Win reboots on start

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Control Panel > System > Advanced > Startup and Recovery - Settings button >
System failure - remove the checkmark from 'Automatically restart'.

Now post back with the name (LOOKS_LIKE_THIS) and hex number (starts with
0x000,,,) of the STOP error.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Loretta" <lorettaa@anderson-computer.com> wrote in message
news:ubuoOKKrFHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I am pretty sure that I did something to the registry. I have winxp home
on
> the laptop. About five seconds into the xp boot I get a blue screen that
> flashes so fast I cannot read it. After the flash it reboots and repeats.
I
> cannot get into safemode because I tried to repair using the orginal xp
cd.
> I need to either be able to read the blue screen so I can look up the stop
> error message, get the setup to finish or get into safemode so I can try
to
> repair the registry. I checked the ntdtcsetup.log. It has the original
setup
> in it but not my attempts to resetup.
> I appreciate any suggestions.
> Loretta
> compinst@verizon.net
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

"Loretta" <lorettaa@anderson-computer.com> wrote:

>I am pretty sure that I did something to the registry. I have winxp home on
>the laptop. About five seconds into the xp boot I get a blue screen that
>flashes so fast I cannot read it. After the flash it reboots and repeats. I
>cannot get into safemode because I tried to repair using the orginal xp cd.
>I need to either be able to read the blue screen so I can look up the stop
>error message, get the setup to finish or get into safemode so I can try to
>repair the registry. I checked the ntdtcsetup.log. It has the original setup
>in it but not my attempts to resetup.
>I appreciate any suggestions.
>Loretta
>compinst@verizon.net
>

Can you bring up the Windows XP Startup Menu (the one with the Safe
Mode choices etc. on it)?

If so then look for a menu item that says "Disable automatic restart
on system failure" or words to that effect and choose it. That
should at least keep the blue screen visible long enough to read it.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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