On the off-chance that there are more poor souls around like me who have struggled to log on to XP after Microsoft sent bad definitions/updates to Microsoft Security Essentials on 4-15 and are still pulling their hair out I thought I'd start this thread.
Yesterday I finally realized what's at the root of the problem and how to fix it.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-windows/7e105845-e4e7-4b0d-b7f8-485ba538e3b2
While I did not get any error messages as explained in the above link my laptop refused to budge past the log on screen. Microsoft did patch with another update the following day but that did not reach all those computers hanging at the welcome screen or displaying the dreaded blue or black screens.
Even booting up in safe mode with networking was no help since MSE cannot be uninstalled in safe mode or updated. I found the fix on the MS website and followed instructions.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971606
I hope this will help somebody still at a loss why they can't load xp - I know I was pulling my hair out for the past few days
Yesterday I finally realized what's at the root of the problem and how to fix it.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-windows/7e105845-e4e7-4b0d-b7f8-485ba538e3b2
While I did not get any error messages as explained in the above link my laptop refused to budge past the log on screen. Microsoft did patch with another update the following day but that did not reach all those computers hanging at the welcome screen or displaying the dreaded blue or black screens.
Even booting up in safe mode with networking was no help since MSE cannot be uninstalled in safe mode or updated. I found the fix on the MS website and followed instructions.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971606
I hope this will help somebody still at a loss why they can't load xp - I know I was pulling my hair out for the past few days