we apologize for the inconvenience but windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might ha caused this.1 person needs an answerI do too

Hi ILo, 1. When do you receive the error message?2. Are you able to boot onto the desktop?3. Have you made any recent changes on the computer? Method 1 If you are unable to boot into windows check if you can boot into safe mode. A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222 Method 2If you are able to boot into safe mode then I would suggest that you perform clean boot and check.Refer the below link to know more about clean boot procedure.How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" statehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353 Hope this helps!Halima S - Microsoft Support.Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.