Re: Installed update, now cannot boot

From: Adriano Galle Dal Prá (dalpra_at_cwb.palm.com.br)
Date: 10/22/03 

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:36:29 -0300

Hi Alexander,

I think its a bug when patches are applied.
I solved here by adding the administrator´s account to Backup Operator´s
group.
It enable the ShutDown and Restart options again.
After booting, I removed the administrator account from backup operators
group.

Adriano Galle Dal Prá

"Alexander J. Sagady ajs@sagady.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:001001c3959b$b0e20da0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I am having the same problem. As soon
> as I installed the October 15, 2003
> MS Windows 2000 Security Updates, it immediately started
> to take 3-5 attempts to get Windows 2000
> Professional with Service Pack 4 running
> before I can get it installed.
>
> What happens is that the machine hangs
> either during the loading of the lower
> right hand tray icons or during the painting
> of the icons on the desk top.
>
> Attempts to use CTRL ALT DEL causes all of
> the icons and windows screen elements except
> the background picture to go away.
> Then the power switch must be used to turn
> off the machine as it is completely stuck and
> will go no further.
>
> This is extremely frustrating!!! How
> can this be solved????
>
> Alex Sagady ajs@sagady.com
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm running 2000 Pro on a Dell P-3 at 1 GHZ. Last night
> >the automatic update feature installed new stuff and now
> >the computer will not boot. It gets through about two-
> >thirds of the second progress bar (the one on the first
> >color screen) and then stops. Ctrl-Alt-Del has no effect.
> >Attempts to use the startup options screen do not work.
> >I cannot turn the computer off -- I must use the reset
> >button or just disconnect it.
> >
> >One other thing... during the same session in which the
> >updates were installed, I also installed the new iTunes
> >software from Apple, though I did not open or use it.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >.
> >