I've been tryin to get an answer for five weeks and still no response

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/30/04


Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:53:16 -0800


>-----Original Message-----
>I am recieving a STOP error when I start my computer.
>I was on my computer one day just browsing the internet,
I
>think I was checking stats for a competition, so it was
>not anything like me opening a program or virus. And my
>computer just restarts.
>As it restarts, it runs smoothly. It then shows Windows
>XP loading with the blue bar moving. Then it turns
black
>as if it is loading something. Then for a split-second
it
>shows a blue screen with a STOP error and restarts. I
>actually had to use a camera to see what the error said
>because it went too fast (think of all the film I used).
>
>The STOP error reads:
>
>STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Failure}
>The Session Manager Initialization system process
>terminated unexpectedly with a
> status of 0x00000000 0x00000000).
>The system has been shut down.
>
>
>Please help me.
>I have had to reinstall Windows XP and all the my
programs
>four times in six months (takes about two weeks to do
each
>time, including me being in school and homework).
>I am very disappointed in the creation of Windows XP and
>how unstable it can be.
>Not only that but just to get an answer from
professionals
>because in order to do that I need a product ID from
that
>computer but I cannot start the computer much less find
>the Product ID. So I have no choice but to come here
and
>look for help but no luck for five weeks.
>
>Please help me, 16 year old people weren't meant to
think
>this hard.
>
>Thank you,
>Cody Thimm
>.
>sounds like a hardware failure ,try starting in safe
mode?????to find out your id #????pump the F5 key at
startup until it appears select safemode(or was that the
F1 key,one or the other,bios 5 whatever pump 5,if that
don't work,try 1)start up in safe mode.



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