Error message

[Old Goat]

I have a Dell Dimension 8200, pentium 4, 1.7Gb, with 30Gb
hard drive, using windows XP Pro. Every time I reboot I
get the message labeled Virtual Driver: "Unable to
initialize drivers. please reboot your computer." If I
reboot I get the same thing ad infinitem! Can someone
help me out here? what is wrong and how do I fix it? I
don't know very much about these things and sure coould
use the help!
Thanks,
Old Goat

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

I have a Dell Dimension 8200, pentium 4, 1.7Gb, with 30Gb
hard drive, using windows XP Pro. Every time I reboot I
get the message labeled Virtual Driver: "Unable to
initialize drivers. please reboot your computer." If I
reboot I get the same thing ad infinitem! Can someone
help me out here? what is wrong and how do I fix it? I
don't know very much about these things and sure coould
use the help!
Thanks,
Old Goat

Does the system start OK once you dismiss this error message? Have you
uninstalled and/or replaced any hardware lately?

If so, search for the file ntbtlog.txt using Start/Search. (Usually found
in the C:\%system root% folder) If it is found, double click the file in the
search window to open it in Notepad. Look for any "Did not load driver"
entries and note the path to these files. Locate these files in Windows
Explorer and take Right Click/Properties/Version Tab to see which piece of
hardware the driver is associated with.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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[Old Goat]

Does the system start OK once you dismiss this error message? Have you
uninstalled and/or replaced any hardware lately?

If so, search for the file ntbtlog.txt using Start/Search. (Usually found
in the C:\%system root% folder) If it is found, double click the file in the
search window to open it in Notepad. Look for any "Did not load driver"
entries and note the path to these files. Locate these files in Windows
Explorer and take Right Click/Properties/Version Tab to see which piece of
hardware the driver is associated with.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Ronnie:
Thanks for your answer . Yes everything runs fine
if I just click on the ok and continue what I am doing
but I'm worried about what could be happening? I tried
searching for the ntbtlog.txt but came up with nothing in
the search. So I am still at loss as to what to do? Any
other ideas are definitely welcomesd and will be tried!
Thanks,
Old Goat

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Ronnie:
Thanks for your answer . Yes everything runs fine
if I just click on the ok and continue what I am doing
but I'm worried about what could be happening? I tried
searching for the ntbtlog.txt but came up with nothing in
the search. So I am still at loss as to what to do? Any
other ideas are definitely welcomesd and will be tried!
Thanks,
Old Goat

OK, go to start/Run and type: eventvwr.msc and press OK. In the Event
Viewer, Select each one of the items in the left menu and look for any error
messages with an "X". If found double click the error to view the details.
In the details dialog, there is a small icon on the right that looks like 2
text pages. Click this icon to copy the details and paste it back in a reply
here.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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