davidg35 wrote:

> 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
> news:edeUlWDEGHA.2648@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
>>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

You're next option is do a repair install with the XP installation CD:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

After that all updates will need to be redone. This time do them just a
couple at a time to see if a particular one causes the problem. It's
possible that just by the mere fact of doing all at once something got
bunged up (technical term), so doing fewer at a time might avoid the
problem.


--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User