i've been reading a lot of posts here that indicate that people are having problems with their computer booting up after they install the xp sp1 patch. i went through the list of things to do just as many of you did... new key code, etc... then installed the patch. now my computer gets as far as the win xp loading screen, and then as soon as the main screen is about to kick on, the computer resets. i know a lot of people are having this problem, maybe together we can get to the bottom of it.
for now i just plugged in a new hard drive, and am using a barebones xp install just to get on the internet. i still have my old configuration that won't boot, and i'd really rather not start from scratch. if there's a patch or some kind of solution, that would be great... but of course i don't have any way to boot my old system to apply it. (safe mode and last known good had the same problems when i tried them.)
who else is having this problem, and any idea why? i'm thinking it might be unrelated to this whole keycode changing thing....
for now i just plugged in a new hard drive, and am using a barebones xp install just to get on the internet. i still have my old configuration that won't boot, and i'd really rather not start from scratch. if there's a patch or some kind of solution, that would be great... but of course i don't have any way to boot my old system to apply it. (safe mode and last known good had the same problems when i tried them.)
who else is having this problem, and any idea why? i'm thinking it might be unrelated to this whole keycode changing thing....
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