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re: Blue screen after loading profile Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 3:18 pm Posted by John Liebson (845 messages posted) Usual advice: Google the error, adding "vista" to the search entry to limit the returned link numbers. On Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 3:02 pm, Jeffrey Glenn wrote: >On starting up my Vista laptop and logging in, my desktop and taskbar fail to show >up. All I get is a blue background and a mouse pointer. Soon after, I get a BSOD >with STOP error 0x0000008E. This all started after I installed the latest updates >with Windows Update. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Blue screen after loading profile Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:03 pm Posted by Jeffrey Glenn (2 messages posted) One site recommended system restore, but for some reason safe mode will not load. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Blue screen after loading profile Friday, October 16, 2009 at 4:15 am Posted by John Liebson (845 messages posted) I suspect that that is not good.... Not a problem I recall seeing anything about. A quick Google for "vista safe mode won't load" did turn up some possible links; the only one I looked at was this one: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-to-do-if-Windows-wont-start-correctly Perhaps something there will help you. On Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:03 pm, Jeffrey Glenn wrote: >One site recommended system restore, but for some reason safe mode will not load. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum