread, suggesting that users boot from the Windows XP installation disk, launch the Recovery Console, and enter a chain of commands at the Repair Screen. After exiting the Recovery Console, the system should return to normal.
Once you are in the Repair Screen..
2. Type this command: CHDIR $NtUninstallKB978262$\spuninst
3. Type this command: BATCH spuninst.txt
4. Type this command: systemroot
5. Repeat steps 2 - 4 for each of the following updates provided by FindMeFollowMe:
* KB978262
* KB971468
* KB978037
* KB975713
* KB978251
* KB978706
* KB977165
* KB975560
* KB977914
6. When complete, type this command: exit
Your computer should restart and everything should be back to normal.