I know spyware is an issue but people tend to blame it for eveything that
goes wrong on an OS and thier divorces and WMD's too. I have scanned with
four different spyware tools. I do not have spyware on my system, if I do
it's hidden so well it deserves to stay there. What other possible issues
can cause the "Sorry for the inconvienience but Windows can not start because
this upgrade sucks" message.
Onward through the fog


"Shumandu" wrote:

> Even though I'm still not convinced of the value, after much study and prep I
> decided to install SP2. I followed all suggestions for a successful install.
> Downloaded all current updates to SP1, disabled McAfee virus and firewall,
> and ZeroSpyware spyware programs even removed them from startup after full
> clean scans, removed all virtual drives i.e. Game Drive, I am the
> administrator.
> I used the install disc and after indicating a successful install I
> restarted the system.
> I then got the "Sorry Windows was unable to start" screen. I let it try to
> restart after count down but just got the same screen. I then started in
> safe mode and was able to access Windows. I removed SP2 and restored to
> SP1. I then tried to update to SP2 via Windows update site with the same
> results. What am I missing?
> I am running SATA Raid 0, and have a gig of memory even though Msinfo32
> shows only 512 MB, the system is 2 year old assembled by ABS Computers.
> Here is my system info as per, Msinfo32:
> System Information report written at: 01/20/05 23:02:53
> System Name: FOGBUSTER
> [System Summary (C:\DOCUME~1\BOBSHU~1\MYDOCU~1\SYSTEM~1.NFO)]
>
> Item Value
> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name FOGBUSTER
> System Manufacturer Magnell
> System Model AWRDACPI
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 8 AuthenticAMD ~2210 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F11, 1/16/2004
> SMBIOS Version 2.3
> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> Locale United States
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
> User Name FOGBUSTER\Bob Shumaker
> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
> Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
> Available Physical Memory 539.01 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 3.41 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 2.63 GB
> Page File Space 2.41 GB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>
>