XL started locking on boot

[Dawna]

Have an AMD Athlon 64-bit Processor, two 512 mem cards,
XP home serv pack 1, etc. At any rate, until tonight, the
system has been stable... no hardware issues, no windows
problems, nothing. Turned on the comp tonight and it
boots very slow to the Welcome screen (2+ mins), where is
screeches to a dog slow status. It continues to load
through the desktop graphic(after another 3 mins), but
then gets stuck before loading the desktop icons, nav
bar, etc. I can get a command prompt up in safe mode,
but when I do a strictly safe mode boot, it also locks at
the point of loading icons and nav bar so safe mode does
nothing for me. I checked to make sure everything was
seated well and clean. Fans are operating without
incident. Any suggestions would be appreciated... thanks!

 

[Jim]

-----Original Message-----
Have an AMD Athlon 64-bit Processor, two 512 mem cards,
XP home serv pack 1, etc. At any rate, until tonight, the
system has been stable... no hardware issues, no windows
problems, nothing. Turned on the comp tonight and it
boots very slow to the Welcome screen (2+ mins), where is
screeches to a dog slow status. It continues to load
through the desktop graphic(after another 3 mins), but
then gets stuck before loading the desktop icons, nav
bar, etc. I can get a command prompt up in safe mode,
but when I do a strictly safe mode boot, it also locks at
the point of loading icons and nav bar so safe mode does
nothing for me. I checked to make sure everything was
seated well and clean. Fans are operating without
incident. Any suggestions would be appreciated... thanks!
.
Did you try the "last known good configuration" option in

the advanced options menu ? Be sure the device drivers are
really updated versions from the manufactur's web sites. I
suspect a virus or worm variant has invaided your PC. You
can only try the Recovery Console or a repair re-install
from booting to a XP CD, if all else fails.