My computer hangs up just before the log in screen and windows logo. How do i fix it?

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boot in safe mode with logging if this works its one of you statups if not what is the last entry on the screen. thats the place its hanging go to a another computer and search that keyword and add hanging on boot

Try pressing F8 while the laptop is booting and select "safe mode". If it boots fine in safe mode, it might be either driver issue or the laptop's videocard giving up. The driver issue is corrected by installing the right drivers, you can ensure if the problem is on the hardware side by setting it to boot in 640*480*256 (or lowest possible resolution) and see if it boots. Also, try pressing F8 during boot and select the option to log the boot process. The log file might then tell you what causes the stop/hang.

Check the hdd. Check the memory. Reinstall the operating system.

At boot do you get the Acer logo or can you enter the BIOS or the restore/recovery with the F keys?

Use your original Windows XP CD and run the recovery console when starting up the pc. Thats should repair any files which are hanging the pc at the XP logo

You can try also to do reformat your hard drive as fresh unallocated one before doing formatting again to install windows. And check your installation disk for scratches.

plz try to boot through safe mode, if you can then log in normally.
if you cant boot from safe mode then you have to reload or repair your os.

If your trying to do hat I think your trying to do, you cant.

Assuming Windows XP.

Boot into safe mode. Do so by pressing 'F8' a few times just as the computer begins to boot up (right before the Windows screen)

Once in safe mode, click on administrator (or type it in as the username if it doesn't come up with the welcome screen). It shouldn't, by default, have a password if it is XP Home.

Once logged in as administrator, go to control panel and users and change the password on the account you want or create a new one.