Re: At Bootup Computer Pauses

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Thanks Gerry. You gave me a lead that was very helpful in solving this
event error and others that I have had. That's the good news.

The bad news is that my boot up delay still exists. It is as if the
computer is waiting for some request to be filled.

I have examined the delay more carefully. First I have disabled all
startup programs, including ZoneAlarm firewall and antivirus. Next I
disabled all but the necessary services. I disconnected all external
devices save the monitor and the USB keyboard and mouse. Also I have
run a complete virus check and spyware check (adaware and SpyBot).

When the WELCOME screen comes up, if I click the User Name within 4
seconds, then the "loading personal preferences" message appears and
following that the desktop background appears. That is when the
computer pauses. However if I wait longer than the 4 seconds and click
the User Name, the computer is already in the pause state and does not
react until the pause is finished. Then the desktop comes up and the
Start bar and Icons start filling in immediately.

When the pause occurs during the display of the desktop background I
can monitor the computer in the Task Manager. For the most part there
are no I/Os and there is 0% computer usage. Occasionally there is a
blip and one of the following tasks show some I/O activity and some
minimal computer usage: Winlogon, explorer, Vsmon (part of Zone Alarm
when it has not been disabled), lsass, svchost. The delay lasts 1 1/2
minutes and the amount of activity noted above is minimal, maybe 5
seconds overall. Then there is a sudden burst of activity, most
notably Winlogon and the Start Bar and Desktop come up.

System: Compaq 6000, 256MB memory, Windows XP Home, Motherboard FIC
AM35, Cpmputer Chip:AMD Athalon XP 2000+ 1666MHz (Palomino), Chipset
Properties
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8375 ProSavageDDR KM266
I
Integrated Graphics Controller
Graphics Controller Type S3 ProSavageDDR
Graphics Controller Status Enabled
Graphics Frame Buffer Size 32 MB
AGP is disabled. This may cause performance penalty.

Looking forward to a reply with thanks,
MichaelY


On Dec 11, 4:24 am, "Gerry" <ge...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Michael

http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=10005&eventno=612&source=DCOM&;...

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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MichaelY wrote:
At bootup thecomputerpausesshowing only the desktop background for
about 2-3 minutes. I bring up the Windows Task Manager and it shows:
Computerusage 0. There are no I/O Reads or Writes. Then it suddenly
begins to process again and the desktop icons and the Start Bar comes
up.

I sure would appreciate getting a fix for this problem from some one
more knowledgable than am I. Below is what I have done so far giving
more information on the problem. Thanks for your consideration.

Checking the System Event Log shows an error as the last event
processed. The event properties shows:
Source: DCOM Category: None Event ID: 10005
DCOM got an error "The service cannot be started, either because it is
disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. "
Attempying to start the service MDM with arguments ' " ' in order to
run the server
{0C0A3666-30C9-11D0-8F20-00805F2CD064}

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Clicking on the link to the Support Center yields the following
information:
Category: None Company Name: Microsoft Corporation Event ID:
1005
File Name: netevent.dll File Version: 5.1.2600.0 Product Name:
Windows Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.0 Source: DCOM Type: Error.

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After I send the info, the Help and Support screen shows the
following:
Product: Windows Operating System ID: 10005 Source: DCOM Version: 5.0
Component: System Event Log Symbolic Name:
EVENT_RPCSS_START_SERVICE_FAILURE Message: DCOM got error "%%%1"
attempting to start the service %2 with arguments "%3" in order to run
the server:
%4 Explanation
The Component Object Model (COM) infrastructure could not start the
named Windows NT service.
User Action
Review the Windows error code displayed in the message. If the error
indicates that the system is out of memory, save your work, close
other programs, and then try to start the service again.
Alternatively, increase the amount of RAM installed on thecomputer.
If the message displays a system, server, or configuration error,
contact your service support vendor.
To determine the service

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In response to Command Console command: sc query DCOM
[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus:OpenService FAILED 1060:

The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

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Following the instructions as shown in the Help and Support screen as
shown above, I did not find an entry for DCOM in the Registry at: HKLM
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. The closest thing there was
DcomLaunch. It had as its ImagePath:
%SystemRoot%\system32\svchost -k DcomLaunch

and DcomLaunch\Parameters\ServiceDll Value=%SystemRoot%
\system32\rpcss.dll

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Program Properties for rpcss.dll were:
rpcss.dll Version 5.1.2600.2726 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050725-1528) Microsoft
Corporation

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Checking my Services I do not have DCOM. The closest I have is DCOM
Service Process Launcher which is running and set as Automatic

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