E-Liam
It will not go into safe mode. It just lists a page or so of ' instructions' then freezes.
Ctrl/Alt/Del will do nothing at this point so it's back to just pulling the plug on it...
It gave an option of 'Last working configuration' or words to this effect, but this just froze with a blank screen and a white line across the bottom. I left this for a few minutes before trying to shift it, but again the only way was switching off.
Richard.
It has already got XP in it, and was running great until it was turned on once. Then all we get is the wallpaper and nothing else. There have been no Hardware or Software changes since it last worked properly.
Looks like it's going to be a case of a fresh install, probably Thursday when I can get on the machine again, but thanks both for the interest anyway.
TJ