Auto Update Sept 9 causes endless loop

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Tom wrote:
> Operating system Windows XP SP3.
>
> Nvidia update installed Sept 9 caused endless loop on reboot. Blue
> screen message indicated NV4_disp was the probable cause.
>
> I booted in safe mode and did a restore to just before the update and
> all is fine. I have cancelled Automatic Updates and will not turn on
> again until next month's updates are due.
>
> Hope the problem will be solved at MS's end by then.

Operating system Windows XP SP3.

Nvidia update installed Sept 9 caused endless loop on reboot. Blue
screen message indicated NV4_disp was the probable cause.

I booted in safe mode and did a restore to just before the update and
all is fine. I have cancelled Automatic Updates and will not turn on
again until next month's updates are due.

Hope the problem will be solved at MS's end by then.

Tom
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In the beginning when men cursed and beat the ground
with sticks, they called it witchcraft. Now they call
it golf.

Will Rogers.

Tom, to the best of my knowledge all driver updates are optional and do not
auto download and update.

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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009
Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org


"Tom" wrote:

> Operating system Windows XP SP3.
>
> Nvidia update installed Sept 9 caused endless loop on reboot. Blue
> screen message indicated NV4_disp was the probable cause.
>
> I booted in safe mode and did a restore to just before the update and
> all is fine. I have cancelled Automatic Updates and will not turn on
> again until next month's updates are due.
>
> Hope the problem will be solved at MS's end by then.
>
> Tom
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
> In the beginning when men cursed and beat the ground
> with sticks, they called it witchcraft. Now they call
> it golf.
>
> Will Rogers.
>

The update did come as an Automatic Update, and I declined the default
option to automatically install it(I usually just let it do its thing)
and chose the Custom Install so I could have a look at what was about
to install. I did this because I had just installed SP3 and did not
want to reinstall it. Unfortunately, I did not write down the KB
number and only remember thinking that it did not look like it could
do any harm.

Now I learn that the endless loop problem is widespread for users of
NVidia, mostly among gamers(I am not a gamer).

I add this further information so that if MS techs monitor these pages
they will have more to go on.

Tom

TaurArian <taurarian@gmail.com> wrote:

>Tom, to the best of my knowledge all driver updates are optional and do not
>auto download and update.
>
>-
>--------------------------------
>TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009
>Update Services
>http://taurarian.mvps.org
>
>
>"Tom" wrote:
>
>> Operating system Windows XP SP3.
>>
>> Nvidia update installed Sept 9 caused endless loop on reboot. Blue
>> screen message indicated NV4_disp was the probable cause.
>>
>> I booted in safe mode and did a restore to just before the update and
>> all is fine. I have cancelled Automatic Updates and will not turn on
>> again until next month's updates are due.
>>
>> Hope the problem will be solved at MS's end by then.
>>
>> Tom
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~
>> In the beginning when men cursed and beat the ground
>> with sticks, they called it witchcraft. Now they call
>> it golf.
>>
>> Will Rogers.
>>
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