Windows 2000 in Rebooting Loop

[shariq_tariq]

I have Windows 2000 installed on a P4 machine. It is connected to the
internet 24/7 via DSL and is plugged into a 4 port router. I hardly
ever reboot the machine

This morning when I turned on my monitor on I saw that Windows 2000
was starting up and then I was getting the blue screen and the computer
rebooted. This happend about 5 times before I started it in safe mode.
The machine started up and I saw that none of my
data/document/multimedia files were affected. However, my profile seems
to have been reset/removed and I was not able to see my personalized
desktop settings.

When I tried to start internet explorer I was taken to an internet
setup wizard and the machine hung. I rebooted the machine and attempted
to start it in Safe Mode with Networking. This resulted in the blue
screen showing up just as windows was about to start and the computer
rebooted

Any ideas what I can do other than backing up all my data files, and
reinstalling the OS?

Thank You

Shariq

 

[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.

Bug Check Codes
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d..._f55acfed-3296-4e84-8885-c3162fd0ddbf.xml.asp

If nothing else you can at least recover your data from the parallel install
prior to rebuilding the operating system.

This article may also help you.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;266465


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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|I have Windows 2000 installed on a P4 machine. It is connected to the
| internet 24/7 via DSL and is plugged into a 4 port router. I hardly
| ever reboot the machine
|
| This morning when I turned on my monitor on I saw that Windows 2000
| was starting up and then I was getting the blue screen and the computer
| rebooted. This happend about 5 times before I started it in safe mode.
| The machine started up and I saw that none of my
| data/document/multimedia files were affected. However, my profile seems
| to have been reset/removed and I was not able to see my personalized
| desktop settings.
|
| When I tried to start internet explorer I was taken to an internet
| setup wizard and the machine hung. I rebooted the machine and attempted
| to start it in Safe Mode with Networking. This resulted in the blue
| screen showing up just as windows was about to start and the computer
| rebooted
|
| Any ideas what I can do other than backing up all my data files, and
| reinstalling the OS?
|
| Thank You
|
| Shariq
|