strange bootup behavior

This is on a PII Gateway2000 w/WIn2k. It boots ok to the
point where it's just about to ask for user/pw when very quicky
an error message of some kind flashes at the top of the
screen and the pc reboots, and does it again and again almost
like a loop it keeps rebooting itself. I can't read the error
meaasge and I can't pause, it does this error message way
past the bios screen deep into win2k's boot. Any ideas?

Sound like an infection?

Thanks,
Lee G.

How 'bout running a bootlog?

"leegold" <nospam@mailandnews.com> wrote in message
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> This is on a PII Gateway2000 w/WIn2k. It boots ok to the
> point where it's just about to ask for user/pw when very quicky
> an error message of some kind flashes at the top of the
> screen and the pc reboots, and does it again and again almost
> like a loop it keeps rebooting itself. I can't read the error
> meaasge and I can't pause, it does this error message way
> past the bios screen deep into win2k's boot. Any ideas?
>
> Sound like an infection?
>
> Thanks,
> Lee G.
>

"leegold" <nospam@mailandnews.com> wrote in message
news:LdRmb.13481$AU.6997@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> This is on a PII Gateway2000 w/WIn2k. It boots ok to the
> point where it's just about to ask for user/pw when very quicky
> an error message of some kind flashes at the top of the
> screen and the pc reboots, and does it again and again almost
> like a loop it keeps rebooting itself. I can't read the error
> meaasge and I can't pause, it does this error message way
> past the bios screen deep into win2k's boot. Any ideas?
>
> Sound like an infection?
>
> Thanks,
> Lee G

NO, sounds like a BSOD with windows set to reboot on error. Try
safemode.

MIke.


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