Windows 2000 keeps restarting on me immediately after log on screen, safe mode is frozen, any help?

Question

Hello,

I am working off windows 2000 and now after I log on I see my regular desktop and after everything loads it restarts. I have very little time to get to the task manager and am unfamiliar with command prompts. I tried going into safe mode, but it is frozen everytime.
The problem I am fairly sure is, I was installing samsung magic rotation for a new monitor and for some reason this program I think is restarting the computer. In task manager I try to stop the program/process but it says it cannot because it is being used. Any help would be great. I dont have any restore discs either, so if there is something to download would be helpful or a way to enter a prompt in the run to stop this from shutting down so I can delete the suspected program would be great. Thanks

Answer 1

One thing you can try is Last Known Good Configuration...
To do this Press F8 while the system is booting up, then use your arrow keys to select that and hit Enter.
Here's more on how and what the 2000 system does as it's booting up and why it would crash and restart...
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/featusability/systeman.mspx

Answer 2

Have you tried a system restore in safe mode? Go back to a date before this happened. Not sure what OS you are using, but sometimes in Vista, an update can cause problems. I would try the restore. If you "restart" in safe mode does it work normally? Have you recently installed updates?

Answer 3

If you are familliar with CMD.exe or command line in general:
http://labmice.techtarget.com/windows2000/Administration/command.htm
http://fixit.in/
http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm
And Axcels site is the ultimate:
http://www.mdgx.com/

Answer 4

try to boot from a CD or a Disk, you can make a start disk from a friend's computer.