continuous reboot / continuous restart

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I did a microsoft update on my w2k server, and it now boots (nearly?) all the
way to a login and then automatically restarts. Any hints?
 
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dvandusen said:
I did a microsoft update on my w2k server, and it now boots (nearly?) all the
way to a login and then automatically restarts. Any hints?

The f8, and last known good configuration did not work. There is some
clarification now though. The boot process goes past the bios, then the boot
up of the loader (the ........... at the bottom of the screen when allowing
an F8), then through the windows 2k load (the splash screen with windows 2k
with a progress bar at the bottom), past the keyboard initialization (the
lights on the shift led's), through the final splash screen, and to the
change to the light blue screen where the pointer is supposed show. It
restarts just before the point where the pointer icon displays. There are no
devices on this machine other than a Raid card that is/was working fine.

Thx

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Dave Patrick

From a parallel install, run regedt32.exe, then from the Local Machine Hive,
choose Registry|Load Hive, then navigate to the
%systemroot%\system32\config
directory on the other install, and find the system file, then Open, in the
Key Name box give it some temp name, then under tempname, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select
and look in the Reg_Dword value of "Current", this is the current
controlset, then navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00x\Control\CrashControl
Where x = the value of "Current" (found above) and set the values as follows

"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
"CrashDumpEnabled"=dword:00000001
"LogEvent"=dword:00000001
"Overwrite"=dword:00000001
Then navigate back up to "tempname" and choose Unload Hive, and boot your
original install, Autoreboot is now turned off so you should be able to read
the stop error.

These may also help.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266465

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms789516.aspx


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