xp hangs at startup

[Michael]

about once every half-dozen startups, windows hangs. i
get to the first screen with the windows logo and the
progress bar at the bottom but it's VERY faint and it
doesn't go beyond that. i have been able to power down
and startup again without a problem. any clue???
suggestions would be MUCH appreciated.

 

[Michael]

i can TRY starting in safe mode, but what do i do in that
process to ascertain what's causing my problem?

thanks for the information... hope you don't mind the
follow-up question. lol

-----Original Message-----
Have you tried booting in safe mode? Since the problem

is intermittent, you may need to reboot several times to
see what it's hanging on. Intermittent problems can
really be a headache, can't they?