PC keeps on restarting after automatic installation of updates

I accessed windows update site and installed available updates except service
pack 3. When I restarted my PC, it displayed the Windows XP logo then a blue
background. After that, it restarted again and again. How do I solve this?
Help me please.

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:46:04 -0800, "buragis" <> wrote:

>I accessed windows update site and installed available updates except service
>pack 3. When I restarted my PC, it displayed the Windows XP logo then a blue
>background. After that, it restarted again and again. How do I solve this?
>Help me please.

Restart the computer in the Safe Mode. After the Power On Self Test (POST) beep, press and hold
the F8 key. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222

Once you're in the Safe Mode, right click on "My Computer" and select Manage.
Expand the Event Viewer category and look through each of the three sub-categories for the red
flagged error records. The date and time of these should correspond to your restarts. Double
click on an error record to see the details of the error.

Now change this restart behavior: Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Advanced
In the Startup and Recovery section, click on the "Settings" button to open the Startup and
Recovery window. In the System Failure section, uncheck "Automatically restart",
Click "Apply", "OK"

After that change, the computer will no longer restart when a system failure occurs. Instead it
will probably throw up a "Blue Screen Of Death" with a STOP error message and then halt
completely, requiring a manual power off and restart (or reset if it has a hardware reset
switch). However, the contents of the STOP error message will give a specific clue
as to the underlying cause of the problem.

Hi Unk

I have extacly the same problem but I cannot even get to safe mode. It
keeps restarting even though I have selected safe mode.

Akz

"Unk" wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:46:04 -0800, "buragis" <> wrote:
>
> >I accessed windows update site and installed available updates except service
> >pack 3. When I restarted my PC, it displayed the Windows XP logo then a blue
> >background. After that, it restarted again and again. How do I solve this?
> >Help me please.
>
> Restart the computer in the Safe Mode. After the Power On Self Test (POST) beep, press and hold
> the F8 key. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222
>
> Once you're in the Safe Mode, right click on "My Computer" and select Manage.
> Expand the Event Viewer category and look through each of the three sub-categories for the red
> flagged error records. The date and time of these should correspond to your restarts. Double
> click on an error record to see the details of the error.
>
> Now change this restart behavior: Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Advanced
> In the Startup and Recovery section, click on the "Settings" button to open the Startup and
> Recovery window. In the System Failure section, uncheck "Automatically restart",
> Click "Apply", "OK"
>
> After that change, the computer will no longer restart when a system failure occurs. Instead it
> will probably throw up a "Blue Screen Of Death" with a STOP error message and then halt
> completely, requiring a manual power off and restart (or reset if it has a hardware reset
> switch). However, the contents of the STOP error message will give a specific clue
> as to the underlying cause of the problem.
>