Computer restarts itself after typing in Windows password!

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Hey everyone,

I've just turned my computer on and it loads normally, the windows 7 login screen loads and I type my password in. Then as soon as I type the password in and press enter, it loads for a split second, my monitor flashes and the computer then restarts itself.

Things I've done:

1. Load optimized defaults on the BIOS
2. Did a system restore to last week
3. Disabled all startup programs
4. Did a system repair test a few times, no problems have been found
5. Did a memory diagnostic test through windows startup repair and no problems have been found
6. Scanned my computer with various malware/virus programs and nothing was found
7. Safe mode is 100% stable, that's what I'm using at the moment to post
8. Did sfc / scannow in command prompt and no errors were found

I don't think there's any hardware problems. Safe mode loads fine so it has to be something that loads after the login screen that causes the computer to restart.

Would really like some help with this asap please!
 
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It sounds like your registry hive is corrupted. There are ways to recover it, but I've never done it before. Don't suppose you take backups?
 
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