[tinhat]

New computer out of the box, with windows pre-installed? Why do you say windows started to load - some unmistakable windows info appeared on screen? Does it happen every time you reboot? Does it ever finish loading windows? Can you boot from a floppy just to establish this is a windows problem? Any options with that feature check, like "cancel" or any other info on the screen like it cycling through checks (I don't use windows and am unfamiliar with a "feature check" that doesn't come from the BIOS)...

Mike