continuous boot loop

[naomi s]

In trying to remove a virus (W32.HLLP.Spreda.B (also
called savenow) found on my pc i followed the directions
on norton's website
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32
...hllp.spreda.b.html
Part of those directions told me to temporarily disable
sys restore and then edit the registry . I followed these
directions (u can read them in full at the above link) and
now my computer is in a continuous boot loop. It gets as
far as the black xp loading screen and then reboots
itself. over and over and over without end. HELP!!!!!

 

[stuart]

before the windows xp scren loads up press the F8 button
every secound and you should get a choice to start in
safe mode.If it cant start up in safe mode you may have
to do a repair install.

 

[naomi s]

the computer does not respond when i press f8. the only
thing i can get into is setup (by pressing f1) Any
suggestions?

 

[Ken Piper]

1 thing to try: Boot to your XP CD and perform a repair. You will likely
need to reapply service packs and hotfixes (go to Windows update, and keep
your fingers crossed that you don't get hit in-between)...

Luck!