XP extremely slow boot up

[RDT]

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a normal amount
of time to get up and running but when I try to boot up through the normal
login screen it takes forever as in grass grows faster. Once it gets to the
screen where the users are listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar
doesn't even move. You can here the HDD making a pattern of noises
(dttt...dt, dt, dt, dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot
but now it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that orignally had
ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram. It's been great for about
a year but now it's doing this. How do I tell whats running that doing this?
Thanks

 

[RDT]

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a normal amount
of time to get up and running but when I try to boot up through the normal
login screen it takes forever as in grass grows faster. Once it gets to the
screen where the users are listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar
doesn't even move. You can here the HDD making a pattern of noises
(dttt...dt, dt, dt, dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot
but now it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that orignally had
ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram. It's been great for about
a year but now it's doing this. How do I tell whats running that doing this?
Thanks

PS, we ran Microsoft's online scan and it found a few things but it didn't
help this issue.

 

[nass]

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a normal amount
of time to get up and running but when I try to boot up through the normal
login screen it takes forever as in grass grows faster. Once it gets to the
screen where the users are listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar
doesn't even move. You can here the HDD making a pattern of noises
(dttt...dt, dt, dt, dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot
but now it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that orignally had
ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram. It's been great for about
a year but now it's doing this. How do I tell whats running that doing this?
Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at present
not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to free some
disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[RDT]

We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few things but
that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes now and still has left
login screen.

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a normal amount
of time to get up and running but when I try to boot up through the normal
login screen it takes forever as in grass grows faster. Once it gets to the
screen where the users are listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar
doesn't even move. You can here the HDD making a pattern of noises
(dttt...dt, dt, dt, dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot
but now it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that orignally had
ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram. It's been great for about
a year but now it's doing this. How do I tell whats running that doing this?
Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at present
not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to free some
disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[Gerry]

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last boot in
normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate
which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute

We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes now
and still has left login screen.

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to boot
up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in grass
grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users are
listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even move. You
can here the HDD making a pattern of noises (dttt...dt, dt, dt,
dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot but now
it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that
orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram.
It's been great for about a year but now it's doing this. How do I
tell whats running that doing this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at
present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to free
some disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a new
computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs

Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button
called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches,
then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over
the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left
by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there
Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable
them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[RDT]

After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again later and
post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe mode and reverting back
to a previous save point.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last boot in
normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate
which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute

We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes now
and still has left login screen.

:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to boot
up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in grass
grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users are
listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even move. You
can here the HDD making a pattern of noises (dttt...dt, dt, dt,
dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot but now
it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that
orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram.
It's been great for about a year but now it's doing this. How do I
tell whats running that doing this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at
present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to free
some disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a new
computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button
called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches,
then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over
the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left
by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there
Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable
them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[nass]

Try System Restore then Log into Normal Mode and try the cleaning steps.

We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few things but
that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes now and still has left
login screen.

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a normal amount
of time to get up and running but when I try to boot up through the normal
login screen it takes forever as in grass grows faster. Once it gets to the
screen where the users are listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar
doesn't even move. You can here the HDD making a pattern of noises
(dttt...dt, dt, dt, dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot
but now it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that orignally had
ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram. It's been great for about
a year but now it's doing this. How do I tell whats running that doing this?
Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at present
not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to free some
disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[Gerry]

RDT

The Event Viewer is accessible in safe mode.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again later
and post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe mode and
reverting back to a previous save point.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last
boot in normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please.
Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute

We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes
now and still has left login screen.

:



:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to boot
up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in grass
grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users are
listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even move. You
can here the HDD making a pattern of noises (dttt...dt, dt, dt,
dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot but now
it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that
orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram.
It's been great for about a year but now it's doing this. How do I
tell whats running that doing this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at
present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to
free some disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a
new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a
Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your
History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet
Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to
delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button
there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to
Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[RDT]

After being able to get back to the laptop and try it, I tried to boot it in
regular mode and then in safe mode and checked the event log. Here are some
items from the start up. These bring up a question. Would a bad block make it
do this. The "TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper" error is because a Dlink wireless device
is not working in safe mode.
Application issues
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:25:41 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'CLTNetCnService' service is starting.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'LiveUpdate Notice' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:32 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service is starting.


