Richard
What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
What is the corresponding error (if any) in Event Viewer?
Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.
You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click for further information. You can copy using copy
and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further
information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Richard wrote:
> Yes, after rechecking... it reads
> Technical informatiion:
> *** STOP: 0x05001086 (0X00000000,0X00000000,0X00000000,0X00000000)
> I cannot seem to find anything on this either...
> There has to be a way of getting in.....
> Thank you for your attempts....
>
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Richard
>>
>> Please recheck this 0X05001086 for a typo? It makes no sense!
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> Richard wrote:
>>> Hi Gerry, thank you for your reply.. can not get into the control
>>> panel because the failure to boot, however your F8 and disable
>>> worked. I have an error
>>> Stop: 0X05001086 (0x000000000, 0x000000000,0x000000000,
>>> 0x000000000
>>> I will research error.. but any thoughts... please send them along..
>>> thank you again.
>>>
>>> "Gerry" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>> Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
>>>> allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on
>>>> the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties,
>>>> Advanced, Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box
>>>> before Automatically Restart.
>>>>
>>>> Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure even after you
>>>> have solved the problem as it's better disabled. Check for variants
>>>> of the Stop Error message.
>>>>
>>>> An alternative is to keep pressing the F8 key during Start-Up and
>>>> select option - Disable automatic restart on system failure.
>>>>
>>>> If you are using a wireless keyboard and the F8 key does not work
>>>> substitute a wired keyboard and mouse for this exercise only.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
>>>> ~~~~
>>>> FCA
>>>> Stourport, England
>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Richard wrote:
>>>>> I have a XP Pro machine with Pointsec. When the machine boots, it
>>>>> pasts the Pointsec then the Windows XP splash comes up, then BSOD,
>>>>> and it is so fast I cannot read it before it reboots. I have
>>>>> tried safemode, and tried to do a repair.
>>>>> I cannot get into safemode or do a repair with a disk. Cannot
>>>>> slave disk due to Pointsec.
>>>>> I would like to try to save the data. How can I stop the BSOD so
>>>>> I can read the problem and try to fix. I have a feeling it is a
>>>>> memory error, but not sure. At the time before the BSOD, we were
>>>>> useing a USMT software to copy data to a new machine. Any
>>>>> thoughts greatly appreciated.