Boot Up Problems

[Guest]

For the past week I cannot seem to boot up without reseting or rebooting.
This has slowly deteriated, everyday, to the degree that I now have to do
this at least 6 times. It seems to go a little further each time I reset or
reboot the machine until I am finally able to use the computer. This
includes the freezing of the screen and start up programs upon initial
operation. I run windows xp home, windows ver 5.1 and the only change I can
say I have made is the installation of adsl
thank you
Denise

 

[Rock]

For the past week I cannot seem to boot up without reseting or rebooting.
This has slowly deteriated, everyday, to the degree that I now have to do
this at least 6 times. It seems to go a little further each time I reset
or
reboot the machine until I am finally able to use the computer. This
includes the freezing of the screen and start up programs upon initial
operation. I run windows xp home, windows ver 5.1 and the only change I
can
say I have made is the installation of adsl

Resources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041/en-us

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Denise

Please post complete copies of any Error / Warnings Reports which
appear inthe System and Application logs for the last boot. Please do
not post any Information Reports.

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.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

Denise

Please post complete copies of any Error / Warnings Reports which
appear inthe System and Application logs for the last boot. Please do
not post any Information Reports.

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.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Thanks for replying - sorry it has been so long in replying but the computer crashed totally. I think that finished the problems!

 

[Guest]

Resources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041/en-us

 

[Rock]

That would certainly explain all the problems you were having. Thanks for
posting back.