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this problem occurs because when Csrss.exe is load...

2011-08-09T01:22:36.126-05:00

this problem occurs because when Csrss.exe is loading an .exe file or a .dll file that contains a manifest that has Windows Vista extensions. When parsing the embedded manifest, its internal memory can be corrupted if it finds a single tag that has two schema properties

Please try this Link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921337

your Problem will gone out.

This correctly resolved the issue, thanks for the ...

2009-09-11T09:30:49.482-05:00

This correctly resolved the issue, thanks for the post. This hotfix can be installed from Safe Mode if you get into the restart loop. The hotfix download shows it is for Windows XP, English, x86, sp3, Fix184176. But it is actually for sp2 of winxp so don't worry when you see this.

Thanks again.

After using information written by others in this ...

2009-07-19T10:25:33.688-05:00

After using information written by others in this Blog, I succeeded installing SP3 for SQL Server 2005 in a Win XP SP2 VMWare virtual machine.

The link I used (which no one else has posted here) is:
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=921337&kbln=en-us
The main KB is here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921337

I think it is REALLY

I experienced the problem as well and got my Windo...

2009-07-18T23:34:24.440-05:00

I experienced the problem as well and got my Windows XP SP2 system into the same BSOD endless loop. However, I am thankfully running SQL Server 2005 in a Win XP SP2 virtual machine, so I had the foresight to use a VMWare snapshot BEFORE I got myself into a total mess.

I was trying to upgrade SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition to SP3 from no SP. The Setup presents a dialog with several

That's Windows XP SP2 issue so we shouldn't genera...

2009-04-10T17:51:00.000-05:00

That's Windows XP SP2 issue so we shouldn't generalize that SP3 is bad.

I installed it many many times , some on cluster and no single failure

Thanks for reporting this, and including the link ...

2009-04-09T10:25:00.000-05:00

Thanks for reporting this, and including the link to further information. I just discovered the same symptoms yesterday, while testing our bootstrapper’s attempt to upgrade from SQL 2005 SP2 to SP3 on a Virtual PC. It’s good to know I’m not alone!
Microsoft states that the hotfixes should only be applied "to systems that are experiencing this specific problem". So, what is a bootstrapper

I know there's a hotfix ( and a service pack ) but...

2009-04-07T21:21:00.000-05:00

I know there's a hotfix ( and a service pack ) but that's not the point.

The point is the hotfix was posted in Oct of 2006. SQL 2005 SP3 wasn't posted until December of 2008.

It would be really nice if the SQL server team could be aware of this issue and writing a LaunchCondition in their install to prevent customer machines from blue screening.

Hotfix is at http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServe...

2009-04-07T19:45:00.000-05:00

Hotfix is at http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=421348, which directed me to hotfix at http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=421348 which is hotfix 184176.

Worked for me.

Just this week this bit us too. We found a fully p...

2009-03-20T14:35:00.000-05:00

Just this week this bit us too. We found a fully patch XP SP2 also fixes the issue.

Don't get me started on having to install SQL as a...

2009-03-20T12:09:00.000-05:00

Don't get me started on having to install SQL as a pre-req... Of all of our customer install problems, SQL express is the main culprit. Thanks for putting the warning out!