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Bring it to me and I’ll fix it for you for free.
Watch your computer boot. After you hear the “beep,” start pressing the F8 key on your machine. At some point, it’ll come up with a DOS menu. Select “Last known good configuration” and go from there.
do you have access to the cd drive?
.45ACP at 200 feet. That doesn’t fix it, but try to image how good you’d feel!
Just as mentioned in post four, you may be able to set the computer back to a previous day were you had no problems.Call just as mentioned in post for, you may be able to set the computer back to a previous day were you had no problem.
Are you sure you’re logged in?
Try unplugging it for about 5-10 mins. Then replug.
If you have the Windows install disk, you could boot from it and run repair.
I didn’t see “Try booting in Safe Mode.”
Try it. For W7, and I believe XP, you can do that by hitting F8 while booting.
My old XP did something similar...got anything plugged into your USB ports on start-up(flash-drive/other)?
Boot into Safe Mode.
It will probably require a reinstall of Windows(commonly called a repair). Do not format your hard drive.
As it boots ups keep tapping F8
When a DOS screen comes up, “Boot to last good Config”
You can even boot to safe mode and after it fully boots, restart and let it fully boot.
Assuming you are doing a forced-shutdown or power interruption to get out of that windows screen it should bring up “windows was shut down unexpectedly” and three options during the reboot cycle. Choose SAFE MODE. If that allows you past the point where it was hanging up there are several things you should do. First do a full backup of all your files. Then you can start working on diagnosing the problem. Definitely check out the PROGRAMS section and uninstall anything that was installed around the time your problems began, and anything you don’t recognize that was installed recently.
This would be a really good time to buy burn a Linux Live CD. You can boot off the CD and copy your files to a USB drive before you do anything.
You can also burn a USB stick with Linux and copy the files to it. Booting from a USB stick is a little more difficult.
Seriously though, sounds like you've rec'd some good advice already. Good luck.
You mean the PC that was stolen out of your car this morning?
What a shame. And it was such a good computer.
(Wink wink.)
