Posted: 7/7/2004 6:54:06 PM EDT
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My friend left me with his malfunctioing computer while he went on his honeymoon. It turns out he had a ton of viruses. So many that it was just easier to reinstall Windows. I've gotten XP installed and I go to get the updates. They install fine until I get to the SP1 update. At the end of the install I got a bluescreen. I rebooted and reinstalled it again "successfully". Ever since then, Windows update comtinues to think I don't have about 20 updates including SP1. No matter how many times I install them and reboot, they're still listed. So, I first tried to do a system restore to when XP first booted. No dice. I tried this several times and it tells me that the restore failed due to an improper shutdown or something like that. Then, I tried reinstalling XP and the same thing happened all over again. That leaves the question of: HOW DO I FIX THIS?  Oh, all the updates and SP1 are listed in the add/remove hardware wizard. And it does nothing when I remove them. |
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Sounds like bad RAM if this is from clean install. Three Times. This is complete fdisk/format of all drives (entirely clean), then a clean load from the XP CD gives you bluescreen? (wanna make sure I am reading this right...) Were there any BSD's before you reloaded? |
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Been through this a few times so I have a few suggestions. 1) Remove all non essential hardware. 2)Skip the small updates and jump to the SP and install that first then install the smaller fixes. 3)Use another machine to get all of the service packs/updates and burn a cd. Use the cd to update the new system. Good luck |
Badass  Athlon 64 3400+, 2GB DDR400, 6x SATA 250gb Hitachi Deskstars (in RAID 1 config, so it's like I have 3 redundant 250's), 74gb WD Raptor, 600w PS, 12x DVD+-RW, 52x Plextor CD-RW. It's fast as lightning.  I also built 2 more just like it but with only 2x 250gb deskstars. |
you need to d/l to a seperate file using network d/l of sp1 (slipstream) link edit: only way I know how, anyone know a better way? |
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Before wasting any more time go get a copy of Memtest86 and test the RAM as brasspile suggested. If it tests out ok do another clean install of windows and then download the full SP1 from Atencio's link and try installing it. You may even want to try from safe mode, but I'm not sure if it will install from there. |
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Bah. I did all that. Now my CD key doesn't work on it. Actually, NONE of my working XP or XP sp1 serials work on the disk those instructions made. It's always something. *sigh* |