Re: XP restarts automatically on startup, before, during, or just after login

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 07:50:26 -0500

And then you will need to reinstall all your Windows
Updates, do SP2 from a CD if you have one so you don't have
to go on-line. If you do need to go on-line to get the
updates, be sure you have a firewall turned ON.

"GF" <x@noone.com> wrote in message
news:u%231kgitqEHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
|A system file probably is corrupt.
|
| Try a repair, by reinstalling XP. It will work.
|
| But do not select Repair, the first time it asks.
|
| Keep going. Chose Install. Then you will
| have to choose between Repair (or Update) and
| Install.
|
| Choose to update.
|
|
|
|
| "R. G." <rkg22@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:
| 914b0ae5.0410041838.977aed@posting.google.com...
| > Hi,
| >
| > My XP machine has been restarting automatically around
the time that
| > it reaches the login screen during startup. If I wait
about 10
| > seconds, it spontaneously reboots. I can quickly login,
but the same
| > thing happens immediately after it reaches the desktop.
Basically, it
| > will not allow me access.
| >
| > I've read that it may be a response to a blue screen,
and, in fact, I
| > have seen one (only once!) , though I don't recall what
it says. I've
| > also read about how to turn-off automatic blue screen
restart, but it
| > restarts before I can access those settings.
| >
| > I've tried booting from the Ultimate Boot CD v2.4 and
scanning for
| > viruses, but none are found. I think somewhere my NTFS
file system is
| > corrupt (based on a file system scanning utility) but I
don't know if
| > that is related, especially because the corruption seems
to be in an
| > obscure folder.
| >
| > I've tried getting into XP safe mode, but I'm not sure
if I'm doing it
| > correctly. Pressing F8 during startup only gets me a
boot device menu.
| > (By the way, I have an ASUS P4C800 motherboard, if
that's relevant)
| > How should I go about this?
| >
| > Should I try something with my Windows XP CD-ROM?
| >
| > Thanks for any help or insight you can provide. I am
constantly amazed
| > by all of your guys' collective knowledge and
willingness to share it.
| >
| > RG
|
|

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