Windows Xp startup problem

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When I try to run Windows Normally, it gets to the black screen where it says
Windwos Xp Professional, and the little purple bar keeps moving for left to
right, but thats all it does, it never progresses. It used to go from there
to the welcome screen, but for some reason, it doesnt anymore, Im running in
Safe Mode with Network. I dont know what the problem is. Help?
 
In Umer had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
When I try to run Windows Normally, it gets to the black screen where
it says Windwos Xp Professional, and the little purple bar keeps
moving for left to right, but thats all it does, it never progresses.
It used to go from there to the welcome screen, but for some reason,
it doesnt anymore, Im running in Safe Mode with Network. I dont know
what the problem is. Help?
Click to expand...

Try running system restore while you're in safe mode and going back to a
time before this problem started showing up.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Hi Galen. I have a similar problem. Today my PC stopped responding,
flashed a blue screen with white text too briefly to read, rebooted and
stopped at the XP logo screen on the next boot. Restarting didn't work,
restarting in Safe Mode got me a black background and an error about not
being able to load EXPLORER.EXE, followed by just a black screen!

I'm not keen on reloading at this point in time... anything I can try?

PG
 
Boot in Safe Mode > If explorer error come, restart explorer by
Ctrl > ALt> Delete
Process tab
If there is a process named explorer.exe, end it by right click end
process. If not, proceed to next step.
Click File > New > Type explorer

If everything works fine then right click my computer > properties >
Advanced tab > 3rd settings button > Uncheck "Automatic restart" > CLick ok
ok
Click to expand...

Now boot in normal mode, you will see an error [the blue screen]. Post
that..


--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
Click to expand...

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


: Hi Galen. I have a similar problem. Today my PC stopped responding,
: flashed a blue screen with white text too briefly to read, rebooted and
: stopped at the XP logo screen on the next boot. Restarting didn't work,
: restarting in Safe Mode got me a black background and an error about not
: being able to load EXPLORER.EXE, followed by just a black screen!
:
: I'm not keen on reloading at this point in time... anything I can try?
:
: PG
:
: : > In : > Umer had this to say:
: >
: > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
: >
: > > When I try to run Windows Normally, it gets to the black screen where
: > > it says Windwos Xp Professional, and the little purple bar keeps
: > > moving for left to right, but thats all it does, it never progresses.
: > > It used to go from there to the welcome screen, but for some reason,
: > > it doesnt anymore, Im running in Safe Mode with Network. I dont know
: > > what the problem is. Help?
: >
: > Try running system restore while you're in safe mode and going back to
a
: > time before this problem started showing up.
: >
: > --
: > Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
: > http://dts-l.org/
: > http://kgiii.info/
: >
: > "At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
: > declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
: > whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
: >
: >
:
:
 
Hi Ayush

No can do, I'm afraid. As I said, in Safe Mode, I get an error loading
EXPLORER.EXE. Pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL does bring up the expected dialogue
box, but clicking Task Manager does nothing. If it brought up Task Manager
I'd be able to try a few things... Can't even get to the Event Viewer to
see if there's anything helpful there!

Ayush said:
Boot in Safe Mode > If explorer error come, restart explorer by
Ctrl > ALt> Delete
Process tab
If there is a process named explorer.exe, end it by right click end
process. If not, proceed to next step.
Click File > New > Type explorer

If everything works fine then right click my computer > properties >
Advanced tab > 3rd settings button > Uncheck "Automatic restart" > CLick ok
ok
Click to expand...

Now boot in normal mode, you will see an error [the blue screen]. Post
that..


--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
Click to expand...

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


: Hi Galen. I have a similar problem. Today my PC stopped responding,
: flashed a blue screen with white text too briefly to read, rebooted and
: stopped at the XP logo screen on the next boot. Restarting didn't work,
: restarting in Safe Mode got me a black background and an error about not
: being able to load EXPLORER.EXE, followed by just a black screen!
:
: I'm not keen on reloading at this point in time... anything I can try?
:
: PG
:
: : > In : > Umer had this to say:
: >
: > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
: >
: > > When I try to run Windows Normally, it gets to the black screen where
: > > it says Windwos Xp Professional, and the little purple bar keeps
: > > moving for left to right, but thats all it does, it never progresses.
: > > It used to go from there to the welcome screen, but for some reason,
: > > it doesnt anymore, Im running in Safe Mode with Network. I dont know
: > > what the problem is. Help?
: >
: > Try running system restore while you're in safe mode and going back to
a
: > time before this problem started showing up.
: >
: > --
: > Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
: > http://dts-l.org/
: > http://kgiii.info/
: >
: > "At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
: > declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
: > whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
: >
: >
:
:
Click to expand...
 
Where you choose Safe mode, there is a option called "Disable Automatic
restart .... ". You can use that option to view the blue error screen. But
remember that doesn't store that setting. When you restart again you have
to choose "Disable automatic..." again to show the blue screen.

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
Click to expand...

