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Followed removal steps -- Safe mode fades to black

Started by 07042j , Jul 08 2011 03:17 PM

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07042j

Posted 08 July 2011 - 03:17 PM

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Please delete / ignore -- I think I posted this in the wrong forum. Re-posted it to "computer won't reboot" section. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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My husband picked up the "xp internet security 2012" virus. Following the steps I found here online, I f8'd into safe mode -- which didn't work. So I changed the boot.ini (in msconfig) to automatically boot into safe mode -- and now the screen fades to black after about 30 seconds.

I think everything "underneath" is working fine -- except for the screen fading -- which makes it impossible to proceed with the removal fix.

Screen also fades in F2 (settings) mode -- and in f8 (normal) boot. So what now (?)

Edited by 07042j, 08 July 2011 - 03:29 PM.