SP2 start up DRAAAMA please help me!

[RedZoneOS]

hi guys, i'm new to this forum lookin for some help from the xp experts!

This morning I started my computer. After the WINDOWS logo, right before it usually shows the user accounts, I got a really quick blue flash and then my computer restarted. Now it does this every time and I cant load windows normally. The blue screen flashes way too fast for me to see what it is saying so I cant give u any details about the error.

I have tried restarting in "Last known good configuration": no effect, still restarts after the logo.

"system restore": no effect, still restarts after logo.

I can log in using safe mode, and safe mode with networking.

I used XP startup/shutdown support... under MSCONFIG I tried to uncheck startup files, startup services, and both INI files but I STILL cannot start my computer normally... XP support doesnt go beyond this.

Anyone else have any suggestions on what i can do? Yesterday I was playing counterstrike, and I used Nero 7 Ultra to create my own DVD movie... after that I turned my computer off.... now I cant turn it on!

Thanks guys for ur help!

[Doc Symbiosis]

Problem is, that you have enabled automatic restart after a BOSD ( it's default setting in XP ):

You've got to boot an emergency OS form CD, like BartPE or Emergency Boot CD and set the following regkey:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

After doing thios, the automatic restart is disabled and you can get the information given by the BOSD and hopefully find out, what's wrong.

[RedZoneOS]

I disabled the auto reboot by entering safemode > my computer > properties > advanced > startup and recovery settings > automatic restart (uncheck)

unfortunately that didnt help and I tried to go into REGEDIT to check the values that you described... They are already 00000000.... any other way to track the error code?

I read somewhere else that this could be a RAM, CPU cooling, or HDD problem... is that possible? If so how do i narrow it down and figure out what the problem in order to fix it!

Thanks for the input... anymore advice would be appreciated!

[cluberti]

System Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > uncheck "Automatically reboot".

[aloima]

It's unlikely to be a hardware problem since it was working just fine yesterday.

Do you have the winxp cd? worst case scenario you could boot up with the cd and do a repair install. that only takes a couple of hours tops. Or if you want to keep poking around then you could boot into safe mode and try several things, like a virus scan, a spyware scan, and run the system file checker from a command line

sfc /scannow

it will probably take just as long to do either method, so it's up to you how much time you want to spend playing around with your computer. me personally i like to try to figure out what's wrong with it, but sometimes the faster method is just repair the installation and move on.