I was burning a DVD and came back to find that my system had not frozen but the program I was using had. I could not close the program so I CONTROL+ALT+DEL it out. I have occasionally found my computer to lag and have slow glitches that cause the mouse to freeze momentarily. When this happens they don't go away unless I restart my computer so I did this. However this time it didn't restart. It started loading XP but stopped and needed shutting down. After shutting down I had to start it in safe mode. everything works in safe mode so I did a virus scan, adaware scan, and spyware scan and turned up nothing. I still am having this problem and was hoping somebody could tell me what's wrong.

How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP To help troubleshoot error messages or other issues when you cannot determine the cause of the issue, disable common startup programs, settings, and drivers to eliminate possible software conflicts when you start Microsoft Windows XP. This procedure is known as "clean booting." ------------- (Can be done by way of Windows Safe-Mode, if normal Windows does not work) A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP logon as Administrator, but where it says RESTART, restart into normal Windows.) ------------- How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP Print the articles for reference. ---------------- To find out what each Startup(or Process) item does or means, and any recommendation as to if you should close the process: Task List Programs Also look here if you want: The Process Library Not all found at each place. Each advertises their software product.

I tried your suggestions with no success. I still have the little blue bar (only on XP) stop when loading Windows XP. Any other suggestions?

If Safe-Mode works, and Clean Boot does not, seems to me that you are doing something wrong ? Try "Last known good..." in Safe Mode Boot Options. OR How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP

is it typical for no sound to work in safe mode, along with my printer not being allowed to print? If not these are also problems I am having that coinsided -time wise- with the current problem of not being able to load windows in normal mode. I went up and down the list and found that all the programs running in the background are necessary to run the system (ex: explorer, svchost.exe, smss.exe, etc.) did I do this process wrong if that is what I did?

I had been buring a DVD when the problem occured so I tried unplugging the DVD-RW drive but the problem persists. (I also found out about the printer and speakers being typical in safe mode) Suggestions?