Blank screen with cursor after welcome screen

Hello,

I have went through the threads on here and it seems many are having the problem i am having. My desktop was having problems so i reinstalled windows xp from the install disc. Everything went smoothly. After installation, i went to download the drivers for my computer online and installed them. I installed them all then rebooted. After the "Welcome" screen, it just stayed blue with a cursor that i can move around. I can acces task manager but thats about it. I have reinstalled windows several times after, thinking something must have gone wrong during installation but the same thing happened each time. I then deleted the partition windows was on and created a new one. Still the same thing. When i start windows in safe mode, everything works fine. it only happens when it boots up normally. Does anyone how to fix this??