sp3 endless reboots fix?

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August 14th, 2008, 18:35 PM
usergame

sp3 endless reboots fix?

I've read about the fixes out there but what can I do when safe mode reboots endlessly (all modes) and it won't even get into bios. It's asking for a password that I never assigned.
August 14th, 2008, 19:36 PM
phishhead

looks like its time to restore that image you took before you tried to install sp3 ;)
August 15th, 2008, 19:28 PM
usergame

I never made an image. It's my mom's computer - just email and hospital website.

So now the computer is useless. Bill owes my mom a computer
August 15th, 2008, 20:41 PM
Reverend

system restore. SP3 should have made a restore point prior to installation.
August 15th, 2008, 20:42 PM
Reverend

Re-download SP3 from here and reinstall.
August 16th, 2008, 07:09 AM
usergame

how am I going to do a system restore when it also crashes and reboots in safe mode?
August 17th, 2008, 18:11 PM
Reverend

Boot from the CD and carry out a repair.
August 18th, 2008, 02:41 AM
usergame

Quote:

Originally Posted by usergame

I've read about the fixes out there but what can I do when safe mode reboots endlessly (all modes) and it won't even get into bios. It's asking for a password that I never assigned.

How can I boot from CD when I can't get into bios? Clicking it without a password doesn't work. SP3 made a brick out of my mom's computer.
August 18th, 2008, 18:49 PM
Reverend

Quote:

Originally Posted by usergame

How can I boot from CD when I can't get into bios?

You don't always need to change the Boot sequence in the BIOS to boot from a CD.

Some machines will autodetect a bootable CD and give you the option to boot from it.
August 18th, 2008, 19:10 PM
usergame

I finally got into bios. I ran repair but the damn thing went on a reboot loop again several times so I let it go then finally a blue screen came on with a windows dialog saying: "the system is not fully installed. Please run setup again"

So back in repair mode:

Quote:

setup already attempted to upgrade the following windows installating blah blah.....

Setup will try to complete the upgrade again....

***edit: seems to be stuck on "setup will complete in approximately 39 minutes"
August 18th, 2008, 21:56 PM
Reverend

Unplug any unnecessary peripherals prior to setup
August 18th, 2008, 22:36 PM
usergame

Back on track now. Thanks Reverend
August 19th, 2008, 09:38 AM
PIPER

as usual Rev....u da man!!!....:D
August 21st, 2008, 01:47 AM
usergame

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reverend

Re-download SP3 from here and reinstall.

Tried to install in regular mode and safe mode with all peripherals unplugged but I get, "SP3 - ACCESS DENIED"

**edit - found this and will try it

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2586439&SiteID=17

1. Make a backup of your registry.

2. Download and install subinacl.exe.

3. Create a file called reset.cmd with Notepad. Copy the text below into the file reset.cmd and run reset.cmd with administrative rights (it may take a LONG time):

cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\inf\defltbase.inf /db defltbase.sdb /verbose

4. Reboot at SAFE MODE and try install SP3 again.

Good luck.

*******edit****

the solution worked