Computer turns on to what looks like set up screen

[lawodortroder]

My computer running Windows XP was working fine, then one day i went to turn
it on and all i got was a black screen with white writing across the top are
approx 5-6 F key functions. F1 to enter set up
then after the Fkey functions, it drops down a few lines and asks to confirm
month, date year, etc. times. It appears this is the original set up screen
i tried scrolling through these functions and changing the info that was
incorrect, which was date and time, and did get to windows once. I went and
did a computer restore to an earlier date approx 2 weeks prior to the first
time this happened and used the computer however when i shut it down, the
next time i turned it on it gave me that black set up screen again, that is
all it will do now any suggestions

[Richard Urban]

"lawodortroder" <lawodo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:333E2239-506C-49B1...@microsoft.com...

Replace the tiny coin sized battery on the motherboard. Without this battery
at operating voltage your computer bios may/will act as you describe. The
battery is too weak to have the bios chip maintain its settings.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience & Security