Problems with start-up

[Guest]

About one in every six to eight times or so, my computer will not boot
completely up after a night off.

It gets to the screen that says (something like) Starting Microsoft Windows,
and then just sits there and cycles without going any further.

I do a hard shut down, restart, go to safe mode, then Restore and that
almost always solves the problem.

I regularly run two different Spy Ware detection programs, an Virus
detection program, and Registry Mechanic.

I have done an analysis of my hard drive using the system tools and that
seems to be good as well.

Any ideas?

If I go to msconfig, what should the settings for the various tabs be? I
notice that on the general tab, I currently have checked 'selective startup"
instead of 'normal startup"

Could this be the problem??

 

[Guest]

Probably giving the 3rd party software that you mentioned the deep-six
would help........Otherwise,you can/could run microsoft BootVis utility that
increases boot time.

 

[John]

If I go to msconfig, what should the settings for the various tabs be? I
notice that on the general tab, I currently have checked 'selective startup"
instead of 'normal startup"
Could this be the problem??

xp selective startup
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=xp+selective+startup&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Troubleshooting XP boot / startup problems
http://labmice.techtarget.com/windowsxp/TroubleshootingXP/startup.htm
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Troubleshooting-Startup-Problems.html
http://www.selfseo.com/story-13677.php
http://www.rm.com/Support/TechnicalArticle.asp?cref=TEC272497

The computer stops responding during startup
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832577&Product=winxp