:angry: I've got a machine running XP Pro vlk. I've had no problems for 6 months until my sound started going out.. When I tried to to play any media file(mp3,wav,ect..) windows would tell me not a supported format.
So I uninstalled the sound card, reboot, re-install. got sound back for about 2 weeks, started again. now I just get a reboot. I have Tweak-XP and used the autoreboot on error feacture. Well now I can't get the error code. How can I turn that off using the recovery console? Safe mode doesn't work, reboot. Last known good, reboot.
How do I fix this?

My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Start Up and Recovery -Settings button. There is a window for checking/uncheck "Restart on System failure"



Last edited by richardc2000 at Jul 28 2002, 10:12 PM

I know that, I can't get that far before it reboots. My ntbtlog.txt isn't reporting anything. can i change that using the recover console or from dos with a win98 bootdisk.

I would be tempted just to reinstall/upgrade XP from the command prompt.
I am not sure whether the following will work:

Starting System Restore Tool from Command Prompt


Start your computer to Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

NOTE: You must log on as the administrator or a user that has administrator rights.
At the command prompt, type %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and then press ENTER.
Follow the instructions on the screen to begin restoring your computer to a previous, functional state.

Are you getting a brief blue screen of death right before your machine restarts? Sounds like you never actaully get into windows before your system restarts. I had a similiar problem before and I resorted to a re-install of XP.