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Windows XP will only boot if it has booted into safe mode, and then been restarted into normal mode, anybody ever seen this?

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Mar 15, 20263286 views
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I have a workstation with an impressively strange problem. If you boot the computer, it will load up to the "select user account screen" and then freeze completely before I can select a user account. No mouse, keyboard, anything working. However, if you then reboot the computer into safe mode, do N…

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Fix for: Windows XP will only boot if it has booted into safe mode, and then been restarted into normal mode, anybody ever seen this?

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I've seen quite a few Windows login issues that were virus/spyware related, but that wouldn't appear to be the case here. Just to be on the safe side though, it probably wouldn't hurt to run a scan.

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