PC won't startup

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  1. migTMC

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    Hello guys. I have a problem with my computer. I reinstalled XP Pro yesterday morning and this morning the power went out for just a second and now the computer won't startup fully. It gets to the stage where it says the screen is all blue, with dark blue thick strip along top and bottom and the Microsoft Windows XP and logo near the center, slightly towards the right side of the screen. It won' proceed from there to the desktop like it should.

    Assistance much appreciated.
     
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    can you get to the safemode menu?
     
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    Yes I can, but the same thing happens, it stops and doesn't get to the desktop. I started in Safemode, which is option 1.
     
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    in that menu is the option to use "last known good configuration", have you tried it?
     
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    Sounds like maybe some of your files may have gotten corrupted.You might have to do a repair with the windows CD.
     
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    Low and behold, I just tried that and it worked. It started up, went to the desktop and a few seconds after came up with a message saying:

    Failed to get proc address for DecodePointer (KERNEL32.dll).


    Any help with that.

    Thanks again
     
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    does it freeze up there or can you still do stuff? do you have skype installed?
     
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    Skype doesn't work, the same error I listed above appears. I do have XP Pro SP1 though and I will update to SP2 like I had before I reinstalled XP Pro yesterday.
     
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    since you have sp1 bypass SP2 go straight to sp3
     
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    uninstall skype to see if error message disappears then update to sp3.
     
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