When I install my BT Broadband PCI card (the one with an aerial sticking out the back), it crashes my system.Which is understandable because after a new install XP (recovery disk) on new hard drive, I am running on XP SP1 - and XP doesn't understand this new card. But should it crash in Safe Mode?If not, do you think this might indicate the motherboard is at fault?
View 1 RepliesMy son's computer with XP home has crashed big time! I can't get into safe mode - Upon startup I see the emachines logo, then the windows xp logo and then I get a black screen with just a white cursor (which moves around with the mouse) & that is it. When I attempt to start in any version of safe mode all I get is a black screen that has safe mode in white in each of the four corners and across the top overlapping the safe mode is: Microsoft (R) Windows XP(R)Build 2600.xpsp-sp2-gdr.050301-1519:Service Pack2)
View 7 Replies View RelatedSo im stuck in safe mode, but with some extra problems.My screen has some kind of problem with my graphics card i believe, and when i start my computer it always has to change the resolution.This wasn't a problem at all until now, I recently tried to get into safe mode to check something, And i used the way with msconfig.
Now when i restart my computer it goes straight to safe mode without changing my screen resolution, leaving my screen pitch black.So is there any way to get out of safe mode with this problem? Or can i fix the screen?My computer has been running into problems all the time this past month.EDIT: I just found some thing out, For somereason my mouse and keybored aren't working now.So I'd bet there no chance i'd be able to fix my computer?
I have windows xp and all previous service packs have been installed thru automatic update. However when trying to install SP 3 using windows update it fails to install. I have then gone to the Microsoft website and downloaded SP3 and tried to load it from my desktop. It will go thru the installation and when it gets to the finish stage it seems to stall. I have left it run for over 1 hour with out it finishing, I have both tried to shut down andnormally and also hold the on button to turn the computer off. Windows will then only start in the safe mode. In the safe mode I can go back to a previous date and restore settings and re-start in the normal mode.
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View 5 Replies View RelatedAfter automatic update installed updates at shutdown, my WinXP Pro SP2 laptop now boots only in Safe Mode. In this mode, I am able to copy files from C drive to USB connected backup drive. Hence, my files of interest are saved. Nothing I have tried seems to allow me to boot in normal mode.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWent into msconfig and set up safe boot on restart.PC will not load in safe mode or in normal mode it just keeps looping back to the same screen.I have tried all the options on the screen.Is their anyway to get back to msconfig.I have the XP setup disk.
View 11 Replies View RelatedRan smitfraud and rebooted but my computer keeps freezing both in safe mode and normal. I tried last good configuration but the same thing happened. Either just a black screen with the mouse icon or frozen on the long list.
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View 11 Replies View RelatedI've recently just bought xp prof ed for my laptop which runs me but the problem is it won't recognise my pc card (nic) that i bought recently. Why is this as i've installed the drivers i got with it. Is it because the copy didn't come with the laptop so it doesn't even know i have a pcmcia slot? If so how can i get round it? I've looked on sony vaio site for related xp drivers but as far as i can see there are none for pcmcia slot
View 14 Replies View Relatedhave a new virus in my computer that deleted one of my files in WINDOWSsystem32 folder, and now when I run my pc, I get an error saying that a file is missing from WINDOWSsystem32 , I want to run system recovery but it won't let me. I tried pressing almost all the F#, so I decided to run safe mode and do a system recovery from inside my windows xp, but my safe mode doesn't work ether. For safe mode I tried F8, and F5
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy computer has been freezing up a lot. I tried to use different system tools like msconfig, scandisk,and ect. to try to find and fix the problem, but my computer can't find those tools. I know I had them because they came pre-installed in Windows XP. Lastly I tried to start my computer in safe mode, but when it get to the safe mode drivers loading screen my computer freezes up.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have the spy bot on my other computer not this one and it is not networked at home. the problem is I can get the windows xp first page to come up but then it goes to safe mode safe mode network last working page and start windows automatically I have tried all and to no avail. the blue screen flashes for a nanosecond so I can't get to the restore part. Do you think my computer has crashed?
View 1 Replies View RelatedA guy in the office was transferring images from his digital camera to his PC when the screen froze. He now can't start up his OS unless in safe mode. I've tried "last known good configuration", used an old restore point, checked for clashes in Device Manager, done a diagnostic startup using msconfig and still no joy. The machine is out of warranty and we can't find the recovery disks anywhere. Also, because the software was preinstalled there's no original disc to do an XP repair job on it. What more can I try?
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View 9 Replies View RelatedComputer having a boot problem. Computer turns on and the screen shows up showing XP loading then the screen just goes black not blue no error messages. I can boot it in safe mode and wanted to do a system restore but evidently system restore is turned off in safe mode so I cannot do that. I tried to boot several times in normal mode and I would get the XP is loading screen followed by a black screen with nothing on it.
View 11 Replies View RelatedOne of my kids ran my laptop until it died and now when i try to start it up it goes to the Window XP screen with the progress bar going side to side and stops there. I can start the computer under safe mode which i'm doing now but when i try to restart it does the same thing and i need to start under safemode again.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm running XP and I need to restart my system in safe mode, but evertime i try run safe mode it freezes on certain drivers.First it froze on agp440.sys and now it is freezing up on mup.sys .
