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From: AndyDx.... (AndyDx_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:15:03 -0700

Could anyone help with the following:

I had an operational PC running Windows XP Home and deleted a file
recommended by a spyware program as being dangerous. This left me with a
system which appeared to boot including log on but stopped at the screen
depicting the landscape with no icons - or anything else. Task Manager and
Regedit ran but that was all.

I placed my Windows XP CD in the drive and tried to repair using setup as
described on this website & elsewhere.

Setup stops operating at the Installing Windows / Installing devices stage
after a message asking for a modem driver (which I have on floppy) and
sometimes subsequently a PCI device. The message states that the software has
not passed MS Logo testing an that I stop installation and obtain software
which has. Whether I press Yes or No, the machine subsequently crashes and
restarts.

The motherboard is a Via LTV7A including an onboard PCTel modem HSP56MR etc.
The Harddisk is a MAXTOR 60GB 50% full and setup finds no fault when
verifying the drive after the crash(es).

Help!

Regards

Andy

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