Light Blue Welcome Screen at Startup

[Guest]

I had my computer running with windows XP. It started up consistently with
the black screen and with the windows XP logo, then it went through the light
blue screen (welcome) which lasted about 10 seconds, while devices such as my
scanner loaded up. It did this consistenly for about a year.

But now the light blue screen (welcome) last only about 2 sec then the
desktop comes up and then the scanner loads up.

Do you guys know what might have happend that the light blue screen
(welcome) after the black screen with the windows XP logo takes about 2
seconds now as compared to about 10 seconds? I noticed this happend after
either the computer turned on by itself after a few seconds in booting up
proccess or I am not sure if it happend after a windows update was installed
the next day.

I am not sure if a driver or something is not being installed since the
light blue screen (welcome) is taking only 2 seconds as compared to 10
seconds OR maybe after the windows update the system is running more
efficient.

Appreciate your advice on what might be going on.

THANKS

 

[JS]

What update did you install?

JS

 

[Guest]

I noticed a mistake in my post. The following section should be: I noticed
this happend after either the computer turned off (instead of on) by itself
after a few seconds in booting up proccess.

It was a windows automatic update, but I am not sure which one was it. Do
you think I should get which update it was? Also how can I determine this?
OR do you think something might have happened when the computer turned off by
itself?

THANKS, THANKS

 

[l]

One thing you can check is the 'event viewer' in admin tools.
There are three categories, look in system and application for the red
error indicators that coincide with the logon event. Look for any errors
that may say 'could not load'... or 'file missing', that kind of thing.

 

[Guest]

I check teh 'even viewer' in admin tools. I looked in system and application
for the red error, but did not find something stating 'could not load' or
'file missing'. Would 'could not load' or 'file missing' be under the
catergory column, because all I seen there was none?

THANKS

 

[JS]

Go to the Windows Update site, on the left hand side of the web page you
will see an option to 'Review your update history'.
This should show the last updates that where installed and if they installed
successfully.

JS

 

[Guest]

I clicked on windows update on the left hand side of this web page, but did
not see an option for "Review your update history" - just can't see it. Can
you help me with this, appreciate your help.

I had another question for you. I know the windows update occured on
Saturday and my computer turned off while booting up on Friday. What do you
think if I use the system restore back to Wednesday? Would this be the right
approach?

THANKS

 

[JS]

Try this link, you should see the option I mentioned on the left side:
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us

JS

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I'll check that site when I get home later on.


Do you mind checking this out:
"I had another question for you. I know the windows update occured on
Saturday and my computer turned off while booting up on Friday. What do
you think if I use the system restore back to Wednesday? Would this be the
right
approach?"

THANKS

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi gglav,

With no disrespect, if your system is booting faster by about 8 seconds, why
the concern? So far, you haven't mentioned anything "wrong" with the
computer. I find it somewhat hard to believe that a WU could "tweak"
something in your favor, but perhaps the shutdown and re-boot did. Just a
thought. Windows can do some expected things in a situation like that.

--
Curt BD-MVBT

http://dundats.mvps.org/
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http://www.aumha.org/

 

[Guest]

Hi Curt,

The only thing I was a little concer is because in the past I now that when
my internet (DSL) was not working my computer booted up faster by about 8
seconds. Right now my internet is working fine, so I guess my thought
(concern) is that if my system is booting up faster maybe there are some
drivers or applications that are not loading up. Do you think I am being to
picky or is this something I should continue looking into.

Thanks

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi ggalv,

To be honest, I don't know if your concern is warranted or not. As long as
the machine runs fine, I personally would leave it alone. Windows has
always amazed me in the things it can do in unexpected moments--like what
happened to you. I really don't know what happened, but if everything runs
fine, leave it alone. Maybe in the process of re-booting it tweaked
something in your settings--I don't know, but I'd believe it if someone said
it happened. OTOH, during a clean install of XP, you'd be amazed at what it
missed! If it ain't broke..........

--
Curt BD-MVBT

http://dundats.mvps.org/
http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi
http://www.aumha.org/

 

[JS]

The only thing I can say is that before you do a system restore, is to make
an image backup of the partition that Windows is installed on (usually C )
as things can end up worse than they are now. As to the speed/time
difference you experience during boot up, my system will vary by as much as
five seconds over a period of time, sometimes being immediately noticeable
even if I haven't installed any updates.

Below is link to a utility you can use to see and control what starts ups
when you boot:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

Also I would run a Virus Scan to eliminate this as a possible cause.

JS

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the Advice Curt. Yeah, I think I agree with you that if it ain't
broke don't fix it - I now from experience. So I am not going to do the
restore because by doing that I might cause other problems. One of my main
concerns was that my scanner or photoshop or cd burner software did not get
affected in terms of not working properly. Do you know if there is away to
see if all my applications are loading up properly or if there is a conflict
with a driver or application loading up. Yeah, I am not doing the system
restore.

thanks

 

[Guest]

Thanks for getting some sense into me JS. I think I might cause more
problems if do a system restore. Do you know how I can check if there is a
conflict with a driver or application during bootup?

THANKS

 

[JS]

There are three things you can check.
1) Event Viewer, look at only those events (errors) that are dated on or
past the date when your problems started.
Start/Control Panel/Administrative tools/Event viewer. Also some event
errors may have been occurring before this date and you may not have been
aware of them, they should be looked into.
2) Services: Start/Control Panel/Administrative tools/Services
3) For Driver issues: Right click on the My Computer icon, select
Properties, then click on the Hardware tab, Device Manager.

More Info:
Event Viewer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
Services: http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm
Drivers: http://labmice.techtarget.com/drivers/default.htm

JS