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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / May 2008Strange login
Suddenly, my homebuilt winxp home desktop has developed a strange login practice. When i boot up in the morning, nothing happens for about 4 minutes, then away she goes and no more probs. Its got an nforce SLI board loaded with 7800 nvidia cards. IBM Deskstar hard drive that checks out. I've checked the bios and run several tests but no glitches. Device manager says a-ok on drivers. I hadn't loaded any new software and I've checked Zonealarm to make sure there is no problem with the trusted zone. Any ideas? The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:37 PM, and on a whim, Chuck pounded out on the keyboard: > Suddenly, my homebuilt winxp home desktop has developed a strange > login practice. When i boot up in the morning, nothing happens for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > new software and I've checked Zonealarm to make sure there is no > problem with the trusted zone. Any ideas? Hi Chuck, Have you checked Event Viewer? You might find some clues there. I'm sure there are newer utils, but I use BootVIS to diagnose timing issues, driver crashes, etc. It has a Driver Delay & Boot Activity feature (among others) that monitors things like that.  SignatureTerry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. >The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:37 PM, and on a whim, Chuck pounded out >on the keyboard: THAT is a really dumb quote intro. The date and time was 5/9/2008 3:20 PM, and on a whim, Nonny pounded out on the keyboard: >> The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:37 PM, and on a whim, Chuck pounded out >> on the keyboard: > > THAT is a really dumb quote intro. Funny, intelligent people think it's quite witty. Not counting true. SignatureTerry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. No, Terry, I have to agree with Nonny. It IS pretty annoying. And I'm quite intelligent. And that you think it's witty ...well, what is there to say? Alan > The date and time was 5/9/2008 3:20 PM, and on a whim, Nonny pounded out > on the keyboard: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Funny, intelligent people think it's quite witty. Not counting true. The date and time was 5/9/2008 7:06 PM, and on a whim, Alan pounded out on the keyboard: > No, Terry, I have to agree with Nonny. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>> THAT is a really dumb quote intro. >> Funny, intelligent people think it's quite witty. Not counting true. Wow, two people with useless comments about header lines. Well Alan, all I can suggest is that you just filter me out if it's too much for your large brain to contain. But I don't really believe "intelligent" people comment on things like this... SignatureTerry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. Terry, it boggles my mind that anyone can think that header line is amusing. I'll admit that when I FIRST saw it in some other newsgroups 8 or 9 years ago, it was kind of amusing. But it got really boring and unfunny really fast. Alan > The date and time was 5/9/2008 7:06 PM, and on a whim, Alan pounded out on > the keyboard: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > much for your large brain to contain. But I don't really believe > "intelligent" people comment on things like this... >Wow, two people with useless comments about header lines. Two people with useless comments about a really stupid, dumb, annoying and useless quote header. The header is merely a reflection of the poster, I'd guess. >The date and time was 5/9/2008 2:37 PM, and on a whim, Chuck pounded out >on the keyboard: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >driver crashes, etc. It has a Driver Delay & Boot Activity feature >(among others) that monitors things like that. Hi Terry, Thanx for your heads up on BootVis. It didn't solve my problem but the entries gave me an idea. I went to device manager and looked at the entries. Low and behold there was a yellow shield marker next to the USB devices. Checked them out, seemed ok. Deleted entry, rebooted, went to device manager again, and now a yellow shield next to Storage. Well, drives looked ok, but I remembered I'd stuck a mini card in the card reader eons ago in case I needed it. Well, you can guess what I found, the card was covered in dust and lint. I'm guessing that the system tried to read it over and over and . . . so the boot process took forever. Took it out, stashed it, and now she boots like a wizzard. The lesson is - don't set up your tower on the rug next to your feet. > Suddenly, my homebuilt winxp home desktop has developed a strange > login practice. When i boot up in the morning, nothing happens for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > new software and I've checked Zonealarm to make sure there is no > problem with the trusted zone. Any ideas? Do you have any nVidia utilities starting at Startup? SignatureFrank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Do not reply with email |
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