Re: Boot up problem... with a difference

Gerry

my AV is AVG 7.5 Malaware, paid for version so updates are continual. Never
had any problems with it.

Looked further into the last errors and noticed PXRD Driver. Searched the
net and found it is some sort of malaware. Downloaded & installed a program
called runscanner http://www.runscanner.net/which highlighted this and
other poss. faults. Fixed them and tried for a reboot. Failed first time,
hung up with a black screen and the hourglass. Successful on 2nd attempt, a
distinct improvement.

Normally PC fails to boot and hangs on blue "Welcome" screen with either
cursor or hour glass and occasionally with black screen just before that.

Thanks again for all your help. Much appreciated. Still not 100% but
runscanner has helped a little.

Geoff

PS last error details bleow

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 22/09/2007
Time: 17:27:48
User: N/A
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
The twdns service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

and also

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 22/09/2007
Time: 17:27:48
User: N/A
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
The USBDTT - USB 1.1 DVB-T adapter Driver service failed to start due to the
following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it
has no enabled devices associated with it.







"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Geoff

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

However these latest reports are after a successful boot so they may not
be part of the problem but lesser problems.

Please describe exactly what happens when the computer fails to boot?

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

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geoffatmhg wrote:
OK this is what I have done and here are the results.

Installed User Profile Hive Cleanup Service and it ran OK

Uninstalled PeerGuardian and have not reinstalled. It was a beta
version but the latest available.

I run Firefox v. 2. 0.0.7 latest version and occasionally IE 7 v.
7.0.5730.11 again the latest I think.

I then decided to reboot to see if it helped.

Sad to say not. It took 5 attempts before it eventually booted.

Attached are the error reports. They seem not to have appeared before
and these were at the time of the final and successful attempt to
boot. There are no error reports at the failed times.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 22/09/2007
Time: 15:30:58
User: N/A
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
PXRDDriver


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 22/09/2007
Time: 15:30:58
User: N/A
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
The twdns service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the path specified.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 22/09/2007
Time: 15:30:58
User: N/A
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
The USBDTT - USB 1.1 DVB-T adapter Driver service failed to start due
to the following error:
The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or
because it has no enabled devices associated with it.




"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This may help with the first two errors.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

The third error referring to pg2.exe relates to PeerGuardian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerGuardian

Are you using the latest beta version of a previous version? What
browser are you using?

Do you need PeerGuardian? Have you looked at alternatives? How
frequently does the error occur? Uninstalling and reinstalling may
resolve the problem.

What version of AVG are you using. There is a specific forum for AVG
problems:
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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geoffatmhg wrote:
Hi Gerry

There are a several

Some are "warnings" like this on

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 21/09/2007
Time: 17:29:01
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
Windows saved user DEGEP\Geoff registry while an application or
service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used
by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be
unloaded when it is no longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try
configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or
NetworkService account.
and this

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1524
Date: 21/09/2007
Time: 17:28:55
User: DEGEP\Geoff
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
Windows cannot unload your classes registry file - it is still in
use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded
when it is no longer in use.


and others are errors like this

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 18/09/2007
Time: 15:04:34
User: N/A
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
Faulting application pg2.exe, version 1.0.6.4, faulting module
ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x00018fea.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 70 67 32 ure pg2
0018: 2e 65 78 65 20 31 2e 30 .exe 1.0
0020: 2e 36 2e 34 20 69 6e 20 .6.4 in
0028: 6e 74 64 6c 6c 2e 64 6c ntdll.dl
0030: 6c 20 35 2e 31 2e 32 36 l 5.1.26
0038: 30 30 2e 32 31 38 30 20 00.2180
0040: 61 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 at offse
0048: 74 20 30 30 30 31 38 66 t 00018f
0050: 65 61 0d 0a ea..

and this. There are several to do with AVG which works fine when the
PC has booted.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: AVG7
Event Category: Error
Event ID: 100
Date: 12/07/2007
Time: 09:48:05
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: DEGEP
Description:
2007-07-12 08:48:05,906 DEGEP [001264:001408] ERROR 000 AVG7.CORE
DeviceIoControl failed, err=2



There are lots more but I dont want to drive you crazy.

I am grateful

Geoff


"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What Error / Warning reports ( if any ) appear in the System log in
Event Viewer when you last booted the machine?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot.
No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also
appear in a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
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/kb/308427/en-us

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. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from Event Viewer.

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Gerry
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geoffatmhg wrote:
Thanks Mark

Do you think that this is the cause of the problem of not being
able to reboot easily?

Geoff


"Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Neither Win.ini, nor System.ini 'need' to exist in the %windows%
folder for Win XP to function normally. If they are found, they
are 'migrated' into the registry. I would delete them. They may
have been created by some old app you installed, or even some
attempt at a hack of your system. In any case, getting rid of
them is probably a good idea. --
Mark L. Ferguson
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"geoffatmhg" <geoffatmhgz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running Win XP SP2 with all the latest updates installed +
2 Gigs of Ram and loads of hard disk space with a 3.0 Ghz
processor. My PC runs extremely well except when it come to
booting up. It will not boot up first 2nd or even 3rd time. I have
tried F8
and going to last known good setting which occasionally works
but not always. It hangs at the blue Welcome screen and I have
to reboot again. Before it finally boots up correctly I get the
following screen "Windows 3. x Migration"
You have installed Windows NT into an existing Windows 3.x
Directory. You have the option of migrating portions of your Win
3.x into the Windows NT environment. Please select below the
parts you wish to migrate into the Windows NT environment.

Then there are 2 boxes the 1st is always ticked by default and
it says Migrate Windows 3. x win.ini and control.ini

The 2nd which I have never ticked says Migrate Windows 3.x
Program Manager and Group Files.

When either I close the box or leave it for about 30 seconds the
PC boots fine and runs beautifully until the next attempt to
reboot. Then the same happens.

Has any one any ideas how to remedy this weird problem and also
what might have caused it in the first place.

Short of a reinstall/repair I am lost.

BTW its boots into Safe Mode perfectly well.

TIA

Geoff

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