Had to do a system restore - rollback to get out of that mess as well.

Microsoft you have a working operating system that needs little if any
improvement & you just screwed it up yet again.
You charge a considerable amount for the OS & it doesn't work.
Microsoft when are you going to fix this mess you created.
No wonder people fear doing updates.

"Jud McCranie" wrote:

> I have an HP computer that came with Windows XP home SP2 (media
> edition). I tried to upgrade to SP3, but after it reboots, it gets
> stuck in a loop of showing the blue screen, the screen with the blue
> dots going across it, and the screen that gives the option of booting
> in safe mode. It kept going through those screens. Fortunately, I
> was able to restore the system back to SP2. I tried to install it a
> second time, but with the same result. Again, I was able to use
> system restore.
>
> Is there a way to get the SP3 update to install? I'm getting nervous
> about trying again because I don't want the computer to get into a
> state where it is not useable.
> Replace you know what by j to email