bootup problems

[Guest]

My laptop has been working fine.
I did not install any new software.
This afternoon I shut down.
I have been trying to boot up.
and it is going very slow. It takes a half hour to get to the login screen.
and now it has been loading for over an hour since putting in the password.

the background picture comes up. but the "loading your preferences" dialog
is just hanging there.

I can boot into safe mode.
is there something I can do there? to fix this?

 

[Guest]

Thier is a utility from microsoft called "BootVis" it speeds up boot time by
opening the utility,trace,optimize system.However microsoft did away with it
2 yrs ago,it can still be found from 3rd party,try google or msn.com/search

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Can you do a system restore?

 

[Guest]

what is a system restore?
did i have to back up the system at some point?

Can you do a system restore?


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

My laptop has been working fine.
I did not install any new software.
This afternoon I shut down.
I have been trying to boot up.
and it is going very slow. It takes a half hour to get to the login screen.
and now it has been loading for over an hour since putting in the password.

the background picture comes up. but the "loading your preferences" dialog
is just hanging there.

I can boot into safe mode.
is there something I can do there? to fix this?

 

[Rock]

in message

My laptop has been working fine.
I did not install any new software.
This afternoon I shut down.
I have been trying to boot up.
and it is going very slow. It takes a half hour to get to the login
screen.
and now it has been loading for over an hour since putting in the
password.

the background picture comes up. but the "loading your preferences" dialog
is just hanging there.

I can boot into safe mode.
is there something I can do there? to fix this?

Resources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308041&Product=winxp

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Check if it's enabled here:

Right-click 'My Computer' -> 'Properties' -> 'System Restore' tab

To restore to an earlier point:

Start -> "Help & Support" -> 'Pick a Task' -> 'Undo changes to your computer with System Restore'


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

what is a system restore?
did i have to back up the system at some point?

Can you do a system restore?


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

My laptop has been working fine.
I did not install any new software.
This afternoon I shut down.
I have been trying to boot up.
and it is going very slow. It takes a half hour to get to the login screen.
and now it has been loading for over an hour since putting in the password.

the background picture comes up. but the "loading your preferences" dialog
is just hanging there.

I can boot into safe mode.
is there something I can do there? to fix this?

 

[Plato]

Thier is a utility from microsoft called "BootVis" it speeds up boot time by
opening the utility,trace,optimize system.However microsoft did away with it
2 yrs ago,it can still be found from 3rd party,try google or msn.com/search

Bootvis is NOT for production pcs.