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Computer Help and Support

steve2470

(37,481 posts)

3. hmmm

Reply to The Philosopher (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 11:10 PM

Jun 2013

Try this. Tap F8 as you are booting up to try to get it into Safe mode, then look at the installed programs in Control Panel.

If you see anything non-essential, you may wish to uninstall them. My memory is sometimes you cannot uninstall during Safe Mode, so getting logged in normally would be best, if you can.

Let it boot up for maybe ten minutes. If it still won't boot up....not good at all.