boot up problems

[Guest]

I just installed more ram and when I start up now I get a white bar along the
bottom of the screen,Windows XP appears then the screen goes blank for 1
minute 40 seconds before starting. I have a Dell Dimension 4400. Thanks

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Dave

I suggest you look at Warning and Error Reports in the System
and Application logs of Event Viewer at the time of the last boot
and post copies here.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, 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/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

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. 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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[ritter197]

I also have these problems and I see in the event log a number of errors,
but have not the skill yet to fix it.
Here is one out of many:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Hang
Event Category: (101)
Event ID: 1002
Date: 8/10/2006
Time: 4:50:33 PM
User: N/A
Computer: HOME-3Y0K9YWF5S
Description:
Hanging application OUTLOOK.EXE, version 11.0.8010.0, hang module hungapp,
version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000.

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 48 61 6e 67 ion Hang
0010: 20 20 4f 55 54 4c 4f 4f OUTLOO
0018: 4b 2e 45 58 45 20 31 31 K.EXE 11
0020: 2e 30 2e 38 30 31 30 2e .0.8010.
0028: 30 20 69 6e 20 68 75 6e 0 in hun
0030: 67 61 70 70 20 30 2e 30 gapp 0.0
0038: 2e 30 2e 30 20 61 74 20 .0.0 at
0040: 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 30 offset 0
0048: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 0000000

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Here is a link for that particular error message.

http://www.eventid.net/advanceddisplay.asp?app=WebEvents&eventid=1002