XP SP2 restarts at xp splash page.

[Dropmurphy]

I went on vacation. Came home. LCD monitor was very dim. I could turn
off, then turn on the monitor to get a second of normal viewing before
it went dim again. I thought this may be some sort of recent problem
(hoping my monitor hadn't crapped out), so I tried a system restore,
having to switch the monitor on and off frequently to see what I was
doing. Anyway, after the restore I had gotten to the login page (with
the different user accounts) and stepped away for a few moments. When I
came back the screen w@sstill dark, so I turned off the computer and
switched out to an old CRT monitor I have. When I tried starting up,
the computer went through everything normal, but after the little blue
thing scrolled across the bottom a few times on the splash screen, my
comp would restart--going back to the motherboard screen and into a
continuous loop of this until I shut it down. I tried a repair with the
XP cd I have, but came up with BSOD-- BAD_POOL_CALLER 0x000000c2
(0x00000043, 0xc55D0000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). I then tried
installing XP onto an old hard drive that I installed into the comp,
setting the original as a slave. This allowed me to at least see most
of my stuff on the original drive, but I can't get into some of my
files as they are under a p@ssword protected account (I keep getting
access denied). Some of these files are irreplaceable and would at the
VERY least like to be able to access these files so I can back them up
and do a fresh install. Ideally I would like to be able to fix the
original install so I can get back up to normal running order. Any help
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Ricky]

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421&Product=winxp
In XP Home you have to boot in safe mode to see the security tab. In XP Pro
you have to disable simple file sharing.

 

[Dropmurphy]

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://tinyurl.com/9ubxs
In XP Home you have to boot in safe mode to see the security tab. In X
Pro
you have to disable simple file sharing.

"Dropmurphy" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

I went on vacation. Came home. LCD monitor was very dim. I could turn
off, then turn on the monitor to get a second of normal viewin
before
it went dim again. I thought this may be some sort of recent problem
(hoping my monitor hadn't crapped out), so I tried a system restore,
having to switch the monitor on and off frequently to see what I was
doing. Anyway, after the restore I had gotten to the login page (with
the different user accounts) and stepped away for a few moments. Whe
I
came back the screen w@sstill dark, so I turned off the computer and
switched out to an old CRT monitor I have. When I tried starting up,
the computer went through everything normal, but after the littl
blue
thing scrolled across the bottom a few times on the splash screen, my
comp would restart--going back to the motherboard screen and into a
continuous loop of this until I shut it down. I tried a repair wit
the
XP cd I have, but came up with BSOD-- BAD_POOL_CALLER 0x000000c2
(0x00000043, 0xc55D0000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). I then tried
installing XP onto an old hard drive that I installed into the comp,
setting the original as a slave. This allowed me to at least see most
of my stuff on the original drive, but I can't get into some of my
files as they are under a p@ssword protected account (I keep getting
access denied). Some of these files are irreplaceable and would a
the
VERY least like to be able to access these files so I can back the
up
and do a fresh install. Ideally I would like to be able to fix the
original install so I can get back up to normal running order. An
help
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Thanks that Solved the problem. I took ownership of the files that wer
protected through safe mode, backed up and did a fresh install. Monito
is still screwy though.
Anyone know the average life expectancy for an LCD? I'm just wonderin
if maybe mine was past it's prime -- about 2 1/2 years old. I may jus
get it repaired or save up and upgrade. The CRT will work for now in
pinc