XP doesn't work after system 'reset'

markwm88

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Jul 23, 2005
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I have developed a very strange problem on my PC, everytime I have to press
the reset button, or there's a power cut, when Windows reboots it
will boot to the desktop fine and I can move my mouse but no windows, no
programs or anything will open. I can get saome context menu's up by right clicking but they take ages.

This problem is driving me insanse, the only way I can get windows working
again is to do a system restore to the a point before I pressed the reset
button.

I recently reformatted my drive and re-installed to overcome this problem
but it hasn't. It was the same with SP1 and SP2, I've had this machine(a64
3000+, 1gb RAMM) for well over a year and this problem only developed in the
last couple months.

Can anyone please help? I can't believe a reformat didn't fix the problem,
although I did choose the quick format option and when I installed a program
I had on before hand, it said was 'trial was up' which makes me think I
didn't fully erase all of the old files. Although everything seems brand
new, I had to re-activate too.
 

Brazen

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Jul 14, 2000
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Ok seriously, I had a somewhat similar problem. Replacing the power supply fixed it.