OK I REALLY need somebody's help. I have an old compaq presario 2800 running windows xp home. Ok, it was working perfectly then all of a sudden, the logon screen doesn't appear. THe compaq logo displays, and then the microsoft windows xp screen, but after the microsoft logo, nothing else. screen just goes blank! any ideas? Thanks! :(
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Jump to PostHmm, tricky, as it could be any number of things. First thing I'd try in your position is:
Hit F8 throughout the bootup, see if you can boot up in safe mode. If you manage that, try using System Restore to restore your machine to a time when it …
Jump to PostOr what I'd do is go into safe mode as mentioned above and then undo what you last did before the problem occured, if that means uninstalling one or more applications do that, I'd only do system restore as a last resort as it doesn't always do the best job …
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