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"Imemine" <all@mine.com> wrote in message
news:eexDJWdsIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hello again Nepatsfan....
>
> This is now a couple of hours later and I would like to give you an update and
> then push further
> into fixing the problem..... hope you are still reading these posts.
>
> Great news; I got into safe-mode in xp, navigated to where I had placed the
> jelly-bean .exe, fired
> it up, and voila....!! (safe mode looked just fine too, just like an xp
> environment.)
> I was very happy, ;; Had a look around for a while, including r/click
> mycomputer then to 'manage'.
> Looked around at errors and log files etc, but it really didnt mean much to
> me; there were plenty of
> red warnings etc.
> Then went to device manager and found a yellow Q mark next to video,, but
> figured it was because it
> was using vga instead of my installed card... (OT, btw, I have never
> installed my video card to
> the D:drive, I think? I simply installed the card, and used 'new hardware
> wizard'. in 98, does
> this instal the card for both O/S's?)
>
> Next, I rebooted into non-safe-mode and simply booted to xp. All I got was
> a task bar with Start
> Button on left, and Clock on the right. The rest of screen was just blue with
> the recycle bin icon
> on bottom right. I then clicked Start, and there was nothing under the
> sub-menu arrows,, they
> were all empty as if there simply wasnt anything there. I then r/clicked on
> Start, then chose
> Explorer, and sure enough,, there was my D:drive and all the stuff that is
> on it.
>
> So, not being an avid xp user, I think I will revert to you and ask what you
> suggest I do now. ?
> If I put in my xp cd, where should I go from there?
> I can follow instructions reasonably well.
>
> Thank you for help.
>
>

Following up on my earlier response, I forgot to include these links that you
may find helpful.

How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434

Nepatsfan