Comments on: The Horror of the New Windows XP SP3 and How to Escape it http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/ Straight from the hip, cut to the chase Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:09:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pierre Paquette http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-289 Pierre Paquette Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:31:43 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-289 THANKS A MILLION! This problem just happened to my friend's computer, and as I am the guy who does all the updates / virus protection / general maintenance / etc. on her computer, of course she blamed ME for what happened! LOL! I told her to blame Uncle Bill! ;-) FYI, someone was saying that it's an AMD-chip-related problem. I resent that, as her computer has a genuine Intel Pentium 4 processor. AFAIK, after the update to SP3, it worked fine for maybe one boot, then kaput! She has a Toshiba Satellite Canadian French version of Windows XP Home ("Famille" = "Family") and I used my own original Windows XP Home original CD that was delivered with my Compaq Presario, and no problem, I applied your command-line instructions, and all worked fine, except that I had the same minor problem as Phoenix had (thx to Phoenix btw!). Thanks again, and Microsoft sucks! ;-) (I use Linux Ubuntu on my Compaq Presario laptop as well as on a Compaq Presario desktop.) Cheers! Pierre THANKS A MILLION!

This problem just happened to my friend’s computer, and as I am the guy who does all the updates / virus protection / general maintenance / etc. on her computer, of course she blamed ME for what happened! LOL! I told her to blame Uncle Bill! ;-)

FYI, someone was saying that it’s an AMD-chip-related problem. I resent that, as her computer has a genuine Intel Pentium 4 processor.

AFAIK, after the update to SP3, it worked fine for maybe one boot, then kaput! She has a Toshiba Satellite Canadian French version of Windows XP Home (“Famille” = “Family”) and I used my own original Windows XP Home original CD that was delivered with my Compaq Presario, and no problem, I applied your command-line instructions, and all worked fine, except that I had the same minor problem as Phoenix had (thx to Phoenix btw!).

Thanks again, and Microsoft sucks! ;-) (I use Linux Ubuntu on my Compaq Presario laptop as well as on a Compaq Presario desktop.)

Cheers!

Pierre

]]> By: retailer http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-284 retailer Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:34:48 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-284 Windows XP is the worst linux distribution ever! Windows XP is the worst linux distribution ever!

]]> By: masteroftheundisputedtruth http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-254 masteroftheundisputedtruth Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:31:42 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-254 This is what I sent to Alvin : Hello Alvin Sorry to hear about your problem. The only way I know to fix the access denied error is using that tool and I see what you mean about it not working. Hopefully the site is just down temporarily so keep checking. Meanwhile try the software from this site : http://www.openwall.com/passwords/microsoft-windows-nt-2000-xp-2003-vista If those don't work, search around for a password editor/password recovery tool, which is essentially what is needed to fix the access denied issue. Hope this is of help. Also, It would really help if someone who downloaded the password editor from http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ were to just send it to Alvin. Please do that if you can, you know how it was when you faced hell with this shit. Help out. Thanks. This is what I sent to Alvin :

Hello Alvin

Sorry to hear about your problem. The only way I know to fix the access denied error is using that tool and I see what you mean about it not working. Hopefully the site is just down temporarily so keep checking. Meanwhile try the software from this site :

http://www.openwall.com/passwords/microsoft-windows-nt-2000-xp-2003-vista

If those don’t work, search around for a password editor/password recovery tool, which is essentially what is needed to fix the access denied issue.

Hope this is of help.

Also, It would really help if someone who downloaded the password editor from

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

were to just send it to Alvin. Please do that if you can, you know how it was when you faced hell with this shit. Help out. Thanks.

]]> By: Alvin http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-253 Alvin Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:14:09 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-253 Hi, I'm having problems in the system recovery console. I tried to REN command but it says "access denied" I read something about it further up the post, but the link for solving that problem doesn't seem to work. Please e-mail be back at alvin.keung@gmail.com if you know how I can by pass the "access denied". Thank you very much. Hi, I’m having problems in the system recovery console.

I tried to REN command but it says “access denied”

I read something about it further up the post, but the link for solving that problem doesn’t seem to work.

Please e-mail be back at alvin.keung@gmail.com if you know how I can by pass the “access denied”.

