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xp repair install, light blue screen, and only mouse pointer works Posted: 22 May 2011 11:07 PM PDT After getting a corrupted PC, I found myself needing to do a repair install of windows XP. Everything proceeded normally, but after the final reboot, I get the normal XP logo with a rolling bar at the bottom, and then a light blue screen, and then nothing. After a minute, I move the mouse pointer, and it works normally. I then try Ctrl-ALt-Del, but nothing happens. Next, I try starting in safe mode, and that works. I soon find that windows wants to activate, so I start XP in safe mode (with networking), in the hopes I can then activate in, and then start windows normally. Alas, XP refuses to activate in any for of safe mode… only normal mode will do. But I do find that that I can disable the automatic activation, which then lets me boot normally, after which I just need to re-enter the windows product key, and then (at long last), activate the stubborn XP system. Details: Start in Safe mode Run regedit navigate to: HKLM -> software -> microsoft -> windows nt -> currentVersion -> WPAEvents Now change the oobetimer entry by 1 digit (eg change the last hex key from fd to ab) Once you commit the change to the registry, close regedit, and restart the PC You can now re-enter the product key and activate normally Related posts: repair install of XP (SP2 or SP3) without uninstalling IE7 error 1327 and 1324 after a repair install of xp brief XP blue screen, then reset

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