just got back from the microsoft help site and it was no help
first I am running win xp pro.w/ goback3. During a restart and after the goback screen. Before anything else I get a black dos screen with the following message: "Windows could not start because of an error in the software Please report this problem as: load needed DLL for Kernel. Please contact Support Person to report this problem."
New! I found this error message in my event viewer is it relavent to my problem?
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 2/19/2004
Time: 4:29:41 PM
User: N/A
Computer: HOME
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AmdK7
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
RasAcd
Rdbss
StyleXPHelper
SYMTDI
Tcpip
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Then, I touch any key and it reboots. Sometimes it boots fine but other times feezes before the boot.ini pic with the progess indicator at a blank screen. And I have to push the reset button on the machine. and so on

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