Just some suggestions from my husband, who did internet tech support until very recently. I know this just started happening when the storm hit, but he said that this is also a bug in Windows that the Blaster Worm takes advantage of.
Are you running XP or 2000? Is your puter on a network, or a broadband connection?
Try taking your puter off the network, and see if it boots and runs Windows fine. Make sure it's offline, not connecting to broadband, and see if it boots and runs Windows fine.
If it
does, and you are running XP (and this probably works for 2000 as well):
Go to start, run, and type services.msc and hit enter. You will get a window that says "services". Scroll down to Remote Procedure Call (RPC) --
not Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator. Doubleclick it, and you will see four tabs. Click the third tab, "Recovery" and set all three failure boxes to Take No Action. This should allow you to get online long enough to patch your operating system.
Then go to Internet Explorer, tools, Windows updates, click "scan for updates" and install any critical updates it finds. If you've never updated your computer, it may take some time to do this. By installing the critical updates, it should patch Windows so that won't happen anymore.
Disclaimer: this may or may not work for you, but if you are fighting with Windows constantly shutting down, it may be worth a try. Good luck!
Hi to everyone else.
It's too late tonight to do individuals,
but I read through everyone's posts and I'm thinkin' about ya
G'night ladies,
Katiecat