Re: Problem starting up windows xp home!

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From: marco (marco_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/07/04 

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:37:03 -0700

I have done all that and it didnt work!

"Andre Da Costa" wrote:

> 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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