I have a problem with an XP machine at my work that will now only start in Safe Mode. It started about a week after I did a repair install for a sluggish system. I originally fixed the problem with system restore, but it kept reverting to Safe Mode boots only after a few days. I checked the video drivers, and updates them. Still Safe Mode only. I rolled backed the drivers. Still Safe Mode only. Repaired the kernel; still Safe Mode only. Repaired the boot loader; still Safe Mode only. Tried system restore again and made a registry backup, and then waited for the system to go back to safe mode and then tried to install the backup, still Safe Mode only. Did system restore and turned off automatic updates to see if an update was causing it, and it still reverted to Safe Mode only. Checked the BOOT.ini tab in msconfig, safe boot was not checked. Checked the power supply, video card, ram module, everything was fine. Any more ideas from anyone? I hate to have to do a reformat and fresh install because it is a work computer and it will take forever to reconfigure all of the software.