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Bob Wright <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:42:33 -0600
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At 12:39 PM 9/22/2002, you wrote:
>I have Windows XP Home edition installed and for some reason the computer
>will boot up, gets to the desktop....and then will reboot itself. The
>second time it boots everything is okay. Any idea on how to get it to stop
>booting?

I would run MSCONFIG.EXE from Start | Run to see if you might have an
unusual application that is being triggered at startup...   uncheck anything
in the Startup tab that you feel is unnecessary to see if that is the problem.

    Bob Wright
The NoSpin Group, Inc.
http://freepctech.com

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