Re: XP Home locks up during log on

Nah, same crap which makes the problem an interesting one.
I've hunt around through MS's KB and it was about as useful as glass
hammer.

I'm sure the information is there already, it's just a full time job hunting
through it.

You wouldn't happen to know if a good FAQ or a guru that I could suck up to
would you?

Just scanning through the thread, it seems like this is a common problem.

I'm wondering if this is just a design fault with XP Home, and whether it
might be a good idea to switch off the multi user function for other systems
I come across.

Thanks for the response though, Bud.

May you win Lotto.

Chilly Willy,

Ka


"jerryrock" <jerryrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:68B7A409-3EA6-4F95-B2D4-530501B5A602@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Can you boot to Safe mode? F8 key during boot up process.
>
> "Ka Khiong Kwok" wrote:
>
> > Hi Ladies and gents, hopefully someone can point me ni the right
direction
> > as this isn't the first time I've seen this and I haven't had much luck
> > googling.
> >
> > Anyway, the problem is specifically with Windows XP Home and users
logging
> > on. They click on their user, the OS beging to boot and get to the bare
> > desktop but no further.
> >
> > O/S seems to have hung like a donkey.
> >
> > Anyway, pointers:
> > 1) There's no icons on screen, you just see the desk top background.
> > 2) There's no active apps, but a heck of a lot of processes. None of
which
> > seem to be out of the ordinary
> > 3) The system is running on cable - common theme. The smoking gun. I
think
> > the comp got jacked, however there's barely a chalk outline to prove
this.
> > 4) Norton AV - another common theme.
> > 5) In the cases I've seen, they've also ran spybot prior to the system
> > keeling over
> >
> > Can't think of any more at this stage, have only five ours sleeps last
> > night.
> >
> > Originally, I thought it was a screwed up profile. I got into the system
and
> > created a new profile, log out and back in as the new profile and it
still
> > happened.
> >
> > The other theory I've got is just a stick of dodgy RAM.
> >
> > I've made a note in my log to check this if it happens again.
> >
> > Any advice appreciated.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Ka Kwok
> >
> > --
> > ================================
> > Men's rights in a relationship:
> > 1) You have the right to remain silent, anything you do
> > or didn't do, will be used against you in the bedroom.
> > 2) The same goes for anything you say.
> > 3) You have no rights whatsoever - The person
> > wearing the pants in the relationship isn't you.
> > ================================
> >
> >
> >


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