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11-16-2003, 11:59 AM
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Help please....
i have windows xp home installed on my comp and right now when i turn it on it gets stuck at "Windows is starting up..." there is some kind of error message before it gets to this screen but i can't tell what it says because it goes by too fast...i had changed the settings to try and bypass the logon screen and i think that is where the problem is...now i just sits there "starting up..." i cant do anything...any ideas???
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11-16-2003, 01:10 PM
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Can you boot to safe mode? If so... try backing up a few days with System Restore.
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11-16-2003, 01:23 PM
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Do you have any USB devices? If so, unplug all that you can (you'd have to leave the mouse and keyboard plugged in, of course) and see if it will boot.
As Hal9000 asked, can you boot into Safe Mode? If so, there are things which can be done there which will likely solve the problems you're having. |
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11-16-2003, 01:25 PM
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well...having restarted a million times i decided to put the WinXP CD in and boot from it and did a repair....seems to have fixed the problem for now....when i restarted after the repair i finally saw the error message....it said that it couldn't log in because of account restricitions....not sure what exactly that means or how you would fix it if you can't get into windows but for now everything is back to normal...
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11-16-2003, 01:29 PM
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ok...nevermind...its doing it again..."starting up..." GRRR... how do you start in safe mode?
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11-16-2003, 01:37 PM
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keep pressing the f8 key affter the bios loads but befor windows loads
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11-16-2003, 01:43 PM
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ok i got to safe mode....unfortunately, since i ran repair i dont have any restores to go back to...i cant seem to find where i changed the logon option...anyone know where you go to set this option....
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11-16-2003, 01:52 PM
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control panall user accounts and all so control panall admin tools services the securty accounts service must be set to automatic
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11-16-2003, 02:03 PM
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ok i got to security accounts and it says that the startup is automatic but the service is stopped and it cannot be started in safe mode
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11-17-2003, 02:24 AM
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as long as its set to auto its ok. i wood make a new admin acount just in case yours is damaged
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11-17-2003, 08:14 PM
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ok well i firgured it out....i had gotten the idea from another post here that was having a problem...probably the first clue that i shouldn't have done it but you live and learn....any way...i had used the Run>control userpasswords2 program and i had unselected the users must enter a password to logon to this comptuer option...that lead to the problem....im not sure why it doesn't work but...everything is working fine now...thanks guys!
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