Rock,
Was able to F8 my way to the menu but after I made the selection safe mode
with command prompt I got a page of drivers then back to the same loop as
before. Thanks for the advice.
David

"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> DavidP wrote:
>
>> I updated my friend's emachine for her from 2000 to XPpro (SP2). I
>> went and downloaded all the updates then when I rebooted it keeps
>> rebooting when it goes from the emachine screen to the XP screen before
>> it gives me any options in the XP screen its back starting up. Any
>> advice?
>>
>
> Another option is to see if you can boot into safe mode with command
> prompt. Restart the computer, as the BIOS screen disappears repeatedly
> tap the F8 key until the Advanced Options menu appears. Choose safe mode
> with command prompt. If you can get in there try a system restore from
> the command prompt to a date before you can the updates.
>
> Type this at the prompt
> %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe or
> C:\Windows\System32\restore\rstrui.exe
> then press Enter
>
> Also can you clarify what you mean by it's rebooting going from the
> eMachine screen to the XP screen. By XP screen do you mean the initial
> boot up where it says loading XP. If that's the case then the link I gave
> you in the first message might be appropriate.
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>