My COMPUTER is failing to load past the "Welcome; loading personal settings..." screen on XP. Ive tried restarting it several times. I am at a loss for ideas. Right before this happened, i ran a spyware/virus SCAN with Microsoft Anti-Spyware. After the scan was complete, the program requested i restart my computer. I did that and thats when my computer decided to stop working.
I'm a student and i need my computer to function asap. firetiger5000..... Usually Antispyware doesnt ask for a restart ..... was anything malicous FOUND by Antispyware ?

Have you tried rebooting into safe mode to see if it will load from there ?

dl65  i have attempted the safe mode restart and that failed to work as wellWhat ERROR message did you get with the failed safe mode?There wasnt an error message. Safe Mode failed to load, just as regular xp had failed.
To answer dl65's first question, the program did find 3 malicious entities: cydoor, altnet, and a third that i cannot remember. I did the ACTION to remove the malicious spyware/adware and thats when it asked me to restart. And you are right, i dont remember it asking me to restart in previous instances.