Posted on 02/12/2010 10:34:08 AM PST by zeugma
"Tuesday's security updates from Microsoft have crippled Windows XP PCs with the notorious Blue Screen of Death, users have reported on the company's support forum. Complaints began early yesterday, and gained momentum throughout the day. 'I updated 11 Windows XP updates today and restarted my PC like it asked me to,' said a user identified as 'tansenroy' who kicked off a growing support thread: 'From then on, Windows cannot restart again! It is stopping at the blue screen with the following message: 'A problem has been detected and Windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.' Others joined in with similar reports. Several users posted solutions, but the one laid out by 'maxyimus' was marked by a Microsoft support engineer as the way out of the perpetual blue screens."
Update: 2/12/2010:
"A rootkit infection may be the cause of a Windows Blue Screen of Death issue experienced by Windows XP users who applied the latest round of Microsoft patches. It appears that the affected Windows PCs had the rootkit infection prior to deploying the Microsoft patches. Researcher Patrick W. Barnes, investigating the issue, has isolated the infection to the Windows atapi.sys file, a driver used by Windows to connect hard drives and other components. Barnes identified the infection as the Tdss-rootkit, which surfaced last November and has been spreading quickly, creating zombie machines for botnet activity."
OH MAN that funny ROFL
That doesn’t get old
“ya, but my comp was preloaded. hence i have no xp disk. what should i do besides kill myself?”
When my XP PC (the same one!) went belly up a couple years ago, I too had no recovery disk. I simply bought one on the internet. I specified the exact model (HP Pavillion 530, I think) searched for a recovery disk and found a set for a reasonable price. I recovered not only my OS, but all my files.
Wish you similar success!
Thanks for the ping.
I honestly cannot say, other than to say you're fairly lucky from what I understand. I think it largely depends upon what hardware, software, and drivers you use. Some folks have no end of trouble, and others find things to be fairly trouble-free.
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