Serious Problem Needs Imediate help!

I was asked to update a few computers in my friends office today. They are
all running windows XP Home edition. They have never been updated. So I was
updating a few of them at a time. Well, The first list of critical updates
downloaded and installed. Then I was promted to restart. After I restarted
2 of the computer will no longer boot. One gets to the loading screen and
then restarts again and again. the other asks for a bios password takes it
and then right before it starts loading windows it blue screens faster than i
can read and reboots. I really need to get these computers up and running.
Usually I would fix the problem in safe mode, but I can't even get to that
and reinstalling windows isn't an option. There are files on the computer
that need to be saved. Thank you for any help.

Wow thanks! This is some good info. I am going in early tomorrow will post
with what ended up working incase anyone is interested

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Try a Repair Install. It won't mess with the files. But I would check
> for Malware first. You can use these free sites
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> http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner...ource=appvisit
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> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
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> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
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> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
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> http://www.webroot.com/
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> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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> This is a good site for Info on Repair Installs
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> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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> "TecInNeed" <> wrote in message
> news:94F2EA3A-4392-4B26-B5A8-...
> >I was asked to update a few computers in my friends office today. They are
> > all running windows XP Home edition. They have never been updated. So I
> > was
> > updating a few of them at a time. Well, The first list of critical
> > updates
> > downloaded and installed. Then I was promted to restart. After I
> > restarted
> > 2 of the computer will no longer boot. One gets to the loading screen and
> > then restarts again and again. the other asks for a bios password takes
> > it
> > and then right before it starts loading windows it blue screens faster
> > than i
> > can read and reboots. I really need to get these computers up and
> > running.
> > Usually I would fix the problem in safe mode, but I can't even get to that
> > and reinstalling windows isn't an option. There are files on the computer
> > that need to be saved. Thank you for any help.
>
>
>