Re: XP Hangs At Wallpaper Every Other Boot Like A Charm
From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 09/28/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:26:18 -0700
AC/DC wrote:
> My computer hangs solidly at wallpaper only with no icons. A reboot
> brings up everything nice and quick with no problems. Yet if I reboot
> again, I get the hang at wallpaper. This happens like clock work. This
> problem started a month ago. Ad-Aware, Spybot, and AVG Anti Virus has
> all been updated and ran. There isn't any crap on my pc. No
> MySearch,SuperDooperFindCrap.
>
>
> I get the same results with SP1 and SP2. A repair install did not
> help. Removing all cards and trying different video cards did not
> help. A different power supply did not help.
>
>
> The only thing left is a full clean install. I really don't want to do
> that because the thing still boots half the time with no other
> problems. Plus I can't stand not knowing what could be causing this
> problem. It's like a puzzle that can't be solved.
>
>
> I mean, you would think that if the damn thing boots up perfectly
> once, it should continue to do so. Unless there is another hidden boot
> config file I don't know about. Hell I have screwed with this thing
> for hell and ever and just can't figure it out by myself which is
> rare.
>
>
> Any ideas as to what could cause this would be appreciated.
As the other poster suggested, try some clean boot troubleshooting:
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
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