Re: Problem starting up windows xp home!
From: Andre Da Costa (andred25_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/07/04
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:58:25 -0700
Restart in Safe Mode, do disk clean up and defrag the hard disk. Click Start
> Run > msconfig > startup (tab) uncheck anything from the listing that
might be starting up with the system.
Andre
"marco" <marco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E9C7852-A98D-4922-83D7-13737B8DE962@microsoft.com...
> Please could anybody help?
>
> Not sure what and why it happened but I started to get a message up on
> screen saying I have 60 seconds to save my work as windows was
> terminating.
> It would count down and restart and continue to do so if I left it alone.
> It
> would also freeze making it impossible for me to do anything so I tried
> repairing if with my win XP recovery disk. This seemed to solve the
> problem
> other than now when booting up or restarting Windows XP it "hangs" on the
> "Windows is starting up" screen for about 5 minutes before it continues to
> the welcome screen before it finally loads!
>
> I have a problem with Service Pack 2. I did initially install it but
> carried out a System Restore to see if that would resolve the problem with
> Windows starting up. After doing that I noticed it only showed SP1 as
> being
> installed on my computer although I had previously installed it. I have
> the
> Security Center and Windows Firewall icons in the Control Panel, which I
> am
> now unable to access. I have tried to reinstall SP2 without any success
> so I
> have ordered the CD from Microsoft to try reinstalling it. I was told
> that
> doing a System Restore after installing SP2 means that the files have
> changed
> and when I installed SP2 it updated some windows files and when I did the
> restore point it removed SP2 but it left some of those files as new.
>
> Do you think that the problem with SP2 would contribute to my problems
> with
> Windows Starting up?
>
> I have been told that my only option maybe reformatting my computer? I don't
> what to have to do this if I can help it. I would appreciate if it anyone
> had any other suggestions?
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>
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