Black Screen of Death for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Upgrades

                   
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softpedia.com     Aug 8, 2008            

Performed on XP SP2 and Vista RTM copies with Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed By: Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor Microsoft has warned end users that performing Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades from copies of XP SP2 and Vista RTM, respectively, that have Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed will cause the operating systems to display a black screen following reboot. According to the Redmond company, the issue is generated by an incompatibility between the two service pack releases and Saming OneKey recovery software driver Safnt.sys. This means that deploying SP1 on top of Vista RTM, or SP3 on top of XP SP2, with Onekey Recovery 5.0 also installed, will result in a black screen of death. Microsoft revealed that this scenario would happen whether the service pack upgrade is performed from Windows... [read full story]                    

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XP SP3

w-uh.com     Aug 7, 2008          

So, I am taking my computing life into my hands, and - gasp! - installing XP SP3. Yes, I have a current backup, thanks for asking. If past experience is any guide, having it will be the main reason I don't need it. And so it...                    

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XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Hit with New Round of Critical Vulnerabilities

softpedia.com     Aug 8, 2008          

At the start of July, Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer, revealed that the Redmond company considers Windows Vista an apex of security, and in this sense, superior to Mac OS X, Linux, the whole of open source and...                    

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Black Screen for Windows Vista & XP

cellphone9.com     Aug 9, 2008          

Microsoft has recently announced that Windows Vista will display a black screen when upgraded from OneKey Recovery 5.0 installed copies of Vista RTM to Windows Vista SP 1. Likewise, upgrading to Windows XP SP3 from SP2 would...                    

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Black Screen for Windows Vista & XP

softratty.com     Aug 9, 2008          

Microsoft has recently announced that Windows Vista will display a black screen when upgraded from OneKey Recovery 5.0 installed copies of Vista RTM to Windows Vista SP 1. Likewise, upgrading to Windows XP SP3 from SP2 would...                    

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Embracing the Vista

coffeetalking.com     Aug 9, 2008          

Two years ago my desktop computer died... not only giving me the constant blue screens but did you know there was a red screen after the blue screen? LOL. I did everything I could to bring it back, including reinstalling the...                    

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