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Press F8 while the "Starting Windows XP Home" splash screen is visible and try safe mode. Login as administrator (no password), then go to
Start -> Right click My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> and click Settings in the Startup and Recovery box. Untick the "Automatically Restart" box so you can see any error messages that come up and OK this.
Run a full virus and spyware scan over the machine and change all of your passwords/security codes used from the PC, just in case as this includes a password logger.
John
Start -> Right click My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> and click Settings in the Startup and Recovery box. Untick the "Automatically Restart" box so you can see any error messages that come up and OK this.
Run a full virus and spyware scan over the machine and change all of your passwords/security codes used from the PC, just in case as this includes a password logger.
John
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