"Ray K" <raykos***@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:4a5640ca$0$5912$607ed4bc@cv.net...
> My desktop computer that I use for all my internet work had been working
> okay all day. Then, I clicked on a link and it rebooted. It passes the
> POST
> okay, shows the splash screen, and then the Microsoft default blue-green
> screen that says "Windows is starting" appears. (This is not the notorious
> blue screen of death.) A few seconds later, before getting to the desktop,
> it starts
> rebooting alll over again.
>
> In the Safe Mode, I've run Malwarebytes Anti-Maleware, SUPERAntiSpyware
> Free
> Edition, Crap Cleaner, Spybot and
> some registry cleaner programs. Despite fixing minor problems, the looping
> problem remains.
>
> I can't run any of the online virus scanners because I can't connect to
> the
> internet in the safe mode. If I were to buy a new AV program, it wouldn't
> do
> much good because I can't download its latest updates.
>
> (There may be a way to download updates into the laptop I'm using to post
> this message and then transfer them to the problem computer, but I don't
> know how to do that. I suppose I could install an updated AV in the
> laptop,
> disconnect it from the internet modem, connect it to the desktop's
> ethernet
> card, seup a network connection and scan
> the desktop's hard drives from the laptop.)
>
> I booted from the CD-ROM with the original W2K disc in it. I chose the
> Repair/Console option. After going through whatever it does, I still have
> the original problem. I may had done more harm than good, because the
> attempted repair may have replaced some of the files updated with the 70+
> hotfixes with original versions (if that's the way hotfixes work).
>
> Event Viewer shows nothing for the day the problem started (July 8).
>
> The computer is a homebuilt one that's been working properly for many
> months. No new programs installed the day the problem started. SP4 plus
> over
> 70 hotfixes
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> Ray

"Ray K" wrote:
> My desktop computer that I use for all my internet work had been working
> okay all day. Then, I clicked on a link and it rebooted. It passes the
> POST
> okay, shows the splash screen, and then the Microsoft default blue-green
> screen that says "Windows is starting" appears. (This is not the notorious
> blue screen of death.) A few seconds later, before getting to the desktop,
> it starts
> rebooting alll over again.
>
> In the Safe Mode, I've run Malwarebytes Anti-Maleware, SUPERAntiSpyware
> Free
> Edition, Crap Cleaner, Spybot and
> some registry cleaner programs. Despite fixing minor problems, the looping
> problem remains.
>
> I can't run any of the online virus scanners because I can't connect to
> the
> internet in the safe mode. If I were to buy a new AV program, it wouldn't
> do
> much good because I can't download its latest updates.
>
> (There may be a way to download updates into the laptop I'm using to post
> this message and then transfer them to the problem computer, but I don't
> know how to do that. I suppose I could install an updated AV in the
> laptop,
> disconnect it from the internet modem, connect it to the desktop's
> ethernet
> card, seup a network connection and scan
> the desktop's hard drives from the laptop.)
>
> I booted from the CD-ROM with the original W2K disc in it. I chose the
> Repair/Console option. After going through whatever it does, I still have
> the original problem. I may had done more harm than good, because the
> attempted repair may have replaced some of the files updated with the 70+
> hotfixes with original versions (if that's the way hotfixes work).
>
> Event Viewer shows nothing for the day the problem started (July 8).
>
> The computer is a homebuilt one that's been working properly for many
> months. No new programs installed the day the problem started. SP4 plus
> over
> 70 hotfixes
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> Ray
>
>
>
>
>
>
>