I was trying to remove the extra steps at power up for logging in users, just make computer turn on with no questions. Somehow it began asking for a password that I didn't put in initially. So I pulled out the Mother Board 2 pin jumper. That fixed the PW problem, but now says "cannot load operating system". I put in a Windows XP Home reinstall disc, but it goes to a point then blue screens with a 0X-00000007 etc error, says computer shut down to protect computer. I deleted all the data on the hard drive, reformatted it, re portioned it, sort of. I need windows XP to run certain software for machine control, needs the parallel and serial ports. Nothing I have tried works. Any ideas greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Problem was in bios, had to change disc to ata instead of achi, then it loaded up fine.
Problem was in bios, had to change disc to ata instead of achi, then it loaded up fine.