Re: Start up

From: Andrew H (andrew_at_sdttl.info)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:29:13 -0000

Kelly,

I know it isnt DOSs (thought DOS didnt exist in xp?), just mean its white
text on black background, pre windows loading. Reminding me of those
wonderful colourless dos days!

No probs in device manager, only disabled Bluetooth and Wireless cards (to
prevent un-neccessary sys tray icons). I have a PCI-Express card Geforce
6610 but thats ok.

Although it stuck at end of PCI Device Listing, maybe its what happens next
that causes delay. Next thing though is Windows starting.

Surprising thing is, after 3 days of stopping for 2 minutes at this stage,
its just wipped through on this StartUp, as normal! Hoping it remains like
this, will monitor over next week and see.

Regards,
Andrew

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"Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23Cgk7VdCFHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Andrew,
>
> DOS Windows aren't generally white. What is the exact message? Other
> than that, if a PCI device is needing to be installed, it would be
> notified as such via the Device Manager. How does all look in there?
> That asked, which PCI devices do you have installed?
> --
> Happy Mardi Gras,
> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>
> "Thorsten Matzner" <tmatzner@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:OtQLJOdCFHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> "Andrew H" <andrew@sdttl.info> wrote:
>>
>>>My Win XP Home PC has just started (after 3 months) stopping at Start-Up
>>>on
>>>PCI Device Listing (a dos-like white text screen) that it used to fly
>>>over.
>>>It stalls for about 2 minutes, then Windows loads as usual.
>>
>> This is no Windows issue but may indicate a problem with the hardware.
>> If this is a new machine, I would take it back to the store to have it
>> checked.
>>
>> --
>> (tm)
>
>

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