Another startup problem
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From: bunger on 29 Jan 2010 11:47 Running XP Home When I turn on the computer XP starts, get wallpaper with no icons, Welcome chime then a few seconds later the exit chime and it goes to the Welcome screen showing my Owner icon. Click on Owner icon and it starts installing preferences and I get the Welcome chime again, but it immediatly starts shutting down and I get the Exit chime, then the message in the lower corner that it is safe to shutoff. I have tried starting in Safe Mode and it does the same thing even though I also have the Admin icon at the Welcome screen, it acts the same way starting and immediatly shutting down using Admin or Owner icon. I have also tried starting from last known good configuaration and it still won't boot. XP Home was preloaded on this machine and I do not have a startup disc. I do have a copy of XP Pro if that might help. Thanks, John -- Don''t touch that knob !!!!
From: Leonard Grey on 29 Jan 2010 11:54 Any clues at all about what might be the cause? Any recent changes to your software or hardware, registry 'cleaners', other clean-up procedures? Does Event Viewer provide any information? Without more details from you, it's anyone's guess. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est bunger wrote: > Running XP Home > When I turn on the computer XP starts, get wallpaper with no icons, Welcome > chime then a few seconds later the exit chime and it goes to the Welcome > screen showing my Owner icon. > Click on Owner icon and it starts installing preferences and I get the > Welcome chime again, but it immediatly starts shutting down and I get the > Exit chime, then the message in the lower corner that it is safe to shutoff. > > I have tried starting in Safe Mode and it does the same thing even though I > also have the Admin icon at the Welcome screen, it acts the same way starting > and immediatly shutting down using Admin or Owner icon. > > I have also tried starting from last known good configuaration and it still > won't boot. > > XP Home was preloaded on this machine and I do not have a startup disc. > I do have a copy of XP Pro if that might help. > > Thanks, John
From: bunger on 29 Jan 2010 13:15 I had been getting a fake "anti virus needs updating" message for a few days. I have McAfee thru my AT&T Yahoo account which I knew was fine, so I ran Spybot Search & Destroy. It found a bunch of things and I "Repaired" them. My machine seemed to run fine after that, no more fake antivirus alerts. I ran it for a few days with no problems but I hadn't shut it off completely until yesterday. When I went to turn it on yesterday that is when this problem started. I usually leave my machine on and only turn off and reboot about once a week. -- Don''''t touch that knob !!!! "Leonard Grey" wrote: > Any clues at all about what might be the cause? Any recent changes to > your software or hardware, registry 'cleaners', other clean-up procedures? > > Does Event Viewer provide any information? > > Without more details from you, it's anyone's guess. > --- > Leonard Grey > Errare humanum est > > bunger wrote: > > Running XP Home > > When I turn on the computer XP starts, get wallpaper with no icons, Welcome > > chime then a few seconds later the exit chime and it goes to the Welcome > > screen showing my Owner icon. > > Click on Owner icon and it starts installing preferences and I get the > > Welcome chime again, but it immediatly starts shutting down and I get the > > Exit chime, then the message in the lower corner that it is safe to shutoff. > > > > I have tried starting in Safe Mode and it does the same thing even though I > > also have the Admin icon at the Welcome screen, it acts the same way starting > > and immediatly shutting down using Admin or Owner icon. > > > > I have also tried starting from last known good configuaration and it still > > won't boot. > > > > XP Home was preloaded on this machine and I do not have a startup disc. > > I do have a copy of XP Pro if that might help. > > > > Thanks, John > . >
