# Help! Windows will not boot after an automatic update

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by charrington (Zone BBS is my Life) on Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 13:37:19

Well, Pretty explanatory. Automatic Updates was running in the background, It popped up the window to restart, I clicked restart, and now the computer's flashing this screen and one of the options is revert to saved configuration... Sorry, Can't remember what else it said. We can get it to boot in safe mode, but How to get it back to regular?
Thanks a lot,
Chris Harrington

## Post 2 by rat (star trek rules!) on Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 16:33:32

revert to the last good configoration is your only choice there, or a system restore if it's offered

## Post 3 by charrington (Zone BBS is my Life) on Saturday, 30-Aug-2008 17:21:27

When you click on the revert to saved configuration, it just restarts and does the same thing again...

## Post 4 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 0:03:47

ah it's an o s issue

## Post 5 by BlindTechsNet (Veteran Zoner) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 10:21:28

I just installed sp3 on a hp box I have and am now experiencing the same thing, error is isass.exe system error and from what I research the only way is to reinstall. no one has successfully fixed this issue and well, I guesss today when my x wife comes by to read the screen, I will be reinstalling windows xp

## Post 6 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 10:25:44

strange this, that sp3 creates errors for some and not for others. it really pisses me off, why can't microsoft sort their shit so it doens't cause issues?

## Post 7 by fuzzy101 (The master of fuzz!!) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 11:58:04

I have successfully installed SP3 on 2 computers but I'm not sure if I want to on my remaining laptops with this issue.

## Post 8 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 12:13:01

i've installed it on my desktop and laptop. my advice is to backup everything, then create a restore point on every pc before installing sp3.

## Post 9 by jeffreyshockley (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 12:22:53

If the machine in question is a HP, and it has an AMD processor, well, HP has made a fix for it.
See
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericSoftwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-60484-2&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
iF that isn't the case, well, then you'll have to do a reformat and reinstall Windows, or the othere option is to boot into safe Mode and do a System REstore.
HTH

## Post 10 by charrington (Zone BBS is my Life) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 21:20:15

Hey guys,
The system Restore worked. Thanks!

## Post 11 by Big Pawed Bear (letting his paws be his guide.) on Sunday, 31-Aug-2008 23:32:23

good to hear that. i must say, i installed some updates yesterday and used the system restore feature to create restore point, just in case, didn't need it though, thank heavens.