Re: windows xp home edition taking ages to boot up

Spanner are you using the Live Comunications Server 2005? There are a number
of things that will cause event ID 1002, not sure why Live Com Server 05 was
pointed to unless I've missed something.

Is your router a wireless modem\router that you use to connect to the
internet as well as giving network access to your daughter. I'm guessing
that in network connections you have 1 local area connection is that right.

To see if your network is causing the slowdown disable it. Right click Local
Area Connections in network connections and reboot. See if you still have
the slowdown. Use disabling LAN alongside msconfig\startup as in my previous
post. You should be able to narrow down where the slowdown is. Then we can
help you fix it.

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Please repost if you find the fault

Glen P

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"Spanner" <Spanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Its a desktop computer Gerry although I do have a Belkin router so my
daughter can access the net on her laptop.......would that make a
difference?
I don't know! I don't understand what that article means.

I've done the sfc scan and I'm about to reboot so if all is not well, I
may
be some time grrrrr! Much obliged for all the help by the way x

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Is this a laptop or a desktop computer?

The attached Article refers to the Event:
Live Communications Server Service Does Not Start When You Restart the
Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830525/en-us

I would expect the two dll files to be signed. Are all the latest Windows
Updates installed?

Try Start, Run, type "sfc /scannow" without quotes and hit Enter.

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System
File Checker (Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310747

After doing this reboot the computer,

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"Spanner" <Spanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Oops sorry, forgot to mention that the Mcafee popped up the following :

c:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\helpctr.exe contains suspicious
scripting activity and has been stopped.



"Spanner" wrote:

Thanks for that Gerry. I had a look in the event viewer and this is
what
I
got :

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1002
Date: 06/02/2006
Time: 08:41:30
User: N/A
Computer: SUMMER
Description:
The IP address lease 192.168.2.2 for the Network Card with network
address
0010DCC41E41 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.2.1 (The DHCP
Server
sent a DHCPNACK message).

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

No idea what that means......anyway, I also checked my device manager
and
there were no yellow ticks, everythings ok there. I also checked the
"sigverif.exe" and found I have 2 files danim.dll and ntvdmd.dll which
aren't
digitally signed. What do I do with those now?

Something else I found to......during a look at help and support I
tried
to
open the systems configuration utility but my Mcafee popped up telling
me
it
had found a supicious script so I chose to block it.....it does that
everytime I try to open the systems configuration utility by the way.

Is any of this making sense? oh bugger.....heeelppppp lol




"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System
and Application logs for the last boot and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative
Tools,
and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and
paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and
double
click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event
Viewer.
Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the
message.
This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with
links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from
Event
Viewer.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click
on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties.
Hardware,
Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
drivers
are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"Spanner" <Spanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just lately my pc has been taking nearly 20 minutes to load which
is
ridiculous. It was running absolutely fine after a recent
format......done
due to the fact that windows just didn't boot up at all. I would
have
used
the repair option but it didn't give me the option to do it and
believe
me, I
could have done without losing all my stuff (why is it you never
back
up
when
you really need to doh!) I've used diagnostics to check my hard
drive
and
that doesn't seem to be showing any problems......surely it can't
be
a
software problem???

When the pc didn't boot up at all I didn't get any error messages
or
anything, it was just a blank screen.

I have an anti virus package, firewall, cleaner, spyware tool and
I
defrag
regularly. Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks.








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