XP resets at logon.

[roycrom]

Hi everyone. I've got a problem with with Win' XP Pro.

Have a AMD 2000+ proc.

The other day I booted up and when i pressed my logo to log on it went to my desktp for a few secs then the computer reset.

It did this a couple of times on both the users that i have set up.

I then boot in safe mode and this is fine but couldn't find any errors. Eventually I restored to a few days previous and this sorted it out for about a day but then the problem reappeared. I tried doing the restore again but this time the problem didn't clear up

Now I can no longer log in normal mode just safe mode.

Does anybody have any ideas how to fix. If possible I don't want to reinstall (even over the top of the existing install) as it messes up my modem and graphics drivers.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

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roycrom

 

[bcastner]

Do you have all the blaster and variant related patches installed from Microsoft?

Keyword search this site for "msblast" to see the temporary workarounds and removal tools available.

 

[roycrom]

I installed the blaster patch a while back ( before the date that i restored to.) I also ran ad-aware deep scan which came back clean so I don't think that msblast is the problem. Also did a full scan with norton protect which came back clean.

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Somethings come from nothing, nothing seems to come from somethings - SFA - Guerilla

roycrom

 

[bcastner]

In Safe Mode look at your Event Viewer to see what errors are listed at the time of the reboots. Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.

 

[dcalt21]

What are the specs on your mobo and what kind of video card do you have? Usually when I come across that problem the video card is just incompatible with the motherboard.

(¯`·._.-» †~åLT-21~† «-._.·´¯)

 

[roycrom]

I eventually got this sorted, I used the recovery console to copy out C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\security,sam,default,software and system and replaced them with the same files from C:\WINDOWS\repair.

Then booted up and copied the corresponding files out of a rpfolder where they were called _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM.. etc..

went back into the recovery console and copied these into the system32\config folder then booted again.

Hey presto!! Everything was back to the way it was before (Except for a couple of minor things which took no time whatsoever to get back to the previous state)

Thanks for your help bcastner and dcalt

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Somethings come from nothing, nothing seems to come from somethings - SFA - Guerilla

roycrom