Actually this morning I was able to fix the problem by booting after the F8
key into "start with the last successful load" option. It presented me with
a screen that said active desktop had a problem and did I want to fix it. I
selected that option and that fixed everything. I did try downloading
updates but MSFT didn't like the version of XP Pro it was finding. It seems
to have blocked IE but I downloaded Firefox on my computer and transferred
it to this old one. Things seem to be working now and I simply don't want
to waste anymore time on it. It really needs a clean install but then I
would probably loose some of the things they are comfortable with so I'm
going to stop here. Thanks for all the suggestions.
Bob Warasila
----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Problem with auto reboot
> Take a look in Event viewer/System and Application while in Safe mode
> for red entries that may provide a clue.
> Also:
> 1.Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
>
> 2.Click the Advanced tab.
>
> 3.Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings to open the Startup and
> Recovery dialog box.
>
> 4.Clear the Automatically restart check box, and click OK the necessary
> number of times.
>
> 5.Restart your computer for the settings to take effect.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Problem with auto reboot
> From: bob warasila <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, November 29, 2009 5:40 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> It appears all the win32.NetSky stuff has been removed by the
> MalWareBytes freeware but I'm having a problem with an automatic reboot
> when Windows XP Pro is loading . It shows the taskbar and background but
> when the icons try to load the system reboots. It runs fine in Safe Mode
> with networking except apparently they've never updated the OS so it's
> still running SP1. AVG is giving me an error message saying it is unable
> to complete installation. I think if I can just get past the automatic
> reboot I'll give it back to them the way it once was:^( Any clues on
> what is causing the auto reboot problem?
>
> Bob Warasila
>
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