Hey guys

 

I currently have Windows XP Home Edition and use a Dell Dimension 5150.

 

At the moment i have an administrators account and a guest account which

both crop up at start up for you to choose which one you want.

 

However sometimes when i switch my pc on it gets stuck on 'starting up...' ,

never actually reaching the login phase. However if i restart my PC during

this time, my PC will boot up as normal. It is temperamental, however i don't

really like restarting my PC like this as i'm scared it'll get damaged.

 

Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this or ways i could

figure out what was wrong?

 

Thanks

One good diagnostic tool/procedure is the System Event Log. Most

activities that Windows does are logged. Events are categorized as

Informational, Warning and Errors. You'd be interested in Warnings

and Errors ( shown as Yellow and Red icons in the log ). It's best to

clear the log entries and then reboot. This allows you to view a boot

sequence and see what if any faults are logged.

 

To use Event Viewer:

Click Start, Run (Type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]

Select the log in the Left pane and view entries in the Right pane.

 

"Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5005E2FE-A355-4629-B96E-1436FF8F162D@microsoft.com...

> Hey guys

>

> I currently have Windows XP Home Edition and use a Dell Dimension 5150.

>

> At the moment i have an administrators account and a guest account which

> both crop up at start up for you to choose which one you want.

>

> However sometimes when i switch my pc on it gets stuck on 'starting up...'

> ,

> never actually reaching the login phase. However if i restart my PC during

> this time, my PC will boot up as normal. It is temperamental, however i

> don't

> really like restarting my PC like this as i'm scared it'll get damaged.

>

> Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this or ways i could

> figure out what was wrong?

>

> Thanks

Do you regularly do system scans with up to date anti virus and spyware

programs?

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5005E2FE-A355-4629-B96E-1436FF8F162D@microsoft.com...

> Hey guys

>

> I currently have Windows XP Home Edition and use a Dell Dimension 5150.

>

> At the moment i have an administrators account and a guest account which

> both crop up at start up for you to choose which one you want.

>

> However sometimes when i switch my pc on it gets stuck on 'starting up...'

> ,

> never actually reaching the login phase. However if i restart my PC during

> this time, my PC will boot up as normal. It is temperamental, however i

> don't

> really like restarting my PC like this as i'm scared it'll get damaged.

>

> Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this or ways i could

> figure out what was wrong?

>

> Thanks

Try turning off "Fast User Switching".

 

It's buggy, and causes problems just as you

describe.

 

See the Help file for details on how to do this.

 

 

"Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5005E2FE-A355-4629-B96E-1436FF8F162D@microsoft.com...

> Hey guys

>

> I currently have Windows XP Home Edition and use a Dell Dimension 5150.

>

> At the moment i have an administrators account and a guest account which

> both crop up at start up for you to choose which one you want.

>

> However sometimes when i switch my pc on it gets stuck on 'starting up...' ,

> never actually reaching the login phase. However if i restart my PC during

> this time, my PC will boot up as normal. It is temperamental, however i don't

> really like restarting my PC like this as i'm scared it'll get damaged.

>

> Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this or ways i could

> figure out what was wrong?

>

> Thanks

yup, had issues with my system a while ago, took it to see an IT person about

it and they reformatted and reinstalled everything. Since then i've kept

virus and anti-spyware running.

 

"Ron Badour" wrote:

> Do you regularly do system scans with up to date anti virus and spyware

> programs?

>

> --

> Regards

>

> Ron Badour

> MS MVP 1997 - 2007

>

>

> "Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:5005E2FE-A355-4629-B96E-1436FF8F162D@microsoft.com...

> > Hey guys

> >

> > I currently have Windows XP Home Edition and use a Dell Dimension 5150.

> >

> > At the moment i have an administrators account and a guest account which

> > both crop up at start up for you to choose which one you want.

> >

> > However sometimes when i switch my pc on it gets stuck on 'starting up...'

> > ,

> > never actually reaching the login phase. However if i restart my PC during

> > this time, my PC will boot up as normal. It is temperamental, however i

> > don't

> > really like restarting my PC like this as i'm scared it'll get damaged.

> >

> > Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this or ways i could

> > figure out what was wrong?

> >

> > Thanks

>

>

>