Hello Everyone,
I wanted to thank everyone for the great information and discusion in this thread!
We have found that there is only one patch that requires un-installation to resolve the blue screen issue. KB977165 is the patch in question, the other patches do not seem to cause the blue screen behaviour and do not need to be uninstalled.
With that in mind, here's the updated solution steps:
- Boot from your Windows XP CD or DVD and start the recovery console (see this Microsoft article for help with this step)
Once you are in the Repair Screen..
- Type this command: CHDIR $NtUninstallKB977165$\spuninst
- Type this command: BATCH spuninst.txt
- When complete, type this command: exit
IMPORTANT: If you are able to uninstall the patch and get back into Windows, in order to stay protected you can use the following automated solution which secures your PC against the vulnerabilities that are resolved with KB977165 until you
can successfully get the update installed without the blue screens.
Please see the link below for the article describing the vulnerability that is fixed with KB977165 and how you can get protected without installing the actual KB update:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979682
I also wanted to thank maxyimus for the great thread, and LThibx for their participation as well!
Thanks,
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
We tried to perform the steps you indicated above. However, it does not always work in most cases.
Let me know your thoughts on this.
Here's what I did on one of the computers:
Troubleshooting Steps Performed:
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Action: Tried to follow http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/307654.
Result: Successful.
Action: Tried to do the ff:
- Type this command: CHDIR $NtUninstallKB977165$\spuninst
- Type this command: BATCH spuninst.txt
- When complete, type this command: exit
Result: Successful.
Action: Tried to restart the computer in the Normal Mode.
Result: Computer keeps logging off.
Action: Tried to boot computer in Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Safe Mode with Command Prompt, Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure and logon to the Administrator and Kiwi user accounts.
Result: Computer is still logging off automatically.
Action: Tried to do the ff:
- Type this command: CHDIR $NtUninstallKB977165$\spuninst
- Type this command: BATCH spuninst.txt
- Type systemroot.
- Repeat steps 2-4 for the following KB#s:
KB978262
KB971468
KB978037
KB975713
KB978251
KB978706
KB977165
KB975560
KB977914
- When complete, type this command: exit
Result: Successful.
Action: Tried to boot computer in Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Safe Mode with Command Prompt, Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure and logon to the Administrator and other user accounts.
Result: Computer is still logging off automatically still.