Once you're in XP in Safe Mode, Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel
(ensure the box for hide updates is NOT checked) and remove it.

Then visit your motherboard manufacturer's website and look for a BIOS
update.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"James Potterton" <James Potterton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:B513AAEC-123E-417B-A5AE-AAA67890A6F2@microsoft.com...
>I have just downloaded and installed SP2, however, after i restart it wont
> load up, it will reach the xp logo and the scrolling bar and restart., but
> will work fine in safe mode, which is how im doing this.
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated
>
> If its any use im running an AMD athlon 64, MSI board and corsair RAM
>