XP loads and does its thing... and I get a black screen with my mouse cursor... I know windows is loaded because steam has always poped up saying "Cannot detect your network connection!" and has a "retry" "cancle" and a "click here for details" button... the details button turns the mouse into a hand... which If i search long enough on my black screen... I can find it and my mouse turns into that god-forsaken hand I now loathe....
I can start in safe-mode just fine... I can restore my system but its hit or miss and the problem is still there no matter how far I go back....
I've virii scanned, ran ad-aware, ran Spy Bot... even did an overhaul on my registry.... I can't seem to find the problem....
I don't want to format or reinstall windows but that seems like the only viable option...
Any suggestions?
Edit:
I'm not exactly sure if I fixed it... but after a MASSIVE driver cleaning (every driver I could possibly remove... I removed...) all seems to be running.... decently... for now... Will update again if it didn't work....
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liltechdude Case Modder
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ive never heard of that problem before....but i mean if spyware ad virus scanners cnt find anythin than i guess ur best option is to format....and wat r u usin to connect to ur network?
liltechdude
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I ended up having to format... apparently the problem returned after a few boots and vioala... On to my next issue...
I need a sound blaster driver file named SBLW-XPWEB-W3-US but I can't find it... anywhere.... bleh... or maybe I could try and find an ISO of an SB live install cd... who knows.... the search continues....
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Opty 170 @ 2.5ghz Asus A8N32 SLI Deluxe 2gig gskill @ DDR456 - 2.5-3-3-6 Saphire ATI Radeon x850xt @ 560/580 -SOLD-... Had to make ends meet.