"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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> "nojetlag" <nojetlag******.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi there,
>> all of the sudden my machine won't start anymore. I'm running Vista
>> Ultimate and the first problem is that the
>> machine goes into boot-bluescreen-boot-bluescreen cycle so I can't
>> read what's on the blue screen. So i figured out that the Vista Repair
>> Tools would help me and therefore booted from the DVD. Memory Test was
>> ok, no error found in the start up sequence. However a System Restore
>> to a the time when I did install the latest WPF CTP failed with a
>> (0x80070005) error. The machine won't do last good known, nor will it
>> make into safe mode (without anything else), the last thing it loads
>> on its way to safe mode is crcdisk. After that it goes into reboot. I
>> assume a hardware issue since I haven't installed any new device
>> lately. However not having a clear diagnose in 2007 makes me a bit
>> frustrated. Is there a log file that I could have a look at ? All this
>> fantastic system reliability tools from Vista don't help now :(
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> The short answer is that you'd need to disable the particular 'boot' level
> startup [as opposed to system / automatic /manual ...startup] service that
> is causing the crashes. This would enable you to get into safe mode.
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> You can get a to a recovery command prompt via your DVD, from which the
> 'sc' command and 'reg add' commands may prove useful
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> sc /?
> reg /?
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> Jon[/color]


Looks like the 'sc' command is unavailable from the DVD command prompt, but
'reg' is.

There's also a 'Startup repair' option on the preceding screen which you may
or may not have tried.

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Jon