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I did a 'repair' install of windows xp sp3.
When I logon, it says it needs to activate (Yes,NO).
When I click on yes, the system does not do anything.
When I try to restart, it suddenly has started to download updates- but I was never able to complete the logon. Weird@!
by mr 't' Accepted solution
by older mycroft Accepted solution
What does it NOT do?
Could you offer a little more detail, including what PC this is happening on?
by mr 't' Accepted solution
by does not do anything, I mean there is no apparent activity.
after boot, the normal logon screen is presented. Because of problems noted in the past about activating windows and grpahics, the boot is set to \BASEVIDEO.
Once I logon, only the background remains. windows - U command will bring up the utility manager, but no other keyboard entries appear to do anything.
I found a 'help' on the net that said after launching utility manager, you could access the internet by clicking on the link on the Microsoft Narrator help window.
Does not work.
ctrl-alt-del does not work. Pressing the power button does the equivalent of ctrl-alt-del.
Basically, at this point, I have a large brick with a pretty screen.
I attempted to logon to 'safe mode' with network, but it wont let me - says it is not activated, and since you cannot activate in safe mode, it returns me to the logon screen.
by older mycroft Accepted solution
Nope, sorry, you've lost me now.
You CAN encounter problems if you invoke Updates before sorting out [u]Realtek Sound drivers[/u], but I've not heard anything about graphics difficulties.
What else were you expecting to happen if you enforced a 'Base video' boot? ;)
by mr 't' Accepted solution
by older mycroft Accepted solution
Really? ~ Where?
What PC and what graphics card are we talking about here?
If you cannot complete login, how did you manage to enforce Basevideo, given that XP has just been fully repaired??? ;)
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