System issues
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which failed to
start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:27:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....œ..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 fe bb 6c 01 00 00 00 .þ»l....
0028: 67 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 gc......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @..„....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 68 f2 eb 81 ....hòëÂ
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 e0 eb 81 .....àëÂ
0060: 02 00 00 00 ff 5d b6 00 ....ÿ]¶.
0068: 28 00 00 b6 5d ff 00 00 (..¶]ÿ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: f0 00 03 00 00 00 00 0b ð.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

RDT

The Event Viewer is accessible in safe mode.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again later
and post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe mode and
reverting back to a previous save point.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last
boot in normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please.
Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RDT wrote:
We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes
now and still has left login screen.

:



:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to boot
up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in grass
grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users are
listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even move. You
can here the HDD making a pattern of noises (dttt...dt, dt, dt,
dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot but now
it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that
orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram.
It's been great for about a year but now it's doing this. How do I
tell whats running that doing this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at
present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to
free some disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a
new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a
Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your
History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet
Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to
delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button
there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to
Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[R. McCarty]

You'll never have a stable/reliable system as long as you have a
Norton home product installed.

After being able to get back to the laptop and try it, I tried to boot it
in
regular mode and then in safe mode and checked the event log. Here are
some
items from the start up. These bring up a question. Would a bad block make
it
do this. The "TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper" error is because a Dlink wireless
device
is not working in safe mode.
Application issues
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:25:41 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'CLTNetCnService' service is starting.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'LiveUpdate Notice' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:32 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service is starting.


System issues
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which failed
to
start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:27:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....o..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 fe bb 6c 01 00 00 00 .þ»l....
0028: 67 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 gc......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @.."....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 68 f2 eb 81 ....hòë
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 e0 eb 81 .....àë
0060: 02 00 00 00 ff 5d b6 00 ....ÿ]¶.
0068: 28 00 00 b6 5d ff 00 00 (..¶]ÿ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: f0 00 03 00 00 00 00 0b ð.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

RDT

The Event Viewer is accessible in safe mode.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again later
and post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe mode and
reverting back to a previous save point.

:



Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last
boot in normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please.
Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RDT wrote:
We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes
now and still has left login screen.

:



:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to boot
up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in grass
grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users are
listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even move. You
can here the HDD making a pattern of noises (dttt...dt, dt, dt,
dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot but now
it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that
orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram.
It's been great for about a year but now it's doing this. How do I
tell whats running that doing this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at
present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to
free some disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a
new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a
Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your
History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet
Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to
delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button
there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to
Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[nass]

Hi,
Can you please contact me with your hijackthis log nd answer the next Qs:
1- Any Hardware attached to this Laptop
2- Does this Laptop connected to a Netowork
3- What version of XP you got (is it XP Home or Pro)
4- The Model and maker of the Laptop
Download Hijackthis and send me the log.
(http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php)
my address is : to_you_ross(at remove this and repalce with the
obvious)yahoo.co.uk
( _ is underscore)

After being able to get back to the laptop and try it, I tried to boot it in
regular mode and then in safe mode and checked the event log. Here are some
items from the start up. These bring up a question. Would a bad block make it
do this. The "TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper" error is because a Dlink wireless device
is not working in safe mode.
Application issues
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:25:41 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'CLTNetCnService' service is starting.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'LiveUpdate Notice' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:32 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service is starting.


System issues
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which failed to
start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:27:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....œ..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 fe bb 6c 01 00 00 00 .þ»l....
0028: 67 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 gc......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @..„....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 68 f2 eb 81 ....hòëÂ
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 e0 eb 81 .....àëÂ
0060: 02 00 00 00 ff 5d b6 00 ....ÿ]¶.
0068: 28 00 00 b6 5d ff 00 00 (..¶]ÿ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: f0 00 03 00 00 00 00 0b ð.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

RDT

The Event Viewer is accessible in safe mode.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again later
and post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe mode and
reverting back to a previous save point.

