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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / May 2008XP stops at welcome screen
Hi, sometimes my computer freezes when starting up. usually at the screen where the green bar is going across. It just stops there and I have to power off and then startup again, and then it will startup normally. Any ideas? I have alienware notebook with XP home. I have scanned with adaware and norton internet security. No problems found. Any input would be appreciated. Greg there are a number of things happening at that point so it's not something to pinpoint. what i suggest is to temporarily disable all your startups and see if upon reboot, windows loads normally. if so, then the problem was due to one of those programs. click on start>run>msconfig and look for the startup tab. also, there is a services tab. if you click on hide microsoft services, what is left behind on the list can be disabled as well. ------------- what you might also find helpful are two programs from microsoft.com one is called pagedefrag and set it to run a boot time. the other is profile hive cleaner. ------------ you can try to see if all three above will help windows boot smoothly.  Signaturedb·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > Hi, sometimes my computer freezes when starting up. usually at the screen > where the green bar is going across. It just stops there and I have to power [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Greg OK, Thanks. Im aware of the startup issue I should have tried that already but it doesnt always happen so It would be a hit and miss thing. Apreciate it. Greg > there are a number > of things happening [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > > > Greg I'm having a similar problem on start-up, which goes away when I disconnect my external firewire drives. - Michael Faklis > OK, Thanks. Im aware of the startup issue I should have tried that already > but it doesnt always happen so It would be a hit and miss thing. [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] >> > >> > Greg Imagine that! I have a USB HD that Im using. I will consider that. Thanks Greg > I'm having a similar problem on start-up, which goes away when I disconnect > my external firewire drives. [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >> > > >> > Greg What are your external drives used for? > Imagine that! I have a USB HD that Im using. I will consider that. > Thanks [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Greg My USB HD is used for backing up files of every kind. And I transfer them back and forth when going out to work with the notebook and coming home on to the desktop. Notebook alienware area 51 with XP home and Emachines desktop with Vista premium. the external is a WD. > What are your external drives used for? > > Imagine that! I have a USB HD that Im using. I will consider that. [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Greg Don't you turn off the power on the externals when not using? Then power on when wanting to back-up or restore?? > My USB HD is used for backing up files of every kind. And I transfer them > back and forth when going out to work with the notebook and coming home on [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Greg I keep my drives spinning. The backups are automatically scheduled. - Michael Faklis > Don't you turn off the power on the externals when not using? Then power > on when wanting to back-up or restore?? [quoted text clipped - 83 lines] >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Greg perhaps, it would be a hit the target thing as well. its simply a methodical process of elimination. by ruling out software, then hardware would be something to look into afterwards. another tool available is to check out the safemodes. Signaturedb·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > OK, Thanks. Im aware of the startup issue I should have tried that already > but it doesnt always happen so It would be a hit and miss thing. [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >> > >> > Greg |
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