I Know Why PCs Hate Me Now....

[caraig]

For the past three-four years, my Mac has never had a system problem. Sure, sometimes some apps might get confused, but right now it works just as well as it did the very first day I got it.

The PC, as you've noticed in my occasional howls of anger here, has not had nearly so good a track record.

Currently, I fire it up, all the drivers load, the Windows XP login screen with the WinXP logo comes up (not the one with the little chaser bar that "shows" it's loading)... but then it doesn't let me log in. Fortunately the PC isn't really my work machine (except for a model for an HL2 mod that I need to finish) but I do use it for games and for additional storage. When booting to Safe Mode it does the same thing. Any suggestions?

In the meantime, as promised, in my next post there will be reviews of several games I've played lately.

Comments

[collie13.livejournal.com]

Bob says, "Could be anything. Caps lock? But that's right in the suggestions."

[caraig.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I think I misspoke what the problem is. I don't get the login window at all. I get a 'Windows XP' logo in the center of the screen just as it normally would be if things were all right, but instead of then giving me the option of which user to log in as, it just sits there, doing nothing and not giving me any option. I can't type in anything.

[collie13.livejournal.com]

Holy cow; don't know, Jonathan -- sorry. Normally I'd hit CTL-ALT-DEL and see if something better came up. Maybe Lou could help?