Hi, I sat down and turned on my computer this afternoon and found it was getting to the XP logo screen with the green bar and then just starting again - i.e. a new start up.
I promptly rang my computer "supplier" when it happened about 3-4 times. He finished my sentence when I explained what was happening. He said thirty people have already rang him today about it. It's the XP - update the new one. I downloaded and installed it last night (the bloody program basically forces you to do it with it's alerts and what-not).
So that was done. And now this afternoon my computer is a usless paperweight..
I did try to start it in safe mode and do a system recovery there - but it didn't "work" - i.e. it wouldn't accept it and now when I try to get back into safe mode - it just like the other options goes to a black screen
GAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
The guy said (as he tried to lead me through to the screen where you can choose a previous 'good' version) - that because that technique didn't work - that I'll have to take it in. And it's a big job - it'll be about 3-4 hours. Now he didn't mention price - but I'm assuming that I will have to pay him. Why should I have to pay him when I got the computer only in october. And I FOLLOWED what the program/Microsoft wanted me to do. It should be Microsoft fixing it for me - or re-embursing me the repair costs!!
He said I wouldn't loose my data - as he'll use a ghost screen - or what ever.
I hope this is correct and can be promptly fixed on Monday. (Think of all the businesses this will effect).
I'm using my P133 to type this. Lucky I still had it.
GRRR.
Can anyone help?
I don't know anyone who can help - and I tried RINGING Microsoft, here in Australia and they are closed on a weekend!
Thanks
Andrew
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First of all... automatic updates are NOT mandatory. If you don't like them, either kill the update service and download everything yourself, or reconfigure it to act less paranoid. Simple as that.
If you have a bootable XP cd and your BIOS supports the option (which I assume it does), you can reinstall Windows on top of the FUBARed version without losing any of your data. If the cd isn't bootable, you'll need an XP bootdisk to access the cd-rom drive and manually enter the setup process.
Otherwise, ghosting the thing is your only viable alternative.
One last thing. Once you've got the machine up and running again, navigate to control panel --> performance/maintenance --> system --> advanced --> startup/recovery and disable "reboot on system error". Fun may then commence.
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Trust Microsoft to screw up a security update...
I read a report about that notice yesterday, it got their highest alert rating, IIRC. And with them practically requiring everyone to install the update, they end up screwing up all of their clients.
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Oh yeah? Thank goodness I'm using Mac OS X!
(Ahem. Sorry...)
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Funny. I don't have any problems with XP - it doesn't 'make' me update anything. Then again, the fact that you're using Home might have something to do with it (the green loading bar).
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My girlfriend didn't mention any problems with her laptop. It runs XP Home. I'm still using good, solid, reliable 2000 Pro myself.
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Well, the wanker who was working on my computer at the store said it was ok to stop a ghosting halfway through. He neglected to tell me that he had a message saying the partition was weak and the ghosting was taking place sector by sector. Got it home - cause microsucks phone support said they could advise me how to fix the problem for free over the phone. Turn on computer - errors!! They got me to try a few things - basically did nothing - they said take it back.
Took it back to the store - they said that they had so many computers to fix that they couldn't look at it for a few days. Told them about the errors - i coerced out of the dick who did my computer that i had errors - did he get them... "no, oh yes I got some notice and a screen I hadn't seen before..."
When I took it back the guy said that microsoft must have advised me incorrectly - wrong.
So Microsoft denied any wrong-doing - as did the computer store. Got a phone call the next day saying that all the data had been wiped. ARRRGH!
So I still had to pay them $75 to get the windows reinstalled and the updates installed etc. They didn't even put all the other programs on like they did the first time around. I asked them to transfer my old files from my old computer - "Oh, no - we can't do anything like that until after Christmas". Yeah, Thanks.
So bought aNOTHER network card for the NEW computer (already put one on the old one when I got my new computer a few months ago). Got a cross-over cable.
Now have a nice little network set up.
Transferred my files across.
So in summary - this is a nice big FUCK YOU Microsoft - for fucking my computer, loosing my data, and $130 bucks worth of hardware and labour.
Bastards.
Andrew
P.S. Windows feels different to me atm - I don't know if it is just my mind playing tricks on me but is there any settings that the Computer shop might have forgotten to set when they reinstalled Windows that would have a detriment to it's operating/internet speed?
Thanks
Andrew
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quote:Originally posted by Topher: Funny. I don't have any problems with XP - it doesn't 'make' me update anything. Then again, the fact that you're using Home might have something to do with it (the green loading bar).
XP by default has the "Automatically scan for and download updates" setting turned on on most installations, I believe, both Home and Pro. Now, obviously you should turn this off and do it yourself, but I can see their logic. A large majority of people still have an Outlook Express that's vunerable to the Klez virus simply because in 4 years they've never visited Windows Update. It's a lose-lose situation.
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