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


: Hi Ayush
:
: No can do, I'm afraid. As I said, in Safe Mode, I get an error loading
: EXPLORER.EXE. Pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL does bring up the expected dialogue
: box, but clicking Task Manager does nothing. If it brought up Task
Manager
: I'd be able to try a few things... Can't even get to the Event Viewer to
: see if there's anything helpful there!
:
: "Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
: : > Boot in Safe Mode > If explorer error come, restart explorer by
: > Ctrl > ALt> Delete
: > Process tab
: > If there is a process named explorer.exe, end it by right click end
: > process. If not, proceed to next step.
: > Click File > New > Type explorer
: >
: > If everything works fine then right click my computer > properties >
: > Advanced tab > 3rd settings button > Uncheck "Automatic restart" >
CLick
: ok
: > >ok
: >
: > Now boot in normal mode, you will see an error [the blue screen]. Post
: > that..
: >
: >
: > --
: > > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
: >
: > For any query, search > www.Google.com
: > Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
: >
: >
: > : > : Hi Galen. I have a similar problem. Today my PC stopped responding,
: > : flashed a blue screen with white text too briefly to read, rebooted
and
: > : stopped at the XP logo screen on the next boot. Restarting didn't
work,
: > : restarting in Safe Mode got me a black background and an error about
not
: > : being able to load EXPLORER.EXE, followed by just a black screen!
: > :
: > : I'm not keen on reloading at this point in time... anything I can
try?
: > :
: > : PG
: > :
: > : : > : > In : > : > Umer had this to say:
: > : >
: > : > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
: > : >
: > : > > When I try to run Windows Normally, it gets to the black screen
: where
: > : > > it says Windwos Xp Professional, and the little purple bar keeps
: > : > > moving for left to right, but thats all it does, it never
: progresses.
: > : > > It used to go from there to the welcome screen, but for some
reason,
: > : > > it doesnt anymore, Im running in Safe Mode with Network. I dont
know
: > : > > what the problem is. Help?
: > : >
: > : > Try running system restore while you're in safe mode and going back
to
: > a
: > : > time before this problem started showing up.
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
: > : > http://dts-l.org/
: > : > http://kgiii.info/
: > : >
: > : > "At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote
my
: > : > declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus
the
: > : > whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
: > : >
: > : >
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:
:
 
Ayush, I appreciate your trying to help. However, please read my posts
carefully? My machine does not restart automatically - I get stuck at a
black screen with "Safe Mode" in all four corners, no EXPLORER shell
running, and unable to start Task Manager.

It's nearly 1am here, so I'm going to disappear for now. I'll check in
again in about eight hours - hope somebody's got some good stuff for me!

Cheers, all.

PG

Ayush said:
Where you choose Safe mode, there is a option called "Disable Automatic
restart .... ". You can use that option to view the blue error screen. But
remember that doesn't store that setting. When you restart again you have
to choose "Disable automatic..." again to show the blue screen.

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
Click to expand...

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


: Hi Ayush
:
: No can do, I'm afraid. As I said, in Safe Mode, I get an error loading
: EXPLORER.EXE. Pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL does bring up the expected dialogue
: box, but clicking Task Manager does nothing. If it brought up Task
Manager
: I'd be able to try a few things... Can't even get to the Event Viewer to
: see if there's anything helpful there!
:
: "Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
: : > Boot in Safe Mode > If explorer error come, restart explorer by
: > Ctrl > ALt> Delete
: > Process tab
: > If there is a process named explorer.exe, end it by right click end
: > process. If not, proceed to next step.
: > Click File > New > Type explorer
: >
: > If everything works fine then right click my computer > properties >
: > Advanced tab > 3rd settings button > Uncheck "Automatic restart" >
CLick
: ok
: > >ok
: >
: > Now boot in normal mode, you will see an error [the blue screen]. Post
: > that..
: >
: >
: > --
: > > Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
: >
: > For any query, search > www.Google.com
: > Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org
: >
: >
: > : > : Hi Galen. I have a similar problem. Today my PC stopped responding,
: > : flashed a blue screen with white text too briefly to read, rebooted
and
: > : stopped at the XP logo screen on the next boot. Restarting didn't
work,
: > : restarting in Safe Mode got me a black background and an error about
not
: > : being able to load EXPLORER.EXE, followed by just a black screen!
: > :
: > : I'm not keen on reloading at this point in time... anything I can
try?
: > :
: > : PG
: > :
: > : : > : > In : > : > Umer had this to say:
: > : >
: > : > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
: > : >
: > : > > When I try to run Windows Normally, it gets to the black screen
: where
: > : > > it says Windwos Xp Professional, and the little purple bar keeps
: > : > > moving for left to right, but thats all it does, it never
: progresses.
: > : > > It used to go from there to the welcome screen, but for some
reason,
: > : > > it doesnt anymore, Im running in Safe Mode with Network. I dont
know
: > : > > what the problem is. Help?
: > : >
: > : > Try running system restore while you're in safe mode and going back
to
: > a
: > : > time before this problem started showing up.
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
: > : > http://dts-l.org/
: > : > http://kgiii.info/
: > : >
: > : > "At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote
my
: > : > declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus
the
: > : > whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
: > : >
: > : >
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:
:
Click to expand...
 
In Paul Greeff had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Ayush, I appreciate your trying to help. However, please read my
posts carefully? My machine does not restart automatically - I get
stuck at a black screen with "Safe Mode" in all four corners, no
EXPLORER shell running, and unable to start Task Manager.

It's nearly 1am here, so I'm going to disappear for now. I'll check
in again in about eight hours - hope somebody's got some good stuff
for me!

Cheers, all.

PG
Click to expand...

You might want to start your own thread. What you MAY need to do is a repair
installation. That's pretty painless MOST of the time.

Repair Installation of XP:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html

You might also want this:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

(Hopefully you won't - but you might need it.)

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Guess what, guys? After a repair installation failed, I formatted the
partition and found that my disc has developed bad sectors... Thanks for
all the advice, anyway.

PG
 
: Ayush, I appreciate your trying to help. However, please read my posts
: carefully? My machine does not restart automatically
flashed a blue screen with white text too briefly to read, rebooted and
stopped at the XP logo screen on the next boot.
Click to expand...

So why you said that ....

Ok, i think you should try Repair option as Galen said if i am
understanding something wrong...

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
Click to expand...
 

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