XP-Automatic-updates, infinite restart loop.

[abhie]

I'm sure this subject might have come up before, but i m new here and this problem is quite frustating.
I recently got my xp connected with a bsnl 256 mbps (supposedly) internet connection. Against the advice of my engineer, who said i should use win98 , and not XP for browsing, i went ahead and browsed on XP.
Now , i switched off the "automatic updates" in my options, but even then XP has this bad habit of chatting with msn online, and it updates , whether you like it or not. (I had Service pack 2 installed . )
Then it restarts and BOOM, XP boots, then goes off , boots- off, boots-off.
If anyone knows the solution to this, PLEASE reply.
Fact is XP Does make for better browsing option than 98. Talk of the proverbial apple!

 

[abhie]

Also:
after XP auto-updates , and it asks for a restart, the following things happen:
1) going into safe mode doensnt work, the same reboot-loop keeps repeating.
2) system restore seems like a good idea at this point, but one cant activate system restore from dos mode.
Reformatting XP is the only way , and i already did this 3 times.

 

[shivaranjan.b]

I donot know the exact reason for your problem..

One thing i would be able tell you clearly is that browsing in xp is not the reason for your problem..

I myself use xp with sp2 for browsing.. And many here do...

I think your engineer doesnot know anything...

Regards...

 

[sahil_blues]

the same thing happens even after reformatting??.....thats pretty weird!!

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Try to reinstall ur XP and then install SP2 and all updates using Auto Patcher available in DIGID DVD. (before connecting to net)

And about MSN, u can disable it man using gpedit.msc or many s/w available on net.

PS: ur system eng. suggected u to use win 98 instead of Xp just bcauz they all know that there r so many virus infections for XP not for 98. But the main thing is that if u hv SP2 installed as well as all the updates then it works perfectly.

 

[Choto Cheeta]

I recently got my xp connected with a bsnl 256 mbps (supposedly) internet connection.

hmm 256MBPS.... man invite my in ur home... i am gona download the whole MS website with all its FTPs.... lol...

about ur problem.. yes Vishal is right... best is.. going with a OS drive format & clean install of the windows XP with SP2 and patch it with autopatcher.... u shouldnt have any problem after SP2...

 

[suhasingale]

try to replace hall.dll file wich is in $:\windows\system32\ .$=Drive whr XP is installed. U will find one zip file named drivers.zip somewhr in windows directory. extract the hall.dll dile from it and replace it with old hall.dll. it might solve your problem.

 

[abhie]

Thank you guys, one n all. Suhas let me try your suggestion will feedback the outcome. I once installed SP2 then autopatched it and my comp crashed out. Lemme check this out again. Thanks again people.

 

[champ_rock]

if it shows a counter saying xp booting in 1 min.... then immediately go to run ... and type shutdown -a
it will kill the counter

 

[abhie]

saurav, woooops, made a boob there, sorry , that should read 256 kbps.