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From: Raymond on 1 Nov 2009 10:46
My last attempt...
I removed the disk from the PC and installed it on another computer, then, I
started RegEdit and loaded the Software hive.
I checked \Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion and the Run and RunOnce key,
nothing special in there.
I guess I missed it.

Maybe another/better idea ?

Raymond



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> Hi
>
> Anyone has an idea where the so called incomplete setup is remembered
which
> causes the "Setup is restarting......." message ?
>
> It is definitely not the boot.ini with a line like
> "\$win_nt$.~bt\bootsect.dat"
> XP thinks the setup is incomplete, this is wrong, as the system was in
> perfect working condition before I executed de XP repair (and I executed
the
> repair procedure because the boot sequence was stuck with a light blue
> screen with only the active cursor on it)
>
> Any hint please ?
>
> Thank you in advance
> Raymond
>
>
>
>
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> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm in exactly the same situation as Somedood.
> >
> > My problem arised all of a suden, for no apparent reason, light blue
> > screen with only an active cursor. So I though it's a virus or a
> > hardware problem.
> > I thought the video controller was dead. I got another PC, exactly the
> > same, installed the original disk in it, same problem. So my XP is
> > corrupt, for sure.
> >
> > I installed the original disk in another computer in order to scan it
> > for virus, although my McAfee is up-to-date, I discovered and removed a
> > trojan horse A0057140.exe. After reboot, no luck. Maybe the trojan has
> > damaged system files.
> >
> > I've read a Windows XP repair procedure. I first slipstreamed a new XP
> > CD with SP2, then I tried a repair, but when I restarted I got the same
> > light blue screen with "Setup is restarting........"
> >
> > Also, as mentionned above: with safe mode, it shows the black screen
> > with the words "safe mode" on all 4 corners, but no control of XP
> >
> > I tried the boot.ini hint, but it is not applicable as there is no such
> > thing as "\$win_nt$.~bt\bootsect.dat"
> > XP thinks the setup is incomplete, it must be remembered somewhere, any
> > hint ? probably in the Registry ?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your kind help.
> > Raymond
> >
> >
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From: Warichet on 2 Nov 2009 16:21

Hi John,

Thank you for the tip :-)

Indeed, the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\SystemSetupInProgr
had a value of 1

I loaded the system hive from another computer, changed the value to 0
Unloaded the hive (the file time stamp reflected the change, so I guess
the operation succeeeded).
Put the disk back in place and rebooted
No luck
Either my registry procedure is wrong, maybe no actual write happens to
the hive or "someone" puts the value back to 1.
Any idea ?

Thanks again
Raymond


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From: Warichet on 6 Nov 2009 12:50

Hi,

I've found several keys which could possibly affect this loop
behaviour.
But after having reset them to 0, at next reboot I still get the
"setup is being restarted...."

So there must be a master process which triggers the whole scenario,
any idea ? Also to be noted, this behaviour arised after having executed
the XP repair procedure. Any clue ?

Thanks

Raymond


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