Freeze at "windows will automatically adjust your screen resolution"

Hello, I was installing XP SP2 on a new hard drive. Everything was
going fine, but I wasn't attending to it every minute. So I returned
to it after a period of doing other stuff and found that it had
reached the dialog box "Windows will automatically adjust your screen
resolution...". I tried to click OK, but my mouse wouldn't move the
cursor. My keyboard Enter key wouldn't work either. (Upto this point,
my mouse and keyboard had worked fine.) I tried a different mouse and
keyboard, but still nothing.
Moreover, the screen focus is not on this dialog box--the dialog box
title is grey not black. Any suggestions for what to do?

My only thought is to power off and then restart and choose R to
repair a windows installation.

Thanks,
Chris

Chris M wrote:
> Hello, I was installing XP SP2 on a new hard drive. Everything was
> going fine, but I wasn't attending to it every minute. So I returned
> to it after a period of doing other stuff and found that it had
> reached the dialog box "Windows will automatically adjust your
> screen resolution...". I tried to click OK, but my mouse wouldn't
> move the cursor. My keyboard Enter key wouldn't work either. (Upto
> this point, my mouse and keyboard had worked fine.) I tried a
> different mouse and keyboard, but still nothing.
> Moreover, the screen focus is not on this dialog box--the dialog box
> title is grey not black. Any suggestions for what to do?
>
> My only thought is to power off and then restart and choose R to
> repair a windows installation.

Just restart and see if anything at all is necessary - it may just continue.

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