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		<description><![CDATA[There are reports that Microsoft's latest update for Windows XP is crashing a lot of users' computers. When you apply the patch and reboot, Windows says: "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer."

Here's the procedure to uninstall the patch so you boot again.



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are reports that <strong>Microsoft</strong>&#8217;s latest <strong>update</strong> for <strong>Windows XP</strong> is <strong>crashing</strong> a lot of users&#8217; computers. When you apply the patch and reboot, Windows says: &#8220;A problem has been detected and <strong>Windows</strong> has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.&#8221;</p>
<h2>More information on the problem</h2>
<p>According to a post on the <strong>Microsoft Answers</strong> forum, this is what is being displayed when you reboot after applying the latest <strong>Windows XP patch</strong>:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="en" style="font-family:monospace;">A problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer. 
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PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
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Technical Information:
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STOP: 0x00000050 (0x80097004, 0x00000001, 0x80515103, 0x00000000).</pre></div></div>

<p>It seems that the cause of the problem was a <strong>virus</strong> or rootkit, but the exact one is unclear at this time.</p>
<h2>Uninstalling the patch</h2>
<p>The Windows Forum at Microsoft Answers has this <a href="http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/73cea559-ebbd-4274-96bc-e292b69f2fd1">post</a>:</p>
<p>1. Boot from your Windows XP CD or DVD and start the recovery console (see this <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/307654">Microsoft article</a> for help with this step)</p>
<p>Once you are in the Repair Screen:</p>
<p>2. Type this command:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="dos" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #b1b100; font-weight: bold;">CHDIR</span> $NtUninstallKB977165$\spuninst</pre></div></div>

<p>3. Type this command:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="dos" style="font-family:monospace;">BATCH spuninst.txt</pre></div></div>

<p>4. When complete, type this command:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="dos" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #00b100; font-weight: bold;">exit</span></pre></div></div>

<h3>Protecting yourself after uninstalling the patch</h3>
<p>After you uninstall the patch, your computer is <strong>vulnerable</strong> to the reason the patch was installed in the first place. See <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979682">this article</a> on how to <strong>protect</strong> yourself:</p>
<h2>Accessing your files with Ubuntu Linux</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-807" title="ubuntu-desktop" src="http://digitivity.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ubuntu-desktop-150x92.jpg" alt="ubuntu-desktop" width="150" height="92" /></a>If you don&#8217;t want to mess around with installing or uninstalling patches, and you just need to get some <strong>files</strong> off your computer, you can do so with <strong>Ubuntu</strong>, a friendly version of <strong>Linux</strong>.</p>
<p>Just <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download">download the latest version of Ubuntu</a> here, burn the download as a CD on a friend&#8217;s computer, and <strong>boot</strong> from it on your computer. You may need to set your computer to boot from the <strong>CD-ROM drive</strong>.</p>
<p>Ubuntu is able to read <strong>NTFS</strong>-format hard <strong>drives</strong> used by <strong>Windows XP</strong>. You don&#8217;t need to do anything special. Just select your hard drive from the <strong>Places menu</strong> on the top taskbar.</p>
<p>Copy your files to a <strong>USB thumbdrive</strong>, and you can worry about your Windows installation later.</p>
<h2>Resources</h2>
<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/11/2217239/Windows-Patch-Leaves-Many-XP-Users-With-Blue-Screens">Slashdot discussion</a></p>
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