blues Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 On my WinXP Laptop I can boot normally to the Welcome Screen but when I try to login it makes the sound it usually does, the screen blinks, and I am back to the welcome screen again.I tried to boot in safe mode but that does not work at all. It just fails with a bluescreen that I can't read because right after it appears on the screen the computer shuts down and reboots.What can I do? Ideally I would like to go back to a restore point.I am also fairly sure that the cause of this is some malware that infected the computer about a day before this started to happen. (A user installed it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 When booting up try pressing F8 at 1 sec intervals, that usually will bring up boot options including safe mode. scroll down and select the best option - usually safe mode with net working. I presume you don't have a backup. Time to do so when up and running. Acronis is a favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 I tried to boot in safe mode but that does not work at all. It just fails with a bluescreen that I can't read because right after it appears on the screen the computer shuts down and reboots. Neither of the options I can access via F8 does any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 check your manual, some PC's offer different methods for booting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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