patrickman :
Can start Windows Xp Safe Mode but CANNOT start Xp normally.
- Tried installing graphics drivers in XP safe mode. Installed successfully,
patrickman :
Not sure how this would help, considering when I boot up XP normally user accounts options to log in with don't even show, but still willing to give it a fair shot.
Btw, thanks for the reply. Always good to see someone's willing to help.
Edit: No dice. User log in screen still doesn't show when booting up XP normally. Remember: It does show in safe mode. also Remember: When I boot XP normally, I get black screen BEFORE user login shows.
What I meant is: logon in Safe Mode and create a new user account. If you logged on and installed a driver, then you can probably create a new user account... next set that account for automatic logon according to instructions in the article and Tom's Hardware thread, next logoff and see if you can now logon automatically in normal mode with the new user account. If you already have a second user account (which I doubt), use that one instead to use it for auto logon. If the problem is corrupted user account you should be able to logon.
If you suspect it's the graphics card, first try the Safe Mode options and use the VGA Mode, or change the BIOS settings to use the integrated onbloard graphics or the GPU depending which is the default card.
If you're using the onboard video only, try a different video port with an adapter, if you have a vga only monitor, or an appropirate video cable if you have a digital monitor. The BIOS is supposed to deetect the video type and switch between digital and vga but it also may depend on your motherboard's age... The BIOS may be set for one type of video and Windows for another... so try different video outputs.
Auto-logon for primary user...
http://www.updatexp.com/tip14.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/23606-45-auto-logon-primary-user