Vista - Vista Basic justs reboots?

Hi all,

I have a Vista Basic machine that just reboots after I put in my password.
I have been able to go into safe mode but several programs seem to "hog" the
cpu time. I am not sure if my problem is an invasion from the Internet or a
corrupted driver or what. I can boot up into command prompt safe mode
cleanly but at that point I don't know what to do to determine what the
problem is. Is there a command to get task manager to run? Is there a
command like kill from the unix world that will absolutely stop a running
process or service? I am hoping that I can get it to boot into safe mode
with networking so I can get it on the Internet and do one of those free
virus scans. Any other suggestions?

thanks,
charles....

Have you checked the Event Viewer for clues as to why the system reboots?
How about a System Restore to a point before the problem started?

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"***** charles" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Since that is the point where generally your video driver takes over from
the VGA driver, that would be my first check. Can you also boot into low
resolution mode?


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"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Oxd48NX7HHA.4584@xxxxxxThe even viewer doesn't give a clue.
There were no restore points set. The default is OFF, I have found.

thanks,
charles.....
password.orrunningmode

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uHmeCYX7HHA.5160@xxxxxxWhen I try vga mode I get "an unauthorized change was made to windows"
screen, and the only thing I can do it reboot. The license is legal and
straight
from HP, it is an HP laptop. I guess my only recourse is to copy my emails
off and rebuild the computer from a recovery routine that I hope works. If
that doesn't work I will probably put Linux on it since I did not make the
restore cd's from the hard drive. The cheapskates don't even give you
recovery cd's any more. You have to make your own which I didn't do.
The only choice that works is to boot to safe mode with command prompt.
I think it was an invasion from the Internet since I have done some research
it seems that a lot of people are having similar problems. When I go into
safe mode with the gui I get a continually restarting "windows explorer is
not working and will be restarted" scenario.

later,
charles.....
password.orrunningmode

"***** charles" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9nVCi.7880$924.3851@xxxxxxThat is odd. In my Vista Ultimate installations, the default for System
Restore is on - which has saved my butt on more than one occasion.

Methinks that HP may want you to use your restore disks so that they can
re-install any of their malware and adware that you may have removed.

The lesson is to never buy a laptop without a full Windows disk.
Unfortunately, which may make this impossible for some, it is often only the
higher end laptops that have this option. And the malware/restore disk
issue is the reason I never buy a ready-made desktop. I always build my own
even though it is often more expensive. That way I always have a Windows
disk and start with no malware on my PC.

Dale


Dale

"Dale" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OzzRk8j7HHA.1164@xxxxxxreboots?theownI am still in research mode as to the email backup problem. Once I can
safely backup/restore my emails I will try the hd based restore process
that hp says should work. We'll see.

If the choice is Vista for $ or Linux for free, I am going with free.

later,
charles....

You can buy a restore disk from HP for about $10

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