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Winxp won't load all the way, just reboots itself after bluescreen

Lithium381

Lithium381

Lifer
Just got WINXP pro installed on my machine three days ago, been noodling around installing my programs(AIM, winamp etc), i go to install Norton 2006 last night, and now it won't boot. It gets to my desktop as it normally would, but the start bar is hourglassed out and won't let me click it. about 30 seconds later i get a blue screen and it reboots me....i've tried switching my RAM modules around and removing them, checked all my wires etc(even though no hardware changes had been made, simply installed NAV, when it asked me to reboot, i said yes and now it won't come up, i've tried the F8 - boot from last known good config and still does the same thing. Safe Mode wont' let me uninstall NAV either. Input?
 
Going with BART is a little drastic!

Just go into safe mode, open MSConfig, deselect all startup items and reboot into normal mode. If all is stable, then uninstall Norton and start looking for another product. I personally don?t like Norton. I would go with Avast AV for now and then buy CA Anti-Virus.

If you cannot uninstall Norton and the puter is stable without anything loading then change the names of all the Symantec and Norton folders reboot then toss them into the trash. Then use a third party software like Power Tools to remove any remnants of Norton from you computer.
 
Well, my only recourse was to reinstall everything from scratch.....and i haven't installed norton yet, everything else is loaded exactly as it was, i'm not sure if i want to give it another shot and risk spending another hour watching status bars.......does norton suck or what other options do i have? does it have any conflicts with other programs such as ZoneAlarm or Adaware?
 
zonealarm firewall is the best. the free version is alright to. it will just, at the bigning, overwhelm u with alerts until it learns u habbits. then it works silently and effiecntly. i hate Norton.
it is slow, doesn't find everything, and is expensive. i have ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite. Best product i ever baught. I use its AV engine to. including it AntiSpyware. I also have
Spybot Search and destroy, but it never finds anything because ZoneAlarm blocks it! Also, ZoneAlarm is not subscription based. By it and enjoy. My licnse will last another 52372 days.
umm lets see. 52372/365.25=143.28 years. Somehow i doubt i'll need it then, but gr8 that my family can inherit the faamily Firewall hierloom! lol. NEVER USE NORTON! IT SUCKS!
 
What's the STOP code and parameters (you can get these from the system event log)?

If the last thing you did was install Norton antivirus, the most likely cause of the problem is norton's drivers not playing nice with other drivers on your system. Uninstall Norton from safe mode, or go into safe mode and disable the norton drivers from device manager.
 
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