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Re: Severe Startup Problems
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Mike Whalen <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:29:34 -0400
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> Yes I can start in safe mode (and I have done this dozens of times).

You can start disabling devices in safe mode. This way drivers for those
devices aren't loaded during bootup.

This is how I determined that the drivers for my video card didn't work
under a build of WinXP. Try disabling devices in the Device Manager.

Cheers,

Mike Whalen

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