RE: STOP error after SP2 update

From: cobra (cobra_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:17:02 -0700

Hi, Terry,

I had the same problem. No one could help. I had to reinstall XP. This
administrator password thing is an unnecessary pain in the ass. Microshaft
is no help; they are the problem.

Sorry I don't have better news.

"Terry" wrote:

> I have a problem with a XP system that had the auto update
> feature enabled, and after the user seen the SP2 being
> downloaded, and after they rebooted their system, the
> system starts to boot up, and fails. When I go into the
> option to not to restart after system failure, I get an
> error of STOP: c0000135 ... winsrv not found...
> When searching microsoft, I have found this error on win
> 2000 SP updates, but nothing on XP. I'm assuming it's
> probably the same problem. My next problem though is that
> they don't know the admin password to the system, so I
> can't even get into the recovery console to try and copy
> the file from the CD. Any suggestions with out installing
> a new copy of XP?
>

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