SP2 installed, error message 0x0000007E

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Installed SP2 on XP Home Edition and get error message stop: 0x0000007E
(0x0000005, 0x00000000, 0xF7A770C0, 0xF7A76DBC). Have been searching articles
for days. Can probably fix any other problem in the world now, but not this
one.

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"MAP" wrote:

> Birdman wrote:
> > Installed SP2 on XP Home Edition and get error message stop:
> > 0x0000007E (0x0000005, 0x00000000, 0xF7A770C0, 0xF7A76DBC). Have been
> > searching articles for days. Can probably fix any other problem in
> > the world now, but not this one.
>
> Looks like it could be caused by several reasons.
> I would geuss that you have one or more drivers that are not compatiable
> with SP2 or perhaps a parasite.
> http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php
>
> Did you prepare your system before you installed SP2?
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
>
>
> --
> Mike Pawlak
>
>
> Thank you for the link to www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm. That site did not have all the info I needed but it got me started in the right direction. I ended up at Microsoft article #Q316434, "How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP" which has a section on "How to remove unsigned drivers" using "sigverif" and moved all unsigned drivers to a new folder. Then I performed a normal boot and SUCCESS AT LAST! From there I put those drivers back in 4 at a time until the problem resurfaced. For me, the driver at fault was IPVNMON.SYS. I never found it tied to any program, but there it was! Also, I would like to thank Ron Martell whose aid was invaluable.