XP freezes about 1 minute after booting up

[Don]

I was watching a video using windows media player and then
accidentally flicked the power supply. Ever since then, whenever I
reboot my PC, it freezes after about 1 minute of the reboot. Perhaps
it is freezing when loading something? What can I do?

 

[Jym]

After reading what happened prior to your problem , I would do a Media
Player repair . Consult appropriate MS website for download . Jym

 

[roger]

Hi Don,

I was watching a video using windows media player and then
accidentally flicked the power supply. Ever since then, whenever I
reboot my PC, it freezes after about 1 minute of the reboot. Perhaps
it is freezing when loading something? What can I do?

Can you boot in safe mode? Try pressing the F8 key repeatedly while
booting and choosing safe mode with the arrow keys. Then perform a
System Restore to a date before the problem started.

Good luck, hope this helps

 

[Don]

Thanks guys, I tried the system restore but it did not work.

Can I still fix media player in safe mode by accessing the internet?

Thanks

 

[roger]

Hi Don,

Thanks guys, I tried the system restore but it did not work.

Can I still fix media player in safe mode by accessing the internet?

Thanks

You can try reinstalling the Media player.
You might try going to start > run and copying and pasting to the run
window the following line:

"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\setup_wm.exe"

This will reinstall the player.

Good luck