Xp problem

Djddd1

Anyone got any ideas? It just happen one day randomly my computer would start to shut it self down, That was grand. But now when I turn it on the thing just keeps restrting from the boot menu.

It is a packard bell pulsar 600 updated for 98 to xp. Any ideas?

petes

Have you ran a virus/spyware check?

Djddd1

As I said It restarts as soon as it hits the Microsoft xp Boot Screen

WetDaddy

Hmmm... Sounds like it could be the work of something you recently installed (or perhaps some malicious software that installed itself without you knowing!). If there's a crash on the XP start-up screen, it's likely to be your registry or something similar.

Have you tried booting into safe mode? You've to press "Delete" (not the backspace key!) just after you've turned on the PC. If you're not sure when to exactly, just keep pressing it. You'll be presented with a menu of choices from which you can choose "Safe Mode".

Try that and see if windows will load then...

Afterthought: You didn't install any new hardware, did you? Could be making XP mad. Has XP worked before, or did it start crashing just after the upgrade? It could be a component that doesn't really like XP. Or a BIOS setting. Or a butterfly flapping it's wings i...

J-blk

deathfunk wrote:

Have you tried booting into safe mode? You've to press "Delete" (not the backspace key!) just after you've turned on the PC. If you're not sure when to exactly, just keep pressing it. You'll be presented with a menu of choices from which you can choose "Safe Mode".

"Delete" will get him into the BIOS on mobos running an Award or Phoenix BIOS. "F8" brings up the Windows XP Startup Options.

Safe Mode is a good bet though if you're lucky, "Last Known Good Configuration" may sort you out.

masteroftherealm

Is it going to the menu that you have to select what option(safe mode tec?)

Djddd1

Let I think the computer though I was going mad and that I was restating it and it put itself in safe mode, But same thing happens I notice a blue screen and then I quickly turns off so I can't read it.

Djddd1

I tryed it again same problem.

WetDaddy

"Delete" will get him into the BIOS on mobos running an Award or Phoenix BIOS. "F8" brings up the Windows XP Startup Options.

Can't believe I made that mistake... Must've been a tough day

If the blue screen is flashing for a second then rebooting the machine, it sounds to me like a hardware problem. Do you have any USB devices connected to the PC? Or PCMCIA cards or anything? Try disconnecting them all be for booting...

odie

Go in to Safe mode - Then go in to the Sytem Properties in Control panel (System Icon). Click on the Advanced tab then click on the Settings button under Startup and Recovery section. Deselect "Automatically restart". Click OK to all screens then restart.

If this does not fix it then try unplugging all unneeded external devices. Also uninstall the most recent programs installed.

Djddd1

Can't even get into the control panel.