View 10 Replies View RelatedBasically the original problem was a non functioning WinXP OS that led to using the system restore disc on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt...dont-work.html
Now the system will only boot in safe mode. So far I've done the restore several times. Gone into msconfig, checked Hide Microsoft services and disabled the rest, unchecked load startup items and tried a Diagnostic Startup. Device Manager looks fine, but I tried disabling items without change. It looks like the Restore Disc is the right one for the system.
i was trying to get into safemode so i could run an antivirus scan, problem is whenever i tried going in safemode the blue screen would pop up and computer would restart. now for some dumb reason i thought maybe i could get in safemode if i used msconfig and selected safe mode from the boot menu. so the computer restarted and now it boots in safemode but the blue screen and restart happen everytime now. ive tried "start windows normally" but that boots in safemode. ive tried "last known good config" and that too boots in safemode. so now im stuck
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am running windows xp sp2 on my hp pavilion dv1331se laptop and have started to have some problems. First, I was running the windows disk defragmenter and it took a very very long time to complete. I try to defrag regularly and I know it is not an instantaneous process. But it seems to be unusually slow now and even when it says its completed, it also says there were files it could not defrag. I tried to run defrag in safe mode to see if that would improve the speed and defrag everything. But in safe mode, once it started defragging my entire system shut down. No warning, no nothing. Just all of a sudden a black screen and I had to physically turn the computer back on.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy system (see below) has run fine for about the first six months of its life with heavy use. Around a month ago I had some odd problems where the system would lock up when I ran the anti virus and explorer.exe would crash. Despite me trying numerous suggestions from eggxperts in a different thread, this issue seemed to go away by itself.
After a few weeks of moderate to heavy use (3 hour gaming sessions) with no issues at all, I all of sudden would get BSOD's immediately after boot up (this happened on two occasions, one shortly after the other). I did a system restore both times and that seemed to do the trick.
Just the other day i reset my computer but to my surprise it did not load up XP, instead it stayed with a black screen with a flashing underscore in the top left hand corner. I thought it meant it was taking longer to load but it is just stuck there and i can't access my files!
View 1 Replies View RelatedComputer running Windows XP SP3 which appears to be horrible bogged down with viruses. So much so that when I simply tried reinstalling avg the next time I rebooted the computer I found myself unable to do anything other than log in. From that point the system freezes
I've been trying to get into safe mode since then, holding down f5 or f8 at startup brings me to the boot selection screen but if I select anything other than Start Windows Normally it will just restart and bring me back to the same screen. I've also been unable to get into msconfig from windows
I installed "The Lock XP" on my system and when I restarted I was locked out of everything. I have already contacted Tech Support for "The Lock XP" and I was talking to her for three days trying to figure this out...and well she was unable to. So here is where we left off...
I cannot load Safe Mode, Safe Mode w/Networking, or Safe Mode w/Command Prompt. When I do try to load a Safe Mode, except "Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)" it loads, says it is starting windows and then restarts. I cannot access C: Drive, cmd.exe, notepad.exe, I cant download, but can access the internet by double-clicking on Windows Internet Explorer. Here is a list of Running Programs on my system when Windows Loads, which is the same when loaded in "Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)" :
1) alg.exe Local Serivce 1,040K
2) avgupsvc.exe System 576K
3) CDAC11BA.EXE System 428K
4) csrss.exe System 1,584K
5) ctfmon.exe Don Steffic 1,216K
6) explorer.exe Don Steffic 9,984K...
I have a HP Pavilion ze4530us that is freezing on the startup. I have tried all option available on the Safe Mode screen, ex: Safe Mode, Last Known Good Config., Safe Mode with Networking. Whenever i choose one, it freezes on that screen and stays there. I was going to run a Windows repair
View 3 Replies View RelatedThis morning my stepmother checked her emails on my laptop (XP Home) and while she was doing it, a virus warning popped up from my Virus checker. Instead of doing the smart thing and clicking "delete" or "quarantine" she STUPIDLY clicked "ignore".When I went back and tried to log on later, the XP login screen won't take my password. It keeps insisting that it's wrong. I tried to log in on Safe Mode and access the Administrator account but whole system rebooted as soon as I clicked on it.
View 11 Replies View RelatedStarts up in safe mode and says'windows did not shut down properly'no matter what he clicks on, it goes back into safe mode as if it is in a loophe says, then he is presented with the same message again.so,hes stuck in safe mode. i told him to press the windows logo and the letter u twice which i saw in tips n tricks but no joy there.
View 9 Replies View RelatedBlue Screen Reads: BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO. STOP: 0x00000074. Can't boot into safe mode, computer simply reboots instantly and you can see the blue screen for a split second when you select that option or any other option. The only way to see the blue screen is to let the timer time out on the selection of windows did not start properly.Do not have the choice of repair either.
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI have really a very annoying problem. For about two weeks now, everytime i try to install new program, when i run the executable file, the system goes to DOS mode and return the usually message "Program too big to fit into memory". I reinstalled windows (Win XP) buit it didnt solve the problem. I have tried many programs with no success. PLEASE HELP ME! Some of the programs i have tried include; wpsetup.exe, sdtrial.exe, ifa2005.exe. NOTHINGS WORKS!
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