I Love Windows XP but Have Problem (from a newly converted lifetimeMac User)

[Vintage Pixel]

15 years on nothing but Macs, 5 months with XP - I'll take XP.

I really need some help. Here's the problem...

I freeze on start up or shortly after, it usually happens when I first engage any app or utility. Works fine in safe mode w/networking. For some reason, I have only one restore point and I'm unable to access it. I've run Advanced System Optimizer and everything seems to check out... I recently got a blue screen error - "Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" , after researching this, I reviewed my drivers that were not digitally signed and turned off four nonessential unsigned drivers... this didn't fix the problem... I just ran the included Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool (seems quite basic) and passed.

Lastly, I'm the only person who uses this laptop. In the Documents and Settings folder I have the following six folders. Administrator, Administrator. KEITH, Administrator.KEITH.000, All Users, KD, Owner. When I start in safe mode I'm given the choice of choosing/clicking Administrator or KD. When I start up in the usual method I'm given one choice, KD. Is this the problem?... should I have so many files in Docs and Settings if I'm the only one who uses this laptop?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.

PS. I Love my Toshiba Satellite and I'm not going back (Apple DOESN'T want to interview me for their next TV spot)



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[Guest]

Because it works fine in safe mode, that tells me that the problem is still a
driver since safe mode starts up with the minimal drivers installed. I have
found in the past that inevitably my computer will eventually lock up or slow
down to a dead snails pace without enough physical memory installed. With
plenty of memory, I never freeze unless it is something totally unusual. Your
nag screen about "DRIVER_IRQ_LESS..." tells me further you have a driver
problem. You can try starting in safe mode and doing a step-by-step, leaving
out a different driver each time or uninstalling all your drivers and
reinstalling them one at a time until you find the problem causer. Also,
since it is mentioning an IRQ in the nag, try starting in safe mode and then
checking your resources and looking for an IRQ conflict. Disabling various
devices may find the cause if you can't tell by the IRQ settings.
Finally, I don't know why you have more than one Administrator listed, but
you can delete all the users other than your one name that you want to use.
If you start normally, you can delete all the ones you don't want or need
except the Administrator ones. If you start in safe mode, you can delete the
extra Administrator account. While in safe mode, however, make sure that the
account name you are going to keep is set up as an administrator and not a
limited user.
Hope that helps.
Also, I am surprised that an Apple user is not satisfied with Apple. I have
never used an Apple but hear they are superior to IBM's, especially in the
areas of graphics.
Best of luck, bro.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Administrator.KEITH.000 = UserName.ComputerName.000 and was probably created
because Administrator. KEITH existed. Administrator. KEITH was probably
created because Administrator existed.

See these...

Duplicate profile folders exist under the "Documents and Settings" folder
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/restprofile.htm

For Documents and Settings.000 See this thread
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=5575

This explains the .000
HOW TO: Restore a User Profile in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314045

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If you lose Full Control permissions to your profile folder, in the
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings folder, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
will create a new one the next time you log on. The new profile is named:

UserName - if the older profile was deleted.

UserName.ComputerName - if the old profile exists.

UserName.ComputerName.000 - if UserName.ComputerName exists.

UserName.ComputerName.001 - if UserName.ComputerName.000 exists.

--MORE--

How do I recovery a lost local user profile?
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBJ/tip4600/rh4631.htm

Windows Rejuvenated
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,119266,pg,3,00.asp

Please don't multi-post.
http://www.aspfaq.com/etiquette.asp?id=5003

What is the accepted way to share a message across multiple newsgroups?
http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

Why crosspost
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html#why

Multiposting vs Crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Juan]

The different names for the administrator account are created when you start
with a name for the computer and change it to another or make such
alterations. You may have noticed that previous administrator account(s)
remain with folders up to a certain date and the new profile folder
continues from there on and you may only have the original administrator
(and maybe the second admin.) account in the users folder in administrative
tools. I have never done this, but possibly
deleting the obsolete folders in Document and Settings takes care of that
since there should be only one account named administrator. If you have more
than one account named administrator and you have not created them consider
the posibility of your system being hacked.

Error Message with RAM Problems or Damaged Virtual Memory Manager When your
computer restarts after you install Windows XP Home Edition, you
may receive either of the following error messages: System has recovered
from a serious error DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL This behavior may occur
if either of the...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810093/en-us

"STOP:0xD1" Error Message When You Start Your Windows XP-Based Computer When
you start your computer, you may receive the following error message:
STOP:0xD1 (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) This behavior occurs if more then
one Mylex RAID controller that is supported by the Dac2w2k.sys driver is
installed on the...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316208/en-us

WRQ AtGuard Program Causes Error Message in Windows XP You may receive the
following error message on a blue screen on your Windows
XP-based computer with the WRQ AtGuard firewall program installed: STOP:
0x000000D1 (0x0200000c, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xf617c2c6)
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1)...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319870/en-us

You may also have to set the main IDE channnel driver from Pio mode to DMA
mode in the Device Manager\IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.

IDE ATA and ATAPI disks use PIO mode after multiple time-out or CRC errors
occur
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817472

Description of Ultra DMA
This article describes Ultra DMA (Direct Memory Access). Ultra DMA (also
known as Ultra DMA/33 or ATA/33) is an extension of the ATA hard disk
interface that theoretically allows burst data transfer rates of 33.3
megabytes (MB) per second. This is...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308541/en-us

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15 years on nothing but Macs, 5 months with XP - I'll take XP.

I really need some help. Here's the problem...

I freeze on start up or shortly after, it usually happens when I first

engage any app or utility. Works fine in safe mode w/networking. For some
reason, I have only one restore point and I'm unable to access it. I've
run Advanced System Optimizer and everything seems to check out... I
recently got a blue screen error - "Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" , after
researching this, I reviewed my drivers that were not digitally signed and
turned off four nonessential unsigned drivers... this didn't fix the
problem... I just ran the included Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool (seems quite
basic) and passed.

Lastly, I'm the only person who uses this laptop. In the Documents and

Settings folder I have the following six folders. Administrator,
Administrator. KEITH, Administrator.KEITH.000, All Users, KD, Owner. When
I start in safe mode I'm given the choice of choosing/clicking Administrator
or KD. When I start up in the usual method I'm given one choice, KD. Is
this the problem?... should I have so many files in Docs and Settings if I'm
the only one who uses this laptop?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.

PS. I Love my Toshiba Satellite and I'm not going back (Apple DOESN'T want

to interview me for their next TV spot)