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

Lee

I would look in the System log and not the Security log.

BTW I find your gif files a little off putting. Some read using plain text
and
you could find such potential helpers will just move on to the next message.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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"lee" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Gerry Cornell" wrote:
>
>> Lee
>>
>> Are you still getting error reports in Event Viewer since updating the
>> driver?
>>
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> hello again Gerry,
>
> No, however here's a sequence that's just happened :
>
> pc has been shutdown for about 3 hours;
>
> started it up;
>
> got as far as the 'welcome' screen and windows 'jingle', then pc froze
> with
> the egg timer over the welcome screen;
>
> I also noticed a low level 'buzzing' noise at this time from somewhere in
> the pc;
>
> I forced a restart using the button on the pc;
>
> pc booted up automatically with no problems;
>
> I looked into Event Viewer and, for the first time, looked at the Security
> section;
>
> There are a string of 'failures' shown, of which the one shown below is
> the
> most recent. The time on it certainly relates to either the new failed
> boot
> up or this current successful boot up :
>
> http://incelsite.com/e3.gif
>
> By the way, I was recently advised to try and debug my problems using the
> Alerter service, although I have so far failed to understand it.
> The current status of that, is that I earlier turned the Alerter to
> 'automatic' and turned off 'automatically restart', all as shown here :
>
> http://incelsite.com/e4.gif
>
> http://incelsite.com/e5.gif
>
> Thanks again,
> Lee
>


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