Thank you very much.

]]> By: Barry Toogood http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-240 Barry Toogood Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:48:58 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-240 A major lifesaver! FYI, our version of SP3 was an MS official CD release, installed on an Intel machine. We'd used it for numerous other upgrades. So it isn't just betas or AMD chips - MS just released a buggy piece of crap again.... A major lifesaver!

FYI, our version of SP3 was an MS official CD release, installed on an Intel machine. We’d used it for numerous other upgrades. So it isn’t just betas or AMD chips – MS just released a buggy piece of crap again….

]]> By: YouAreAGod http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-230 YouAreAGod Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:53:24 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-230 THANKS YOU SAVED ME FROM UNSPEAKABLE TORTURE!!!!!!! THANKS YOU SAVED ME FROM UNSPEAKABLE TORTURE!!!!!!!

]]> By: PaulAnka http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-190 PaulAnka Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:17:45 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-190 Here's the link to the tips and tricks site with the full description of the problem: http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/windows-xp-sp3-bsod-endless-reboot-loop-with-stop-c0000139-on-gdi32dll-error/ Here’s the link to the tips and tricks site with the full description of the problem:
http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/windows-xp-sp3-bsod-endless-reboot-loop-with-stop-c0000139-on-gdi32dll-error/

]]> By: PaulAnka http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-189 PaulAnka Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:57:16 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-189 I read somewhere else that this may be related to AMD chips. I've only been installing on Intel platforms and have never ran into this problem. I can't count how many I've installed now. Lost count a long time ago. I know that you are supposed to disable any virus programs and I haven't even done that before installing. Of course, I don't use a virus program that seems to take over the system as I've seen way too many problems due to those (i.e. Norton Internet Security). I only use the basic virus protection and use Windows Defender for the spyware part. I also use the built in firewall that comes with XP. My download also came directly from Microsoft. I can almost bet that the one from download.com is somehow corrupt and they are not going to fix it by getting a new copy from Microsoft. Go figure. I read somewhere else that this may be related to AMD chips. I’ve only been installing on Intel platforms and have never ran into this problem. I can’t count how many I’ve installed now. Lost count a long time ago. I know that you are supposed to disable any virus programs and I haven’t even done that before installing. Of course, I don’t use a virus program that seems to take over the system as I’ve seen way too many problems due to those (i.e. Norton Internet Security). I only use the basic virus protection and use Windows Defender for the spyware part. I also use the built in firewall that comes with XP. My download also came directly from Microsoft. I can almost bet that the one from download.com is somehow corrupt and they are not going to fix it by getting a new copy from Microsoft. Go figure.

]]> By: The Uncle http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-178 The Uncle Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:45:28 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-178 Thanks to you and the to the folks at tipandtrick.net Finding this early saved me what would most likely have been hours of headache. ***FOR ALL OF YOU BLAMING THIS ON A BETA RELEASE*** This just happened on a fully legit windows install on a brand new format. The SP3 that broke the system was straight from Microsoft Update. If I had to guess, this is most likely a problem with 'imaged' installations from boxed computer resellers. (Dell, Gateway, Sony, etc) Typically these kind of poblems creep up on machines that have "recovery disks" and the like. Thanks to you and the to the folks at tipandtrick.net

Finding this early saved me what would most likely have been hours of headache.

***FOR ALL OF YOU BLAMING THIS ON A BETA RELEASE***
This just happened on a fully legit windows install on a brand new format. The SP3 that broke the system was straight from Microsoft Update.

If I had to guess, this is most likely a problem with ‘imaged’ installations from boxed computer resellers. (Dell, Gateway, Sony, etc) Typically these kind of poblems creep up on machines that have “recovery disks” and the like.

]]> By: masteroftheundisputedtruth http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/the-horror-of-the-new-windows-xp-sp3-and-how-to-escape-it/#comment-172 masteroftheundisputedtruth Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:09:23 +0000 http://undisputedtruth.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-172 I must now thank all of you who mentioned that this bag of trouble is now being offered as an "automatic update". I nearly had a retake of this whole episode before canceling the "update". I must now thank all of you who mentioned that this bag of trouble is now being offered as an “automatic update”. I nearly had a retake of this whole episode before canceling the “update”.

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