Ladies and Gents,
With the release of Windows XP SP3 today, I downloaded the installer pack from MS and tried to install it. The same installer pack went fine on my PCs at home.
However, when I tried to install the SP on my Macbook Pro running Windows in Boot Camp, this error happened:
"The core system file (kernel) used to start this computer is not a Microsoft Windows files. The Service Pack will not be installed. For more information, se Knowledge Base article Q327101 at http://support.microsoft.com"
(See attached)
I did a bit more research and realized that my computer has been running off of an "different" NT kernel than the standard ntoskrnl.exe file, from the boot.ini file we have:
Code:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /kernel=ntkopvs_.exe /hal=halopvs_.dll
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Parallels configuration" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
I realized that the 2 additional "kernel" and "hal" flags in my XP boot config is Parallel's doing from 6 months ago when I tested the "boot native boot camp install" feature of Parallels and never really used that feature again. I tried to simply remove the kernel and hal flags to restore it back to "normal" but my OS would boot only with the keyboard and mouse completely nonfunctional, as an added bonus, USB devices will not work either. I'll spare you the details of the 4 frustrating hours I spent today breaking and fixing the install trying to get my "normal" Windows kernel back and work again but nothing seems to get me there.
Any one else out there with this issue or just me? Any thoughts on how to fix it?
Thank you so much in advance