T
Tim
I updated (flashed) my BIOS a while ago, and things aren't
working right. It caused a resource conflict between my
old 33.6K modem and COM 2, so I decided to pull it out and
put a faster one in - a 56k LT Win Modem. And that's when
my real troubles began. I turned on the computer and XP
started normally and got to the "welcome" screen. Suddenly
this little dialogue box popped up with a "yes and a "no"
button. There was no text anywhere to tell what to do -
the title bar and the area above the buttons where you'd
expect to find some information was empty, save the 'yes'
and 'no' on the buttons. So I pushed "yes" and
the "Welcome screen gave way to the desktop's background
image (no icons or task bar) and I could hear the hard
disk grating away. It stopped, and the "Welcome" screen
reappeared and then said it was logging me off. So it does
that, and now I have 2 options on the "Welcome" screen: I
can click on my screen name or "administrator," something
it's only done in safe safe mode until now. I can
select 'administrator' or my name and I'll get the little
box again. Pushing 'yes' or 'no' makes no difference - I
still get redirected back to the "welcome" screen that
asks me who I want to log on as. I'm able to get into Safe
Mode OK, and I don't get the little box. I did a "System
Restore" and a "Start Using Last Known Good Configuration"
but that didn't help. Strangely enough, when I tried to
get into Safe Mode with networking, I got a different
little box that had no text, just a little "ok" button on
it that initiated the loop I described earlier. I took the
modem out, put the old one back in, and got no
improvement. Can anyone help? This totally disables my
computer and it's REALLY annoying!
Thanks!
working right. It caused a resource conflict between my
old 33.6K modem and COM 2, so I decided to pull it out and
put a faster one in - a 56k LT Win Modem. And that's when
my real troubles began. I turned on the computer and XP
started normally and got to the "welcome" screen. Suddenly
this little dialogue box popped up with a "yes and a "no"
button. There was no text anywhere to tell what to do -
the title bar and the area above the buttons where you'd
expect to find some information was empty, save the 'yes'
and 'no' on the buttons. So I pushed "yes" and
the "Welcome screen gave way to the desktop's background
image (no icons or task bar) and I could hear the hard
disk grating away. It stopped, and the "Welcome" screen
reappeared and then said it was logging me off. So it does
that, and now I have 2 options on the "Welcome" screen: I
can click on my screen name or "administrator," something
it's only done in safe safe mode until now. I can
select 'administrator' or my name and I'll get the little
box again. Pushing 'yes' or 'no' makes no difference - I
still get redirected back to the "welcome" screen that
asks me who I want to log on as. I'm able to get into Safe
Mode OK, and I don't get the little box. I did a "System
Restore" and a "Start Using Last Known Good Configuration"
but that didn't help. Strangely enough, when I tried to
get into Safe Mode with networking, I got a different
little box that had no text, just a little "ok" button on
it that initiated the loop I described earlier. I took the
modem out, put the old one back in, and got no
improvement. Can anyone help? This totally disables my
computer and it's REALLY annoying!
Thanks!