After SP2 was installed, the system booted up nomally. The strange part is I
guess the 9 were part of the SP2 install and could not be installed until
after a reboot since all I have in the Add/Remove is Windows XP SP2. There
were 5 additional hot fixes that I installed in Safe Mode. I do not have any
of those as individual hot fixes either. I can't be sure if any of them were
for video.
DELL recommends upgrading the BIOS prior to installing SP2, so I guess I'll
go that route next. If that fails that I guess I remove SP2 and try again,
making sure I do a backup after each stage.
"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
> Sam G,
>
> Am slightly confused by your post. After installing SP2 the system
> booted up normally, correct ? Then the 9 updates were installed and now
> the system boots only to Safe Mode, correct ?
> Suggest uninstalling the updates from Add/Remove Programs in the Control
> Panel, one at a time, and then rebooting after each. Hopefully, this
> will determine which one of the updates is causing the issue.
> Can you recall if any of the updates were for video adapter drivers ?
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2004-2005]
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>
> Sam G wrote:
>
> > The upgrade to SP2 from SP1 on Windows XP Professional went well. After
> > rebooting and upgrading the additional 9 hot fixes, my desktop now only boots
> > up in Safe Mode even if I bring up the boot menu and select Normal. Norton
> > AntiVirus comes back negative on any infected files.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
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