RE: Windows 2000 pro only hangs on re-start

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"Paul Myska" wrote:

> Here's a strange one:
>
> If I 'shut down' Win 2000 pro normally, everything shuts down ok and I can
> then boot up normally with no problems.
>
> However, if I shutdown by 'restart', Win 2000 will reboot past the 1st black
> starting windows screen and hang on the white Windows Professional Starting
> Up screen, approx. 75% along the blue indicator (just before the o/s queries
> the floppy drive).
>
> While I can't get past this point in normal mode, I can boot via safe mode.
> However, I eventually discovered that the only way of getting it to boot
> normally once again is to change the PS/2 keyboard to another make (an old
> one).
>
> The perplexing part is if I do a restart while on the replacement keyboard,
> I encounter the same problem again and have to revert back to the first
> keyboard (a new MS Internet PS/2 keyboard) to boot normally. This process
> would just repeat back and forth with both keyboards. The problem did seem
> to start around the time I installed my new MS keyboard but I can't be sure.
> The drivers seem to be fine.
>
> Anyway, as long as I don't use the restart on shutdown I'm ok but I would
> still like to solve the problem. I did a manual emergency repair and it
> didn't fix it. I'd like to avoid a reinstallation over the current version
> as I'm upgraded up to SP4.
>
>
>
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