From: SC Tom on 30 Jan 2010 08:15 "bunger" <bunger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:281A61F4-348C-41C1-B6CB-61E123737C7B(a)microsoft.com... >I had been getting a fake "anti virus needs updating" message for a few >days. > I have McAfee thru my AT&T Yahoo account which I knew was fine, so I ran > Spybot Search & Destroy. > It found a bunch of things and I "Repaired" them. My machine seemed to run > fine after that, no more fake antivirus alerts. I ran it for a few days > with > no problems but I hadn't shut it off completely until yesterday. When I > went > to turn it on yesterday that is when this problem started. > I usually leave my machine on and only turn off and reboot about once a > week. > -- > Don''''t touch that knob !!!! > > > "Leonard Grey" wrote: > >> Any clues at all about what might be the cause? Any recent changes to >> your software or hardware, registry 'cleaners', other clean-up >> procedures? >> >> Does Event Viewer provide any information? >> >> Without more details from you, it's anyone's guess. >> --- >> Leonard Grey >> Errare humanum est >> >> bunger wrote: >> > Running XP Home >> > When I turn on the computer XP starts, get wallpaper with no icons, >> > Welcome >> > chime then a few seconds later the exit chime and it goes to the >> > Welcome >> > screen showing my Owner icon. >> > Click on Owner icon and it starts installing preferences and I get the >> > Welcome chime again, but it immediatly starts shutting down and I get >> > the >> > Exit chime, then the message in the lower corner that it is safe to >> > shutoff. >> > >> > I have tried starting in Safe Mode and it does the same thing even >> > though I >> > also have the Admin icon at the Welcome screen, it acts the same way >> > starting >> > and immediatly shutting down using Admin or Owner icon. >> > >> > I have also tried starting from last known good configuaration and it >> > still >> > won't boot. >> > >> > XP Home was preloaded on this machine and I do not have a startup disc. >> > I do have a copy of XP Pro if that might help. >> > >> > Thanks, John >> . >> Sounds like you may still be infected with something. Download, install, and run these two programs and see if they find anything: MalwareBytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php and SuperAntiSpyware http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html You may have to do it in Safe Mode. Let us know how things are after that, and if that took care of the problem. -- SC Tom
From: bunger on 1 Feb 2010 09:51
-- Don''t touch that knob !!!! "SC Tom" wrote: > > "bunger" <bunger(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:281A61F4-348C-41C1-B6CB-61E123737C7B(a)microsoft.com... > >I had been getting a fake "anti virus needs updating" message for a few > >days. > > I have McAfee thru my AT&T Yahoo account which I knew was fine, so I ran > > Spybot Search & Destroy. > > It found a bunch of things and I "Repaired" them. My machine seemed to run > > fine after that, no more fake antivirus alerts. I ran it for a few days > > with > > no problems but I hadn't shut it off completely until yesterday. When I > > went > > to turn it on yesterday that is when this problem started. > > I usually leave my machine on and only turn off and reboot about once a > > week. > > -- > > Don''''t touch that knob !!!! > > > > > > "Leonard Grey" wrote: > > > >> Any clues at all about what might be the cause? Any recent changes to > >> your software or hardware, registry 'cleaners', other clean-up > >> procedures? > >> > >> Does Event Viewer provide any information? > >> > >> Without more details from you, it's anyone's guess. > >> --- > >> Leonard Grey > >> Errare humanum est > >> > >> bunger wrote: > >> > Running XP Home > >> > When I turn on the computer XP starts, get wallpaper with no icons, > >> > Welcome > >> > chime then a few seconds later the exit chime and it goes to the > >> > Welcome > >> > screen showing my Owner icon. > >> > Click on Owner icon and it starts installing preferences and I get the > >> > Welcome chime again, but it immediatly starts shutting down and I get > >> > the > >> > Exit chime, then the message in the lower corner that it is safe to > >> > shutoff. > >> > > >> > I have tried starting in Safe Mode and it does the same thing even > >> > though I > >> > also have the Admin icon at the Welcome screen, it acts the same way > >> > starting > >> > and immediatly shutting down using Admin or Owner icon. > >> > > >> > I have also tried starting from last known good configuaration and it > >> > still > >> > won't boot. > >> > > >> > XP Home was preloaded on this machine and I do not have a startup disc. > >> > I do have a copy of XP Pro if that might help. > >> > > >> > Thanks, John > >> . > >> > > Sounds like you may still be infected with something. Download, install, and > run these two programs and see if they find anything: > MalwareBytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php > and SuperAntiSpyware http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html > > You may have to do it in Safe Mode. > Let us know how things are after that, and if that took care of the problem. > -- > SC Tom > > . > I am unable to start XP even in safe mode |