Re: Boot problems - How to debug / see an error message ?

Lee

Are you still getting error reports in Event Viewer since updating the
driver?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"lee" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks for your very detailed reply, Gerry.
> Please see below :
>
> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> Lee
>>
>> What you are seeking doesn't exist!
>>
>> When you reinstall Windows XP it is best to sort out drivers before
>> installing
>> SP2 and later updates. Did you do this?
>>
>
> Looking back at my manual system restore entries I made, I started
> investigating / loading drivers _after_ bringing my 'new' xp install up to
> SP2.
>
>> When was the computer new?
>
> It was bought as brand new in 2003.
>
>>
>> Please look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
>> Warning
>> and Error Reports over the last 2 days use and post copies here.
>>
>
> Apart from one error and warning which I can actually relate to something
> specific which I know about and understand (!), there are 2 other
> warnings.
> I had trouble understanding them or the explanation links, or indeed copy
> /
> pasting the text, so here are 2 screengrabs :
>
> http://incelsite.com/e1.gif
>
> http://incelsite.com/e2.gif
>
>>
>> Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager?
>
> Yes ! Previously I had no idea what they meant;
> It showed I had a 'Simple PCI Controller' which had no driver. On allowing
> windows to automatically search the internet from there in Device Manager,
> it
> found an Intel Modem driver which it chose to install. The yellow question
> marks went away.
> I shutdown windows, then did a fresh start up. (not a 'restart').
> No problems regarding crashing or freezing up on this occasion.
>
> Do you think that was coincidence or do you strongly think the missing
> driver was the problem all along ?
> I used Driver Detective (driversHQ) yesterday to find and upgrade a number
> of SiS drivers, but as I understand it their system wouldn't have found
> this
> PCI problem because DD needs there to be at least 'any' driver already
> associated with a device in Device Manager.
>
> thanks a lot again,
> Lee
>


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