cant get into safe mode

ok i dont know what is wrong with my f**king computer but
i cant get into safe mode i get to the logon screen and it reboots it self
like i dont even have enough time to type out my password and just reboots
i have absolutely no idea what on earth it could be
i tryed to get into safe mode to scan for viruses and yeah I CANT!!!

 

Most common problem that I have heard about getting into "Safe Mode" has been, that: You have to just keep tapping the F8 right from powerup, most keyboards only send out one signal per tap, so holding the key down does not work. Once you have gone to the "Logon Screen" it is to late.

Hope that helps, if not more knowledgeable Geeks will be by shortly to help

 

lol if u read the post correctly i can get to the login screen just i dont have time to type in my password before it reboots its self

 

sorry didnt mean to be mean there but i dont have problems with booting at all im using the computer right now lol i just wanna get into safe mode soo i can do a decent virus scan but when i boot into safe mode i get to the logon screen and it reboots its self

 

no worries thanx heaps ill give it a go an get back to yas

 

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i cant get to any start up and recovery things i right click go properties then advanced and any option that is there is greyed out not only that theres no start up or recovery options and auto restart in system failure isnt there either

where abouts am i meant to be right clicking on the my computer icon or thru explorer or something coz if i right click it only comes up wid short cut properties and ur general properties when u right click on an icon and even the adavnaced tab on the general properties theres no start up or recovery option either by the way im using XP home if that has any relevence

also if you would like me to post a picture of what im talking about just ask

 

come on some ones gotta know something

 

Are you logging in as an administrator?

 

i dont have time to log in at all before it reboots it self i get to the log in screen and weather i choose to log in as admin or my own login as im typing the password for either one it just reboots as if ive reached over right in the middle and presed the reset button ive done virus scan after virus scan reckons the computer is clean ive done spyware scan after spyware scan with multiple scanners still doesnt fix anything i cant think what on earth could be causing this and formatting isnt reall an option at the moment '
as i dont wanna back up anything that could be causing this problem only ot have it happen again when i put all my stuff back on after a reboot would a repair installation fix this ?? and with a repair installation ( i know i should know this lol ) will i loose anytihng besides system settings and drivers and stuff like that ?? oh thats another reason i havent formated coz ive lost my driver cd

 

come on some ones gotta know sumthing please its driving me insane

 

oh just realised how to get to thoes recovery options and such had to go thru control panel then system then advanced and blah blah any way auto reboot in system failure is not checked and when it reboots in safe mode i dont get the dreaded BSOD it just reboots as if i presed the reset button

 

yeah i know how to do the repair i just didnt know if i would loose all my stuff or not and ive been keeping a close eye on the read this first post in the malware section but thanx heaps for your help tim verry much apreciated do you have any idea what could be causing this problem at all ??
any way thanx again i will report back with info on how the repair went thanx again guys

 

It's a long-shot but worth checking. Do you have Nero installed? If so, disable InCD and see if safe mode works.

Steve

 

haha stupid nero aight ill try disabaling inCD actually how do i do that lol ?? i know i should know this but i cant think for the life of me at the moment

 

Start > Run > then type msconfig

Look in the Startup items and uncheck InCD, restart and try safe mode.

Steve

 

ok you guys are gonna hate me soon lol

ok tryed to get into msconfig said summin like could not find it make sure the file is valid or path is valid or summin

 

Make sure you are spelling it right, MSCONFIG.

Steve

 

yep im spelling it right
windows cannot find 'msconfig' make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again blah blah i know im tpying it correctly coz i even copy and pasted from your post just to make sure i was actually spelling it right

 

Type in regedit, see if it opens the registry.

Steve

 

Be back in about 15 min.

Steve

 

mata yeah i can get into the registry didnt even need to check lol coz i was in it about 20 mins ago lol and as for the sfc ill try that now
thanx heaps for taking all this time out guys really apreciate it

 

OK. Just wanted to make sure, spyware can cause that alot of times with both of them. I think you should go thru the steps in spyware and start a thread there regardless of what we solve here. Maybe something will work.

One more option that might work for you. Download Startup Inspector for Windows, http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4075

You can disable InCD from there. Been a long time since I have used it but it's pretty straight forward and easy to use.

Steve

 

yeah got start up instpector like last year lol

now why didnt i think of that lol

thanx man

 

um ok for some reason inCD isnt in there :s but it still loads

 

Do you have anything Nero starting that you can disable? If not, that's probably not it then.

Steve

 

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Don't stop now.........got any ideas?

You should be able to uninstall InCD from Add/Remove in the control panel but since we don't know for sure if that is it, I will leave that up to you. It may not change anything.

Steve

 

Thi is how I got mine to boot in safe mode. Type MSCONFIG in Run box>OK. In Sys Config Utility click Diagnostic Startup Then go to the BOOT.INI Tab then click SAFEBOOT. Worked for me!!!

 

1 i can get into safe mode and shit it boots up fine but once i get to the log on screen it reboots 2 i cant get into ms config i tried before if u read some of the other posts

i did what timw sugessted but i havent checked to see if thats worked yet

add remove programs GGGRR why didnt i think of that yeah its in there but what the hell does inCD do any way ??

 

InCD enables you to drag files onto a CD-R directly from Windows Explorer, or to save onto CD directly from within applications like Microsoft Word, without using the CD Recording software that came with your CD-Writer.

If you never use it just uninstall it. Another thing you might try if you don't want to remove it is make sure that Nero and InCD are fully updated, see if that helps.

Steve

 

ahh ok thanx well ive uninstalled it asked me to reboot but im not goin to just yet coz im downloadin some stuff that i need

any way just so yas all know im using winXP home edition could that be why msconfig wont run or ??

also tim with sfc /scannow when its finished and it does find a discrepency in the system files does it tell you at all or does it just go about its buisness with out you even knowing if sumthing was corrupt ??

 

ok got some updates for yas

1 sfc /scannow didnt work

2 neither did uninstalling inCD

but when i did boot into safe mode when it goes thru loading the drivers and stuff it came up saying press esc to stop loading stpd or something soo i pressed cancel and it still didnt work and i sware ive let it load before and still didnt work

 

I have no idea at this point. I really thought that removing InCD would let you get to safe mode. stpd might be associated with Alcohol 120% and Daemon tools. I don't know much about these.

Maybe, see how far you can get going thru the Spyware steps. If you can't finish or perform some of the tasks that's ok, they can deal with that as long as they know you took the proper steps.

Sorry I can't be of more assistance. I hope one of the other members has some ideas at this point.

Steve

 

I had a similar problem lately. I'll bet that you are hanking in a file called MUP.SYS

If so, an improper flash of your bios may have been the cause.

 

hmm interesting rmruk ill check that out coz i think i did see something like that some where checkin that now

EDIT:
i did a search goin start the search and searched for MUP.SYS and it didnt find anything


and matacumbie thank you verry much for all your help very much apreciated

 

i got my XP CD but whats this hirens thing never herd of it

 

and seeing as though my main HD is E: i would replace C: with E: yeah ?? just makin sure

 

I've GOT THE ANSWER!!!!!

I'll bet that you have Spyware Doctor installed on your computer.....

unstall it and all will be good again.

Let me know...

 

lol i DID have spyware doctor but i got rid of it recently and yeah hasnt changed anything i think it was doing this even before i had spyware doctor not too sure but

 

havent had a chance to do any of it just yet
gotta get a track finished for a mate by this arvo soo ive been concentrating on that for the moment

by the way i got XP HOME not professional soo should i change that line to xp home or leave it as is

 

I think hijack is right, maggot. The original config, I'm guessin', was C = primary [local] drive. Unless you built the PC from scratch...

 

This is the second post in which you've said you had to d/load something first.
What's your priority here?

Where are you now on this?

 

im up to having done the search for mup.sys

 

You said earlier that you could get into regedit. If you still are at square one, and can get to the registry editor, there's hope.

In the meantime, can you get to webroot.com?

 

yep and everything is working fine prety much in normal mode its just safe mode thats the real worry for me at the moment ud think it would be the other way arond huh lol