Problem with MS08-030 / bthport.sys?? What starts up after WLNOTIFY?

[Guest tbone]

My Windows XP Pro SP2 laptop won't boot after applying the MS08-030

update. Windows gets stuck at the "starting up" screen.

 

I replaced bthport.sys with the old file from the uninstall folder,

but that didn't help.

 

Using a BartPE CD, I was able to edit the registry to turn on verbose

status messages during boot. Now I can see what's happening (not

much). XP hangs while starting up WLNOTIFY. I see periodic disk

activity, but I've seen that before (something about sensing the DVD

drive). I've let it sit for over 20 minutes; still no boot.

 

I read about the trojan WINOTIFY and made sure I have the real thing.

I also copied a backup from dllcache, but still no joy.

 

The latest thing I tried was to actually delete WLNOTIFY.DLL (again,

with BartPE giving me access). Now XP is stuck on "RPCSS is

starting...", which I think I saw before, just before starting

WLNOTIFY before.

 

It seems like whatever happens right after WLNOTIFY is started is

where the problem is. Naturally, my backup is out of date enough that

I'd really like to get this system fixed.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

tbone

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Problem with MS08-030 / bthport.sys?? What starts up after WLNOTIFY?

 

>My Windows XP Pro SP2 laptop won't boot after applying the MS08-030

>update. Windows gets stuck at the "starting up" screen.

>

>I replaced bthport.sys with the old file from the uninstall folder,

>but that didn't help.

>

>Using a BartPE CD, I was able to edit the registry to turn on verbose

>status messages during boot. Now I can see what's happening (not

>much). XP hangs while starting up WLNOTIFY. I see periodic disk

>activity, but I've seen that before (something about sensing the DVD

>drive). I've let it sit for over 20 minutes; still no boot.

>

>I read about the trojan WINOTIFY and made sure I have the real thing.

>I also copied a backup from dllcache, but still no joy.

>

>The latest thing I tried was to actually delete WLNOTIFY.DLL (again,

>with BartPE giving me access). Now XP is stuck on "RPCSS is

>starting...", which I think I saw before, just before starting

>WLNOTIFY before.

>

>It seems like whatever happens right after WLNOTIFY is started is

>where the problem is. Naturally, my backup is out of date enough that

>I'd really like to get this system fixed.

>

>Any ideas?

>

>Thanks

>tbone

 

Microsoft re-released this patch on the 19th. Grab it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=980bb421-950f-4825-8039-44cc961a47b8&DisplayLang=en

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest tbone]

Re: Problem with MS08-030 / bthport.sys?? What starts up after WLNOTIFY?

 

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:23:55 -0500, Thee Chicago Wolf <.@.> wrote:

>

>Microsoft re-released this patch on the 19th. Grab it here:

>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=980bb421-950f-4825-8039-44cc961a47b8&DisplayLang=en

>

>- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

Thanks, but this is actually the update that seems to have caused the

problem. I installed that update on the 20th, and then couldn't boot.

I've been wrestling with this problem since then.

 

I already backed this out by copying back the bthport.sys file saved

in the uninstall folder (date is 4/13/08 as opposed to 6/13/08).

 

Thanks

tbone

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: Problem with MS08-030 / bthport.sys?? What starts up after WLNOTIFY?

 

>>Microsoft re-released this patch on the 19th. Grab it here:

>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=980bb421-950f-4825-8039-44cc961a47b8&DisplayLang=en

>>

>>- Thee Chicago Wolf

>

>Thanks, but this is actually the update that seems to have caused the

>problem. I installed that update on the 20th, and then couldn't boot.

>I've been wrestling with this problem since then.

>

>I already backed this out by copying back the bthport.sys file saved

>in the uninstall folder (date is 4/13/08 as opposed to 6/13/08).

>

>Thanks

>tbone

 

Any odd messages in your event viewer that may clue you in to causes

outside of the BT driver?

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest tbone]

Re: Problem with MS08-030 / bthport.sys?? What starts up after WLNOTIFY?

 

My apologies to anyone on this trail. I couldn't futz with it any

longer. I reverted to a backup and that eliminated the problem. I may

never know (I can only hope!).

 

tbone