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From: StarryNight986 on 24 Jan 2010 13:57 I have two computers running XP sp 3 that do not boot consistently. The Dell machine (2 mb ram) sometimes will load all the items in the startup and work great, but other times it will only load some of the items (and the others are missing from the taskbar). It will appear to work, but you cannot run IE, or the other programs that did not load. When you click on them, it just does nothing. I have run chkdsk, and I have gone through msconfig with each item to only load the things I need. Also, when I try to shutdown the computer when it starts up wrong, the system gets hung on "saving system settings" and then I have to manually shut it down. I think all of this started when I tried to install IE8 on this computer, it did not work properly, and then I had to back off to IE6/7. I do a checkpoint on the system everytime I make any changes or when it is working okay. Sometimes now the only way I can get it to boot up properly it to press F8 at startup, last good configuration, and then hope that it will work. Any ideas of what I can look for would be helpful. I am running McAfee Virus/Firewall protection. My other computer is an Acer netbook which is experiencing similar problems...Thanks.
From: db on 25 Jan 2010 10:33 it is any wonder that the computer with 2 megabytes of ram can boot at all. should have at least 512 megabytes of ram installed. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "StarryNight986" <StarryNight986(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B596DA2D-B8CB-4AA1-92C4-29806D7D160C(a)microsoft.com... > I have two computers running XP sp 3 that do not boot consistently. The > Dell > machine (2 mb ram) sometimes will load all the items in the startup and > work > great, but other times it will only load some of the items (and the others > are missing from the taskbar). It will appear to work, but you cannot run > IE, or the other programs that did not load. When you click on them, it > just > does nothing. I have run chkdsk, and I have gone through msconfig with > each > item to only load the things I need. > > Also, when I try to shutdown the computer when it starts up wrong, the > system gets hung on "saving system settings" and then I have to manually > shut > it down. > > I think all of this started when I tried to install IE8 on this computer, > it > did not work properly, and then I had to back off to IE6/7. > > I do a checkpoint on the system everytime I make any changes or when it is > working okay. Sometimes now the only way I can get it to boot up properly > it > to press F8 at startup, last good configuration, and then hope that it > will > work. > > Any ideas of what I can look for would be helpful. I am running McAfee > Virus/Firewall protection. > > My other computer is an Acer netbook which is experiencing similar > problems...Thanks. > > >
From: StarryNight986 on 26 Jan 2010 07:26 Typo : 2 GB Ram. It is a corrupted nt user file, I think. I booted from a different user and it boots fine. "db" wrote: > it is any wonder that the > computer with 2 megabytes > of ram can boot at all. > > should have at least 512 > megabytes of ram installed. > > -- > db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > DatabaseBen, Retired Professional > - Systems Analyst > - Database Developer > - Accountancy > - Veteran of the Armed Forces > - @Hotmail.com > - nntp Postologist > ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > "StarryNight986" <StarryNight986(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B596DA2D-B8CB-4AA1-92C4-29806D7D160C(a)microsoft.com... > > I have two computers running XP sp 3 that do not boot consistently. The > > Dell > > machine (2 mb ram) sometimes will load all the items in the startup and > > work > > great, but other times it will only load some of the items (and the others > > are missing from the taskbar). It will appear to work, but you cannot run > > IE, or the other programs that did not load. When you click on them, it > > just > > does nothing. I have run chkdsk, and I have gone through msconfig with > > each > > item to only load the things I need. > > > > Also, when I try to shutdown the computer when it starts up wrong, the > > system gets hung on "saving system settings" and then I have to manually > > shut > > it down. > > > > I think all of this started when I tried to install IE8 on this computer, > > it > > did not work properly, and then I had to back off to IE6/7. > > > > I do a checkpoint on the system everytime I make any changes or when it is > > working okay. Sometimes now the only way I can get it to boot up properly > > it > > to press F8 at startup, last good configuration, and then hope that it > > will > > work. > > > > Any ideas of what I can look for would be helpful. I am running McAfee > > Virus/Firewall protection. > > > > My other computer is an Acer netbook which is experiencing similar > > problems...Thanks. > > > > > > > . >
