XP won't do a restart

[greyowl]

I am running XP on an old laptop.
I have been trying out several linux distros from their live CDs. 
Since doing this, the laptop will no longer do a restart when I log out of XP.

I would like to regain the restart function with the laptop using XP.

Does anyone have any idea how I could correct this problem?

Thanks for the help.

[Eddy]

Give this a try:
http://www.aitechsolutions.net/winxpnoboot.html

Restoring the Windows XP registry to a bootable configuration

[greyowl]

Give this a try:
http://www.aitechsolutions.net/winxpnoboot.html

Restoring the Windows XP registry to a bootable configuration

Thanks for the information.

I figured out the problem.  I started using a new program called Dsynchronize.  If it is running at the time of log off, the the laptop does not do a restart as requested, but rather just shuts down.  I have emailed the developer about the problem.

[Eddy]

Good to hear you have found it.