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xp pro - hangs on welcome screen
Name: gwheeler Date: February 25, 2003 at 15:51:11 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 1.9 athlon/ 768mb
Comment:
tried to remove gravis joystick driver - system crashed and now when booting it hangs on welcome screen. Cant use keyboard or mouse. Loading in safe mode dosent help, either does loading last good startup. Registry/driver problem? How do I fix it?
Name: Jeff Newton Date: February 25, 2003 at 21:03:32 Pacific
Reply:
I would try this:
To roll back to the previous version of a driver:
Open Device Manager. Right-click the device for which you want to reinstall the previous version of the driver, then click Properties. Click the Drivers tab. Click Roll Back Driver.
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