Windows XP help

[MikeForsythe 0]

During the time that normally occurs between the XP startup screen and the sign in screen the computer keeps rebooting. I have disconnected everything except the hard drive, keyboard, mouse and monitor.

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[drudchen 0]

Try going into a "safe mode" by pressing F8 and see if it boots up

Edit: you have to press f8 right before the system boots, that will bring up the menu.

[MikeForsythe 0]

nope, does the same thing

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[Squeak 17]

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nope, does the same thing

mine did the exact same thing after i installed Rock box, it stipped doing after I uninstalled it.
HAVE YOU JUST INSTALLED SOME SOFTEWARE? oops

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[MikeForsythe 0]

nope

no software or hardware changes

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[virgin-burner 1]

had you system crashing sometime?

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[drudchen 0]

How does it reboot?

Does it just instantly reboot?
OR - Is there a little countdown window that says: the system will reboot in 60 seconds?
Maybe a blue screen?

[drudchen 0]

If it is a countdown window, then while it's counting down, you can go into Start->Run, and type "shutdown -a". This should get rid of it temporarily.

[Samurai136 0]

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During the time that normally occurs between the XP startup screen and the sign in screen the computer keeps rebooting. I have disconnected everything except the hard drive, keyboard, mouse and monitor.

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It sounds like a few people have had this problem before. You either have a virus or you need to do a re-install/ repair of XP with the re-install disk.

If that doesn't work... quit doing 270's in the pattern... MS-XP doesn't like that.

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[RhondaLea 3]

I hope I'm not too late, because I see this was posted some time ago.

First of all, after you press F8 at bootup, choose "last known good configuration."

If that works, the next thing you need to do is right click on "My Computer," choose "Properties," go to the "Advanced" tab, and choose "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery." Untick the box that says "Automatically restart."

That way, you'll be able to see the STOP code, and it will give you a better idea what's going on the next time something goes wrong.

If you're running antivirus software and you use an antispyware utility, it's probably not malware.

Let me know what happens (email, if you like). I wouldn't do a repair install right off the bat.

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