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server 2000 only starts in safe mode

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by f_hendrik

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my windows 2000 server only starts in safe mode. when i
try to start in any other mode, i can only get to the
screen just before it asks you to press ctrl-alt-del to
logon. at this screen it shows some strange characters
instead of the usual"windows is starting up"
and "preparing your network connections", then the pc
restarts by itself. can anyone help with this?
.i already tried re-installing windows 2000

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by jeremy the it guy

I would be willing to bet that it's your video driver. When it starts up and restarts itself during boot, it's a hardware conflict. What you should do is boot into safe mode, go into device manager and uninstall the graphics card. If that doesn'tfix it, start uninstalling peripherals one by one. I'd try the network card second and work from there. Hope this helps, Jeremy

by shanghai sam

the problem was actually with the Graphical Identification and Authentication dll that was used by pcanywhere9 installed on the computer. it somehow became corrupted, and the problem was fixed by replacing this dll in the recovery console, andafter logging in, i re-installed pcanywhere. thanks anyway.

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