Knight Templar
January 18th 04, 10:27 PM
Try upgrading your Memory. Windows XP requires more
memory than your old system and the Screen saver may have
been the straw that broke the camel's back.
>-----Original Message-----
>I am running windows XP pro. Recently my computer
started
>hanging when the screen saver would activate. I could
not
>recover and ctrl-alt-del did not work. I could only use
>the reset button to restart my computer.
>
>This happened several times until finally after hitting
>the reset button the computer would partially reboot
then
>reset itself again. I could get as far as the windows
>splash screen before it would reset itself.
>
>After numerous attempts to restart the computer I was
able
>to get to the log in screen, where I found that there
were
>no users listed. I could not proceed past this point.
>
>I reinstalled windows and most of my drivers and apps.
My
>computer was working fine for about a week then it
started
>to hang on the screen saver again. I was able to reset
the
>computer successfully until recently. Now I am back to
>the continuous reboot loop.
>
>Why has this just all of a sudden started happening? I
>have not installed any new hardware recently, I have run
a
>virus check on the old harddrive and it came up clean.
>
>Any and all help would be most appreciated.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Sean
>.
>
memory than your old system and the Screen saver may have
been the straw that broke the camel's back.
>-----Original Message-----
>I am running windows XP pro. Recently my computer
started
>hanging when the screen saver would activate. I could
not
>recover and ctrl-alt-del did not work. I could only use
>the reset button to restart my computer.
>
>This happened several times until finally after hitting
>the reset button the computer would partially reboot
then
>reset itself again. I could get as far as the windows
>splash screen before it would reset itself.
>
>After numerous attempts to restart the computer I was
able
>to get to the log in screen, where I found that there
were
>no users listed. I could not proceed past this point.
>
>I reinstalled windows and most of my drivers and apps.
My
>computer was working fine for about a week then it
started
>to hang on the screen saver again. I was able to reset
the
>computer successfully until recently. Now I am back to
>the continuous reboot loop.
>
>Why has this just all of a sudden started happening? I
>have not installed any new hardware recently, I have run
a
>virus check on the old harddrive and it came up clean.
>
>Any and all help would be most appreciated.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Sean
>.
>