STOP: ntdll.dll persistent errors

From: Max (max@compusenseinc.com)
Date: 08/27/02 

From: "Max" <max@compusenseinc.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:30:20 -0700

I formatted my hard drive and installed WinXP Professional
clean. Everytime I add soemthing new (i.e. go to windows
Update and add any new file that requires reboot) I die on
reboot with a STOP: error pointig to the ntdll.dll file.
the only way I can get past it is to rollback to "last
known good configuration"

I can get in via safe mode, but that seemed to kill my
rollback once, (and required a reinstall of XP) so I
stopped doing that.

How can I debug this???
none of my WindowsXP updates get installed since I have to
keep rolling them back, plus it's annoying.

this motherboard and hard drive have hosted Win98, ME, and
2000 Pro with no problems. Is XP a cursed OS????

Looking forward to some useful questions for clarification
and answers.

Regards,
Michael Larson

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