Win XP home startup problem

[Guest]

To whom it may concern,

I've just had my computer serviced and had WIN XP home re-installed the
other day. Other family members use my computer and this morning I turned
the system on and startup went on normally until the desktop wallpaper
loaded. At this point the computer just seemed to hang there, no desktop
items(shortcuts, etc.) or the task bar were displayed. I opened the task
manager and there were no applications running although there seemed to be
the usual number of processes running. I was able to get everything going by
using the "sleep" key on the microsft keyboard, waiting for the tower to shut
down(sleep), then powering up the tower, at which point windows immediately
prompted me to select the user(there is only one). After the user was
selected everything seemed to function normally. I'm not sure if some of the
settings were altered by my family(no one would admit to doing anything),
however, the computer normally does not require me to go through this whole
procedure just to access the the software. Any ideas or assistance would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Sandor

Any indications of problems in Event Viewer?

ou can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
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&Product=winxp

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.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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