What does one do when one installs Windows XP patches in hopes that it'll make the computer safer, but instead it no longer boots and the Microsoft site tells me this?
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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to perform an in-place upgrade, or reinstallation, of Microsoft Windows XP...Such a repair installation may be required if one of the following conditions is true:
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The problem is caused by a recently installed Microsoft software update, and you cannot solve the problem in any other way.
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