System won't start after rebooting from windows update.

Hi all,

Hope some of you will be able to help me on this.

Last night I had 3 windows updates waiting for install on my WindowsXP SP1
PC, so I click on the small icon on the task bar to install them.

One of them is the most recent security update and another one is Microsoft
GDI+ Detection Tool and the third one I can't remember.

Anyway, after installation finished, it prompt me to restart my system, so I
quit all other programes and then restart my PC manually.

After the POST screen I then got nothing on screen, only a underscore
flaashing on the top left hand corner of my screen. I switch off the power
and on again, still got nothing.

Please help to resolve this as I have work that I haven't backup yet.

Many thanks in advanced!

Try to press several times F8 during starting. You'll maybe see a menu with
the possibility of choice a starting without error.
Good luck
Mitch

"Jack" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Hope some of you will be able to help me on this.
>
> Last night I had 3 windows updates waiting for install on my WindowsXP SP1
> PC, so I click on the small icon on the task bar to install them.
>
> One of them is the most recent security update and another one is Microsoft
> GDI+ Detection Tool and the third one I can't remember.
>
> Anyway, after installation finished, it prompt me to restart my system, so I
> quit all other programes and then restart my PC manually.
>
> After the POST screen I then got nothing on screen, only a underscore
> flaashing on the top left hand corner of my screen. I switch off the power
> and on again, still got nothing.
>
> Please help to resolve this as I have work that I haven't backup yet.
>
> Many thanks in advanced!

I have the same problem. Have just tried to update and when rebooting, I get
a mesage that tells me to run set up. I go to F2 but how do I run set up and
start my computer?

"Mitch" wrote:

> Try to press several times F8 during starting. You'll maybe see a menu with
> the possibility of choice a starting without error.
> Good luck
> Mitch
>
> "Jack" wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Hope some of you will be able to help me on this.
> >
> > Last night I had 3 windows updates waiting for install on my WindowsXP SP1
> > PC, so I click on the small icon on the task bar to install them.
> >
> > One of them is the most recent security update and another one is Microsoft
> > GDI+ Detection Tool and the third one I can't remember.
> >
> > Anyway, after installation finished, it prompt me to restart my system, so I
> > quit all other programes and then restart my PC manually.
> >
> > After the POST screen I then got nothing on screen, only a underscore
> > flaashing on the top left hand corner of my screen. I switch off the power
> > and on again, still got nothing.
> >
> > Please help to resolve this as I have work that I haven't backup yet.
> >
> > Many thanks in advanced!

Hi Sissy,
I have never had this problem but I can try to help you with this suggestion :
Can you exit setup without change and start Windows ?
If you can't, try exit with save changes (without changing) and start Windows.
If Windows doesn't start after setup exit, try to press F8 to have a menu
with starting without error our come back to the last good configuration
(before SP2).
(sorry for my english mistakes)
Mitch
"Sissy" wrote:

> I have the same problem. Have just tried to update and when rebooting, I get
> a mesage that tells me to run set up. I go to F2 but how do I run set up and
> start my computer?
>
> "Mitch" wrote:
>
> > Try to press several times F8 during starting. You'll maybe see a menu with
> > the possibility of choice a starting without error.
> > Good luck
> > Mitch
> >
> > "Jack" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Hope some of you will be able to help me on this.
> > >
> > > Last night I had 3 windows updates waiting for install on my WindowsXP SP1
> > > PC, so I click on the small icon on the task bar to install them.
> > >
> > > One of them is the most recent security update and another one is Microsoft
> > > GDI+ Detection Tool and the third one I can't remember.
> > >
> > > Anyway, after installation finished, it prompt me to restart my system, so I
> > > quit all other programes and then restart my PC manually.
> > >
> > > After the POST screen I then got nothing on screen, only a underscore
> > > flaashing on the top left hand corner of my screen. I switch off the power
> > > and on again, still got nothing.
> > >
> > > Please help to resolve this as I have work that I haven't backup yet.
> > >
> > > Many thanks in advanced!

Hi there,

I have tried that but nothing happened, I have also tried to boot from CD
with the WinXP CD and it stopped at checking system confiruration.

What can I do?

"Mitch" wrote:

> Try to press several times F8 during starting. You'll maybe see a menu with
> the possibility of choice a starting without error.
> Good luck
> Mitch
>
> "Jack" wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Hope some of you will be able to help me on this.
> >
> > Last night I had 3 windows updates waiting for install on my WindowsXP SP1
> > PC, so I click on the small icon on the task bar to install them.
> >
> > One of them is the most recent security update and another one is Microsoft
> > GDI+ Detection Tool and the third one I can't remember.
> >
> > Anyway, after installation finished, it prompt me to restart my system, so I
> > quit all other programes and then restart my PC manually.
> >
> > After the POST screen I then got nothing on screen, only a underscore
> > flaashing on the top left hand corner of my screen. I switch off the power
> > and on again, still got nothing.
> >
> > Please help to resolve this as I have work that I haven't backup yet.
> >
> > Many thanks in advanced!