Re: Takes Several Trys to Boot to Windows - Pls Help
Hi Mac, grandchildren hey, you are one of my mob. You have been a busy boy.
It seems to me that somehow you have transferred the problem to the other
PC's. I also have XP Home SP2. My efforts in trying to locate the problem
were not so comprehensive as yours possibly because I am an amateur. Virus
and spyware checking I do regularly, sometimes also disk error checking and
defragmentation. I have also tried adjusting the hardware accelleration and
colour quality etc. all without result. The only slight improvement I got
was when I disabled my NVIDIA graphics driver and that was due to a
Microsoft message I received after a disk error check. It informed me that a
problem is caused by the NVIDIA graphics driver and that NVIDIA Corp.
currently have no solution. It also suggested trying to update the driver.
It did in fact require an update however it made no difference to the
problem and I have since disabled it.
''Spybot Search and Destroy" may be of help to you in tools>system startup.
Please let me know if you are getting somewhere, it doesn't appear as if
anyone else has any ideas.
John.
"Mackenrick" <Mackenrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi John, thanks for the reply. It's some comfort knowing I'm not the only
> one experiencing these problems.
>
> My computer started experiencing this problem back in 2005. I tried a lot
> of things to fix it without success. I gave up and have just been living
> with it but now that three computers are doing the same thing, I want to
> figure out what it is. Here's what I've tried so far on the first
> computer
> after completely checking it for Malware.
>
> Completely cleaned the inside. Added another fan (even though heat is not
> an
> issue with this machine). Replaced the power supply with a larger one
> (antec
> 400w which is more than enough for this machine). Replaced the video
> card.
> Temporarily replace the RAM with the same type from a good machine
> (correct
> RAM). Replaced both hard drives (Seagate 180gigs). Replace sound card
> (SB
> Live). Replaced the dialup modem. Problem continued. (All these parts
> were
> apparently good because I used them to build a computer for my grandkids
> and
> that one works fine. I don't think it's a hardware issue since I now have
> this problem on three different computers.
>
>
> So then I looked at something other than hardware. (I now have this
> problem
> on three computers so I don't think it's a hardware problem). One of the
> things that was suggested was the possibility of something in the startup
> items may be causing the problem so to try suppressing various items in
> MSConfig. Well I know so little about MSConfig I was afraid to try it. I
> had no idea where to start or what should or shouldn't be there. Besides,
> if
> I was getting lock-ups at the Windows Log On Screen, isn't that before any
> of
> these items even starts to load? By the way, is there a site that lists
> what
> SHOULDN'T be in the STARTUP items?
>
> So this is where I'm at. Sorry for the long post but it's been a
> complicated problem.
>
>
> --
> MacKenrick
>
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> I have had this same problem for months now and posted this here without
>> a
>> reply. I hope you have better luck and I hope to learn from it. I have
>> tried many things without result although disabling my NVIDIA graphics
>> software has slightly improved it but not completely. My event viewer
>> does
>> not give me any indication of a problem either. My PC is about 3 years
>> old.
>>
>> "Mackenrick" <Mackenrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B4145FFC-ECE0-41C1-B3D5-E62D13203132@microsoft.com...
>> > My desktop computers take three to five power-ups to boot to Windows
>> > completely. Here's what happens. I turn on the computer and it starts
>> > the
>> > boot process. Sometimes the Windows log-on screen displays and it
>> > hangs
>> > up.
>> > Other times I enter my password, it continues to load Windows and I get
>> > to
>> > my
>> > desktop. Here is where it almost always hangs up, at various stages of
>> > loading. It often displays all my desktop folders and some of my
>> > systems
>> > tray icons then hangs up. I have to hit the "RESET" button on the
>> > computer
>> > to get it to try to boot up again. I usually have to do this three to
>> > five
>> > times before it will boot to Windows to a point where it will allow me
>> > to
>> > access the Start button and my desktop folders. When it does boot to
>> > Windows
>> > to where I can use it, sometimes only some of the icons in the systems
>> > tray
>> > are displayed, sometimes they are all displayed. Once they finally get
>> > fully
>> > running, all the programs work fine but it takes so many reboots to get
>> > them
>> > running.
>> >
>> > Both of my computers are now doing this and my son's computer is doing
>> > the
>> > same thing. Any suggestions or advice will be greatly appreciated.
>> > Thank
>> > you. Mike
>> >
>> > All three computers are Pent 4, 2.4 or 3 gig, with 1 gig ram, running
>> > Windows XP Hm SP2 with latest updates.
>> >
>> > --
>> > MacKenrick
>>
>>
>>