:



Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the
System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the last
boot in normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates please.
Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and close
Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the
body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting
from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RDT wrote:
We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes
now and still has left login screen.

:



:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to boot
up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in grass
grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users are
listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even move. You
can here the HDD making a pattern of noises (dttt...dt, dt, dt,
dt). It has done this for awhile and would evetually boot but now
it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to the password window and it
goes to sleep before it ever boots. It's a Compaq laptop that
orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G hard drive and 256M of ram.
It's been great for about a year but now it's doing this. How do I
tell whats running that doing this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB at
present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you play one!
You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the Add/Remove to
free some disk space untill you invest in a bigger Hard drive or a
new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a
Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your
History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet
Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to
delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed
on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button
there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to
Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[Gerry]

RDT

You need to post only copies of Warnings and Errors from the last boot
in normal mode. The bad block error suggests you should run chkdsk. The
other errors arise because you have made your selection of errors from a
boot into safe mode. You need to go back to the lengthy boot into normal
mode.

Check the hard drive for bad sectors by running chkdsk c: /r. The
omission of /f is deliberate. It will not take so long and just reports.
Post a complete copy of what it says.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After being able to get back to the laptop and try it, I tried to
boot it in regular mode and then in safe mode and checked the event
log. Here are some items from the start up. These bring up a
question. Would a bad block make it do this. The "TCP/IP NetBIOS
Helper" error is because a Dlink wireless device is not working in
safe mode.
Application issues
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:25:41 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'CLTNetCnService' service is starting.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'LiveUpdate Notice' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:32 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service is starting.


System issues
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which
failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:27:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....o..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 fe bb 6c 01 00 00 00 .þ»l....
0028: 67 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 gc......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @.."....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 68 f2 eb 81 ....hòë
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 e0 eb 81 .....àë
0060: 02 00 00 00 ff 5d b6 00 ....ÿ]¶.
0068: 28 00 00 b6 5d ff 00 00 (..¶]ÿ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: f0 00 03 00 00 00 00 0b ð.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

RDT

The Event Viewer is accessible in safe mode.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again
later and post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe
mode and reverting back to a previous save point.

:



Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the
Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit
and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the
last boot in normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates
please. Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RDT wrote:
We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes
now and still has left login screen.

:



:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to
boot up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in
grass grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users
are listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even
move. You can here the HDD making a pattern of noises
(dttt...dt, dt, dt, dt). It has done this for awhile and would
evetually boot but now it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to
the password window and it goes to sleep before it ever boots.
It's a Compaq laptop that orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G
hard drive and 256M of ram. It's been great for about a year
but now it's doing this. How do I tell whats running that doing
this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB
at present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you
play one! You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the
Add/Remove to free some disk space untill you invest in a bigger
Hard drive or a new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a
Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your
History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet
Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to
delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow
installed on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow
this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button
there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need
to Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free Download and update then runa cmplete
scan:
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm

Windows memory: A whirlwind tour
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-memusage/
Quick Guide to Monitoring Memory
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/76098/jsi-tip-4792-evaluating-memory-and-cache-usage.html
How to speed your PC:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm

Run disk clean up and then run this command:
sfc /scannow


HTH,
nass

 

[RDT]

I had to set it up to run chkdsk when it rebooted so I guess it added the
switches. It found several bad clusters in software files that windows
replaced: file 14028, wuaueng.dll; file 17615, e_ds89re.dll; file 20317,
n07ese~1.log; file 35656, data1.cab; file 39288, esrdef.bin. After that it
booted up and event viewer showed these:Event Type: Error
Event Source: ESENT
Event Category: Transaction Manager
Event ID: 623
Date: 9/24/2008
Time: 9:37:17 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
Catalog Database (1048) The version store for this instance (0) has reached
its maximum size of 16Mb. It is likely that a long-running transaction is
preventing cleanup of the version store and causing it to build up in size.
Updates will be rejected until the long-running transaction has been
completely committed or rolled back.
Possible long-running transaction:
SessionId: 0x026003C0
Session-context: 0x00000000
Session-context ThreadId: 0x000007C0

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1517
Date: 9/24/2008
Time: 9:25:47 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
Windows saved user LAPTOP\Caleb_2 registry while an application or service
was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's
registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no
longer in use.

