Black Screen of Death for Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 Upgrades with Onekey Recovery Installed - KB951618
Microsoft warned end users that performing Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 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 black screen of death 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 Windows Vista RTM, or SP3 on top of Windows 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 Update or through any other method. “This issue occurs when the computer contains Onekey recovery software that is earlier than version 5.1. If the computer uses the Onekey recovery software version 5.1 or later versions, this issue does not occur,” the company revealed, explaining that “Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP2 are incompatible with Onekey Recovery 5.0.”
Users affected by the problem can access updates from Microsoft that will help them deal with the incompatibility. There are releases available for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista RTM and SP1, and only for the x86 variants of XP SP2 and SP3. Additionally, the software giant,Microsoft explained that in order “to avoid this issue, use one of the following methods: use the Windows Update Web site to install the hotfix before you upgrade the operating system or upgrade to the newer one-key recovery application before you upgrade the operating system.”
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Popularity: 1%This means that deploying SP1 on top of Windows Vista RTM, or SP3 on top of Windows 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 Update or through any other method. “This issue occurs when the computer contains Onekey recovery software that is earlier than version 5.1. If the computer uses the Onekey recovery software version 5.1 or later versions, this issue does not occur,” the company revealed, explaining that “Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP2 are incompatible with Onekey Recovery 5.0.”
Users affected by the problem can access updates from Microsoft that will help them deal with the incompatibility. There are releases available for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista RTM and SP1, and only for the x86 variants of XP SP2 and SP3. Additionally, the software giant,Microsoft explained that in order “to avoid this issue, use one of the following methods: use the Windows Update Web site to install the hotfix before you upgrade the operating system or upgrade to the newer one-key recovery application before you upgrade the operating system.”
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#1. August 18th, 2008, at 9:01 AM.
Oh boy, Thanks for the article.. At least I have an idea of where to start if I have to work on a black screen of death vista machine.