Adam
December 11th 03, 09:29 PM
Hi Mark,
you mentioned attempting a SAFE MODE boot, but have you
tried using the "LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION"?
Also, disconnect any recently installed hardware.
>-----Original Message-----
>Running XP Home. Believe I have a reboot virus of some
>sort. (I now know there are more than one of them.)
>
>Windows loads just to desktop, then reboots of itself. I
>had uninstalled virus scanner just days before because of
>performance problems, and had been downloading a number
of
>files from WWW the day this started. I have no boot
disk,
>and a lot of data not backed up.
>Have tried safe start, etc., with same result.
>Have even tried using floppy XP installation series of
>disks to get in and load a DOS virus scanner, but at the
>end of this setup, am asked for XP CD-ROM to finish, and
>the XP home came pre-installed.
>
>If anybody has an idea about how I might get in around
>this, I would be most appreciative.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>.
>
you mentioned attempting a SAFE MODE boot, but have you
tried using the "LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION"?
Also, disconnect any recently installed hardware.
>-----Original Message-----
>Running XP Home. Believe I have a reboot virus of some
>sort. (I now know there are more than one of them.)
>
>Windows loads just to desktop, then reboots of itself. I
>had uninstalled virus scanner just days before because of
>performance problems, and had been downloading a number
of
>files from WWW the day this started. I have no boot
disk,
>and a lot of data not backed up.
>Have tried safe start, etc., with same result.
>Have even tried using floppy XP installation series of
>disks to get in and load a DOS virus scanner, but at the
>end of this setup, am asked for XP CD-ROM to finish, and
>the XP home came pre-installed.
>
>If anybody has an idea about how I might get in around
>this, I would be most appreciative.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>.
>