This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring
the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Also a file named LuCallbackProxy.exe has been using a lot of CPU time.
Also I have only two users but how come I have directories for
Administrator, Administrator1, Administrator.laptop,
Administrator.laptop.000, Caleb, Caleb.laptop, Caleb_2, Guest, Default user
and Default user.windows listed under users?
Thanks alot. You guys have been great!!

RDT

You need to post only copies of Warnings and Errors from the last boot
in normal mode. The bad block error suggests you should run chkdsk. The
other errors arise because you have made your selection of errors from a
boot into safe mode. You need to go back to the lengthy boot into normal
mode.

Check the hard drive for bad sectors by running chkdsk c: /r. The
omission of /f is deliberate. It will not take so long and just reports.
Post a complete copy of what it says.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After being able to get back to the laptop and try it, I tried to
boot it in regular mode and then in safe mode and checked the event
log. Here are some items from the start up. These bring up a
question. Would a bad block make it do this. The "TCP/IP NetBIOS
Helper" error is because a Dlink wireless device is not working in
safe mode.
Application issues
Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:25:41 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'CLTNetCnService' service is starting.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 35
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'LiveUpdate Notice' service has started.

Event Type: Information
Event Source: ccSvcHst
Event Category: None
Event ID: 34
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:24:32 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The 'ccEvtMgr' service is starting.


System issues
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7026
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
AFD
eeCtrl
Fips
IPSec
MRxSmb
NetBIOS
NetBT
P3
RasAcd
Rdbss
SRTSPX
SYMTDI
Tcpip

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7001
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:30:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the AFD service which
failed to start because of the following error:
A device attached to the system is not functioning.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 9/23/2008
Time: 8:27:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 68 00 01 00 b6 00 ..h...¶.
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......À
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....o..À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 fe bb 6c 01 00 00 00 .þ»l....
0028: 67 63 00 00 00 00 00 00 gc......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @.."....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..@. @
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 68 f2 eb 81 ....hòëÂ
0058: 00 00 00 00 08 e0 eb 81 .....àëÂ
0060: 02 00 00 00 ff 5d b6 00 ....ÿ]¶.
0068: 28 00 00 b6 5d ff 00 00 (..¶]ÿ..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0078: f0 00 03 00 00 00 00 0b ð.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

RDT

The Event Viewer is accessible in safe mode.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RDT wrote:
After 1 hour waiting for it to boot I gave up. I will try again
later and post my findings I was comptemplating going into safe
mode and reverting back to a previous save point.

:



Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the
Performance Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit
and the Peak?

What errors appear in Event Viewer?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the
last boot in normal mode . No Information Reports or Duplicates
please. Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

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

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. Click the button and
close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste
into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste
after exiting from
Event Viewer.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RDT wrote:
We ran the onecare scan with it in safe mode and it found a few
things but that didn't fix it. It has been running for 45 minutes
now and still has left login screen.

:



:

I have booted up in safe mode and that seems fine and takes a
normal amount of time to get up and running but when I try to
boot up through the normal login screen it takes forever as in
grass grows faster. Once it gets to the screen where the users
are listed, it virutally freezes. The color bar doesn't even
move. You can here the HDD making a pattern of noises
(dttt...dt, dt, dt, dt). It has done this for awhile and would
evetually boot but now it takes 2 or 3 minutes just to get to
the password window and it goes to sleep before it ever boots.
It's a Compaq laptop that orignally had ME on it. It has a 20G
hard drive and 256M of ram. It's been great for about a year
but now it's doing this. How do I tell whats running that doing
this? Thanks

You need really to invest in a more RAM like 512 and also 20 GB
at present not much at all with hungry Apps and Games if you
play one! You need to weed out the unwanted Programs in the
Add/Remove to free some disk space untill you invest in a bigger
Hard drive or a new computer.

Go through these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and
Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE
Properties window you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a
Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your
History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet
Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to
delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow
installed on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow
this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button
there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need
to Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit .