From: xxd351@iprimus.com.au   
      
   "Eric P."  wrote in message   
   news:0001HW.C2479D2500167DEF4082BFB0@news.sf.sbcglobal.net...   
   > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:23:58 -0700, pop.iprimus.com.au hath written   
   > thusly   
   > (in article <4621ef38$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au>):   
   >   
   > >   
   > > --   
   > > "Eric P."  wrote in message   
   >   
   > >> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:44:32 -0700, Ted Campanelli hath written thusly   
   > >> (in article ):   
   > >>   
   > >>> Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes   
   not   
   > >>> so great) words of knowledge:   
   > >>>> Hello,   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> If there's a more appropriate ng where I should post this, please let   
   > >>>> me know. A friend with a Dell Dimension 8100 running Windows XP Home   
   > >>>> Edition was experiencing a problem  of the system reporting that a   
   > >>>> service terminated unexpectedly during startup (when the desktop   
   > >>>> appeared on the screen), and therefore Windows would shut down and   
   > >>>> restart, only to repeat this infinitely. We booted from the system   
   > >>>> install disc and selected to repair the system. After this process   
   > >>>> completed and the machine restarted, it got to the login screen, then   
   > >>>> automatically restarted itself, whether I clicked on a user account   
   or   
   > >>>> did nothing. Ultimately, we shut the machine down.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> This endless loop of restarting at the login window (therefore not   
   > >>>> getting to the desktop) has the computer currently unuseable, and my   
   > >>>> friend, who knows very little about computers, fears a problem with   
   the   
   > >>>> internal HD. I'm not convinced that that's where the problem lies,   
   but   
   > >>>> anything's possible.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> If anyone has any ideas why this is happening, and can suggest a way   
   to   
   > >>>> solve it, I'd be most grateful, as would my friend who owns the   
   system.   
   > >>>> Please let me know!   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Thanks,   
   > >>>> Eric P.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Sounds like you have a virus.  Unless you have some anti-virus   
   software   
   > >>> ON A SELF BOOTING DISC, you are probably going to have to reformat the   
   > > HD.   
   > >>   
   > >> Yikes! This does look logical, though, given that a message appeared on   
   > >> the desktop, prior to repairing the OS, that warned that the system   
   > >> appears to be infected by spyware/adware, and advised running some   
   > >> antivirus utility. Though I doubt I'll find any such thing on the WinXP   
   > >> install disc, I'll look there anyway.   
   > >>   
   > >> Unable to boot into "safe mode" by holding down F8 during startup as   
   > >> well.   
   > >>   
   > >> Any recommendations for anti-virus sw, in case a purchase is needed?   
   > >>   
   > >> Thanks,   
   > >> Eric   
   > >>   
   > >> ==============================================================   
   > >>   
   > >  Just had the exact same thing happen to my duaghters PC. Turned out to   
   be   
   > > stuffed RAM of all things. Run memtest86 on the PC first. May be a   
   different   
   > > problem for your friend, but running memtest is free.   
   > >   
   > Please indulge my ignorance, and enlighten me: how may I find this   
   > memtest86?   
   >   
   > Thanks!   
   > Eric   
   Go here. http://www.memtest86.com/ You can download an ISO file free and   
   burn yourself a boot CD with memtest on it. Hope it works out for you.   
      
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