XP Boot Problem

GO INTO DOS
RUN SYSTEM FILE CHECKER :SDC/SCAN NOW
THIS CHECKS TO SEE IF ITS CURRUPT IF CORROPT GO TO YOUR WINDOWS CD TO RESTORE

Try physically removing any expansion cards from the PCI bus, (e.g NIC, USB, 1394).

XP has problems with old DLL's in the %SystemReboot% folder. This link gives a list of DLL's that can cause boot problems.

http://tinyurl.com/mmhw

it sounds like your problem.

do a system restore of the computer or reload the operating system and see what happens.

When you login an it hangs,
you mentioned that you can start new tasks?
have you tried typing in "explorer.exe" in the new task window.
If it comes up with your Start button and all icons - this is a quick fix. But you may need to reinstall your version of XP.

Things to consider:
Do you get any errors during install?
Is your copy of XP a backup or original?

Regards,
Gstratto

Hi,
Try booting using last running configuration (Choose F8 when booting). If this didn't help; try booting to safe mode. If you can boot to safe mode then disable all startup items and try booting normally. If this work, then one of the startup programs is causing the problem. you can enable one program and try. if everything is ok then try another program until you discover where is the error.
Hope this help.

Hi James!

You didnt clear out if you are talking about the (full) safe mode, or the safe mode with command prompt. You should try this or boot up with your restore CD and start the recovery console.

There you should try to shutdown all services not needed! Sounds 2 me like a service-problem. You will see all services startet and with the ?-command you will see how to enable/disable the services. Get back to me after you checked that one. Hope that works!

Regards,

hi i had windows xp and i had the same thing happen to me i tryed everything going into dos mode safe mode what i did is took and intalled windows xp pro it work and is working there was an thing i read and said that xp home can turn into its own virus so if u get a new pc ever always get windows pro

bootup in safe mode and see if you could remember what application(s) you last loaded and remove it(them), also remove and reinstall your Virus software (somethimes it gets hit by and application while installing it).
In the future make sure you disable your virus software while installing new applications (what ever they may be).

Dear Sir

The problem which u have written i have read it as i am new to this group

sir ur solution would be re install windows Xp Professional Edition 2006 and also check for virus on your machine

My xp did the EXACT same thing . What i found was i had aquired a virus which attack all .exe files so no matter what command or type of boot I tried nothing worked. What I ended up having to do was do a windows restore then back up critical files to CD or Tape, then use antivirus from australian site cant remember the address. But the search I used was "windows XP wont boot" and I found it.

Follow the instructions from this MS knowledge base article.

While the symptoms may be different from yours this fix works for most problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

I had a similar problem and posted the question out to www.winguides.com. Here is a link to the question:

http://www.winguides.com/forums/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=genwinxp&Number=122147&page=&view=&sb=

This corrected my problem and I have not had any problem since.

Good Luck,
Iblastrock

Its just a windows profile corruption. Just log in as administrator or another user and rename your login folder located in c:\documents and settings\ folder. After renaming the folder, logout as administrator and log in with your normal username.

Check the boot priority in BIOS. CDrom can be left as the first boot device, but check all the boot related entries, to establish that priority is not set to LAN ect..., but to Hard Drive.

HTH

Hi
This seems to be a viurs issue.
if you have an anti virus software run it in safe mode and make sure that u have an updated virus database. If possibel try to download "stinger" from http://urls.youthizens.com
and run stinger in safe mode
or
restart the computer in safe mode with networking
go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com
and do an online virus scan

In my experience these symtoms are usaully caused by a corrupted profile. Try logging in under a different username to verify this. If Windows boots up under another profile you have to recreate your profile as mentioned earlier by a previous good cyber citizen :-)

hi, well u can try using the repair console since the XP boot CD and use the command chkdsk, sometimes the hard disk has invalid entries.

I have had this problem a few times with machines at work, It could be due to a corupted user profile.
The simplest way to resolve this is to:
1, Login using a different user account.
2, Re-name the folder associated with the problemation user profile c:\Documents and Settings\
3, Create a new user account.
4, log in with the new account.

Usually best to rebuild this os from scratch, but if you want to play more.... have you tried using command console ?? Maybe you could get at an earlier restore point.

The issue you are describing it typically associated with the files which are run at startup. These could be trojans or even spyware apps causing the hangup with explorer. Follow the steps below:

1. Boot into Safe Mode
2. Choose Administrator
3. Click START>RUN
4. Type in msconfig
5. Click on the startup tab
6. Click on disable all and then click on OK.
7. Reboot

Once you come back up into Windows Normally go back into START>RUN and then MSCONFIG and go back to the startup tab. Go to Google.com and go through the list of files in the MSCONFIG, then type the name of the file in google and add .exe to the end of them. Once you search it will tell you if it is a virus, trojan, spyware or system file.

Hope this helps.

Sounds like the Windows user account has went corrupt. Lost some of the Windows ini files or user dll files and that why it will now fully boot to the desktop.
Try this resolution, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Put your Windows XP installer disk in the CD-ROM drive while the PC is still powered on and see if it starts the Auto installer. If it does, choose the option to Update/reinstall or something to that effect, it's bee awhile and I can't remeber exactly how it's stated. This will reinstall windows over top of the old windwos OS and reinstall the missing files and that's the goal here. If that doesn't work, I hope you had a backup of all your important files because then all you have left is to do a new install from scratch. Let me know the outcome, sent an message using the "private e-mail option".
Mike

I had a simular problem and it was the video driver. Try F8 and choose enable vga mode and see if the desktop comes up. If not the it is a profile problem . Run regedit and search for ProfileImagePath and change to path of original profile.

First question that comes to mind is this: how old is the unit in question; next how many times have you used that 'DISKETTE' (CD)set;How heavy is the usage is it greater than the number of copies made when you BOOT?

Is your copy of "Windows", HP pavilion compatible?

This problem occurs due to corrupted dll files,to solve the problem insert your XP Operating System CD then type in the command 'sfc' at the run prompt and select 'scan the system'.The above command replaces the corrupted dll files with the healthy ones.

I am going to guess that you had installed Service Pack 2 just prior to this happening. That is what happened to me (on my HP). SP2 is incompatible with the BIOS. The BIOS update, unfortunately is Windows based, and so you can't install it without getting into Windows in the first place. You'll need to use your restore CD's (I can't find mine, and so that computer is sitting in a corner right now till I either find mine or order a new set). Once you restore, then update your BIOS and check the Microsoft website for a patch they offer that will prevent this from happening again. Only re-install SP2 AFTER you install that patch.

Possibly bad memory? I built a W2k3 lab server and it keeps freezing after you log on. Just like you said, desktop won't load. I tried switching video cards, all pci peripherals, still nothing. Finally, a memory test program downloaded from MS showed bad memory modules (yes, all 3 sticks of 512 MB from Fry's Electronic, generic brand though). Bought new RAM modules from Crucial and the server been running good.

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