Solve : XP SP3 installed keeps rebooting before login?

1.	Solve : XP SP3 installed keeps rebooting before login?
Answer» Removed anti-virus. I then loaded SP3 after installing the original XP disk that came with computer, After installing rebooted computer never got to login screen. Like a flash, a blue screen comes up but blinks away before I can see the error message and then reboots. After going into safe mode and removing SP3, computer boot normal, down to SP2. I download again from the Microsoft Website and used same problem occurs. Have set for automatic download. I do love my XP. Have I missed something? Please can anyone help. Original Disk has SP2 on it came with Computer. Compaq Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002. AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 986 MHz, 1.93 GB RAM 1TB Internal Hard Drive [email PROTECTED]Maybe you are in this mess that I was in a ways back with a HP workstation that had a AMD CPU and didnt like SP3, since Compaq and HP merged: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2478484/smartphones/fixing-the-xp-sp3-reboot-blues.htmlWhen you first (re)boot, immediately use F8 to go to your Advanced Startup menu, and select the option to not automatically restart with system FAILURES. Then at least you should be able to see your BSoD messages. Also, you may be able to see past ones by using the Event Viewer, in Control Panel -> Administrative Tools.Download BlueScreenView to your desktop. BlueScreenView unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program. when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next reply. The link given above by DaveLembke is very relevant. Intel and AMD CPUs need a slightly different something in the core part of the OS. Look at this: Quote The core problem though isn't that XP SP3 has a problem with AMD processors. It's that some vendors, and HP is the one that usually gets mentioned, used the same XP image on both their Intel and AMD systems. Usually that's not a problem. It's sloppy WORKMANSHIP at the factory, but not a show-stopper. Well, until now anyway. The experience of the OP would suggest the above assertion is true. The OP has a legal version of XP sp-2 from HP. Here is untitled to a free SP3 update. But he needs the full install version made by HP. I have one, but I am not nearby to him. He might find a local fiend that has a legal version of the HP XP SP3 CD. Downloading it by P2P would be a possible violation of copyright, so I will not offer the OP a download. Otherwise he would have to buy it, which is very unfair. It is the fault of HP. Maybe HP offers a free download to its registered customers. That was the exact wording for the menu option, I couldn't recall but it was close; "Disable automatic restart on system failure." To quote another part of that article: Quote Well, actually it only seems like reboot censored. You can stop the madness by hitting the F8 key when you first see the black Windows XP screen. Then, on the character-based menu, select "Disable automatic restart on system failure." Chances are I didn't have to tell you that if you've been seeing the reboot cycle for a while. Then select Safe Mode... On my system I think it's too late if you wait 'til you see that XP screen to press F8, you have to hit it immediately after (re)boot-- or keep hitting it until the menu comes up.

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Removed anti-virus. I then loaded SP3 after installing the original XP disk that came with computer, After installing rebooted computer never got to login screen. Like a flash, a blue screen comes up but blinks away before I can see the error message and then reboots. After going into safe mode and removing SP3, computer boot normal, down to SP2. I download again from the Microsoft Website and used same problem occurs. Have set for automatic download. I do love my XP. Have I missed something? Please can anyone help.

Original Disk has SP2 on it came with Computer.
Compaq Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002.
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+
986 MHz, 1.93 GB RAM
1TB Internal Hard Drive

[email PROTECTED]Maybe you are in this mess that I was in a ways back with a HP workstation that had a AMD CPU and didnt like SP3, since Compaq and HP merged:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2478484/smartphones/fixing-the-xp-sp3-reboot-blues.htmlWhen you first (re)boot, immediately use F8 to go to your Advanced Startup menu, and select the option to not automatically restart with system FAILURES. Then at least you should be able to see your BSoD messages. Also, you may be able to see past ones by using the Event Viewer, in Control Panel -> Administrative Tools.Download BlueScreenView to your desktop.
BlueScreenView
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next reply.
The link given above by DaveLembke is very relevant. Intel and AMD CPUs need a slightly different something in the core part of the OS.
Look at this:
Quote

The core problem though isn't that XP SP3 has a problem with AMD processors. It's that some vendors, and HP is the one that usually gets mentioned, used the same XP image on both their Intel and AMD systems. Usually that's not a problem. It's sloppy WORKMANSHIP at the factory, but not a show-stopper. Well, until now anyway.

The experience of the OP would suggest the above assertion is true.

The OP has a legal version of XP sp-2 from HP. Here is untitled to a free SP3 update. But he needs the full install version made by HP. I have one, but I am not nearby to him. He might find a local fiend that has a legal version of the HP XP SP3 CD. Downloading it by P2P would be a possible violation of copyright, so I will not offer the OP a download.
Otherwise he would have to buy it, which is very unfair. It is the fault of HP. Maybe HP offers a free download to its registered customers.

That was the exact wording for the menu option, I couldn't recall but it was close; "Disable automatic restart on system failure." To quote another part of that article:

Quote

Well, actually it only seems like reboot *censored*. You can stop the madness by hitting the F8 key when you first see the black Windows XP screen. Then, on the character-based menu, select "Disable automatic restart on system failure." Chances are I didn't have to tell you that if you've been seeing the reboot cycle for a while. Then select Safe Mode...

On my system I think it's too late if you wait 'til you see that XP screen to press F8, you have to hit it immediately after (re)boot-- or keep hitting it until the menu comes up.

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