Startup Problems

[Dick Reuben]

Running XP Home SP1.

All of a sudden some startup items appearing in MSConfig and both
programs in my Startup Folder aren't loading after boot. Only Zone
Alarm and Norton AV load, and that doesn't happen until about 2
minutes after the desktop & icons appear.

Disc has been recently defragged and scanned for viruses.

Can someone give me an idea about where to look to solve this one.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Shortcuts in the Startup folders do not run at Windows startup
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/norunstartup.htm

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[Dick Reuben]

Shortcuts in the Startup folders do not run at Windows startup
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/norunstartup.htm

Thanks, but all entries currently set as described in that doc.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Dick

Any relevant reports in Event Viewer?


Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
ID, Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click
for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
sure this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.

In Event Viewer there is no facility to print Error Reports. A
workaround is copy and
paste the Error Report into an email, send it to yourself and print off
the copy in your
Inbox or your Sent Items folder.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Dick Reuben]

Dick

Any relevant reports in Event Viewer?


Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
discrepancies can
make it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
ID, Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
should double click
for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
sure this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.

In Event Viewer there is no facility to print Error Reports. A
workaround is copy and
paste the Error Report into an email, send it to yourself and print off
the copy in your
Inbox or your Sent Items folder.

Thanks, but nothing I learned seemed to relate to the problem.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Dick,

What programs?

Are you certain that the programs are not starting at boot?

Have you looked in the Task Manager to see if they are running, but maybe
the Notification Area icons are missing?

Are the program icons in the Notification Area set to Always Hide?

To start Task Manager:

Ctrl + Alt + Delete
or
Ctrl + Shift + Esc
or
Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager

Look under Applications & Processes tabs.

Taskbar notification area overview
The notification area of the taskbar is where you usually see the current
time displayed. This area can become crowded with notification icons that
appear when certain events occur, such as when you receive e-mail or when
you open Task Manager. Windows displays a notification icon when an event
occurs. After a short time, Windows puts the icon in the background to
simplify that area. You can access the icons that have been placed in the
background by clicking a button in the notification area.

Click on the (chevron) << looking button in the Taskbar notification area.

[[In Microsoft Windows XP, icons in the Notification area (on the right side
of the taskbar) are, by default, hidden when they are inactive. This
behavior is determined by a setting, which can be cleared or selected for
each item.]]
Description of Notification Area Settings
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279771

Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab | Customize button |
Click on the Behavior item to show the V | Click the V to display; Hide when
inactive, Always hide and Always show | Now you can select one

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[Gerry Cornell]

Dick

If you posted copies of any Error Report others may be able to help.
They are not easy to interpret so I am not surprised that you were not
able to learn anything! We need clues to help!


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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