From: db on 26 Jan 2010 09:24 probably can do a system restore from safe mode or uninstall ie from a/r programs. both the above would uninstall the ie system files. you can also test ie via safe mode w/networking. -- db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "StarryNight986" <StarryNight986(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4FC057A7-E8E1-4650-B147-BB966FBA9956(a)microsoft.com... > Typo : 2 GB Ram. > It is a corrupted nt user file, I think. I booted from a different user > and > it boots fine. > > "db" wrote: > >> it is any wonder that the >> computer with 2 megabytes >> of ram can boot at all. >> >> should have at least 512 >> megabytes of ram installed. >> >> -- >> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> >> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional >> - Systems Analyst >> - Database Developer >> - Accountancy >> - Veteran of the Armed Forces >> - @Hotmail.com >> - nntp Postologist >> ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> > >> >> "StarryNight986" <StarryNight986(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:B596DA2D-B8CB-4AA1-92C4-29806D7D160C(a)microsoft.com... >> > I have two computers running XP sp 3 that do not boot consistently. >> > The >> > Dell >> > machine (2 mb ram) sometimes will load all the items in the startup and >> > work >> > great, but other times it will only load some of the items (and the >> > others >> > are missing from the taskbar). It will appear to work, but you cannot >> > run >> > IE, or the other programs that did not load. When you click on them, >> > it >> > just >> > does nothing. I have run chkdsk, and I have gone through msconfig with >> > each >> > item to only load the things I need. >> > >> > Also, when I try to shutdown the computer when it starts up wrong, the >> > system gets hung on "saving system settings" and then I have to >> > manually >> > shut >> > it down. >> > >> > I think all of this started when I tried to install IE8 on this >> > computer, >> > it >> > did not work properly, and then I had to back off to IE6/7. >> > >> > I do a checkpoint on the system everytime I make any changes or when it >> > is >> > working okay. Sometimes now the only way I can get it to boot up >> > properly >> > it >> > to press F8 at startup, last good configuration, and then hope that it >> > will >> > work. >> > >> > Any ideas of what I can look for would be helpful. I am running McAfee >> > Virus/Firewall protection. >> > >> > My other computer is an Acer netbook which is experiencing similar >> > problems...Thanks. >> > >> > >> > >> . >>
From: StarryNight986 on 27 Jan 2010 07:37
The other user I created now does not boot consistently. This is more of a system-wide problem. Maybe something bad in my registry. I heard a lot of bad things about registry cleaners (in that they make things worse). Restores and doing F8 (last good config) don't help the problem. "db" wrote: > probably can do a system > restore from safe mode or > uninstall ie from a/r programs. > > both the above would uninstall > the ie system files. > > you can also test ie via safe > mode w/networking. > > -- > db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > DatabaseBen, Retired Professional > - Systems Analyst > - Database Developer > - Accountancy > - Veteran of the Armed Forces > - @Hotmail.com > - nntp Postologist > ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > "StarryNight986" <StarryNight986(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4FC057A7-E8E1-4650-B147-BB966FBA9956(a)microsoft.com... > > Typo : 2 GB Ram. > > It is a corrupted nt user file, I think. I booted from a different user > > and > > it boots fine. > > > > "db" wrote: > > > >> it is any wonder that the > >> computer with 2 megabytes > >> of ram can boot at all. > >> > >> should have at least 512 > >> megabytes of ram installed. > >> > >> -- > >> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º> > >> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional > >> - Systems Analyst > >> - Database Developer > >> - Accountancy > >> - Veteran of the Armed Forces > >> - @Hotmail.com > >> - nntp Postologist > >> ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > > >> > > >> > >> "StarryNight986" <StarryNight986(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > >> message > >> news:B596DA2D-B8CB-4AA1-92C4-29806D7D160C(a)microsoft.com... > >> > I have two computers running XP sp 3 that do not boot consistently. > >> > The > >> > Dell > >> > machine (2 mb ram) sometimes will load all the items in the startup and > >> > work > >> > great, but other times it will only load some of the items (and the > >> > others > >> > are missing from the taskbar). It will appear to work, but you cannot > >> > run > >> > IE, or the other programs that did not load. When you click on them, > >> > it > >> > just > >> > does nothing. I have run chkdsk, and I have gone through msconfig with > >> > each > >> > item to only load the things I need. > >> > > >> > Also, when I try to shutdown the computer when it starts up wrong, the > >> > system gets hung on "saving system settings" and then I have to > >> > manually > >> > shut > >> > it down. > >> > > >> > I think all of this started when I tried to install IE8 on this > >> > computer, > >> > it > >> > did not work properly, and then I had to back off to IE6/7. > >> > > >> > I do a checkpoint on the system everytime I make any changes or when it > >> > is > >> > working okay. Sometimes now the only way I can get it to boot up > >> > properly > >> > it > >> > to press F8 at startup, last good configuration, and then hope that it > >> > will > >> > work. > >> > > >> > Any ideas of what I can look for would be helpful. I am running McAfee > >> > Virus/Firewall protection. > >> > > >> > My other computer is an Acer netbook which is experiencing similar > >> > problems...Thanks. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> . > >> > . > |