Guest richanton9@gmail.com Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 I'm getting a blank Windows System box coming up every time I boot. I checked startup and regedit and there's nothing there. Any idea what's causing this and how to get rid of it.
Guest ju.c Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Re: XP Startup Issue Would you please write down and post the exact message you receive so that I can help you. ju.c <richanton9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:db4b7abe-6786-474f-af37-6ddd79a252ec@b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > I'm getting a blank Windows System box coming up every time I boot. I > checked startup and regedit and there's nothing there. Any idea what's > causing this and how to get rid of it.
Guest Plato Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Re: XP Startup Issue richanton9@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm getting a blank Windows System box coming up every time I boot. I > checked startup and regedit and there's nothing there. Any idea what's > causing this and how to get rid of it. Impossible to troubleshoot without more information. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest richanton9@gmail.com Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 Re: XP Startup Issue On Sep 4, 10:22 pm, Plato <|@|.|> wrote: > richant...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I'm getting a blank WindowsSystemboxcoming up every time I boot. I > > checkedstartupand regedit and there's nothing there. Any idea what's > > causing this and how to get rid of it. > > Impossible to troubleshoot without more information. > > --http://www.bootdisk.com/ It's exactly as I state. I get a Window opening on the desktop with the title System. There is nothing in the window. I think something is trying to run and can't for whatever reason. I guess I could try a System Restore going back about 2 weeks.
Guest Elmo Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 Re: XP Startup Issue richanton9@gmail.com wrote: > On Sep 4, 10:22 pm, Plato <|@|.|> wrote: >> richant...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I'm getting a blank WindowsSystemboxcoming up every time I boot. I >>> checkedstartupand regedit and there's nothing there. Any idea what's >>> causing this and how to get rid of it. >> Impossible to troubleshoot without more information. >> >> --http://www.bootdisk.com/ > > It's exactly as I state. I get a Window opening on the desktop with > the title System. There is nothing in the window. I think something > is trying to run and can't for whatever reason. I guess I could try a > System Restore going back about 2 weeks. A program in the C:\Windows\System folder doesn't load properly and Windows stops its search at that folder. Run msconfig, click the Startup tab and see if any file is listed in that folder. Maybe you can see the error. Or, run regedit, press Ctrl/F and do a search for C:\Windows\System and see what is loaded. Press F3 to continue the search, but there might be quite a few hits on that search. Not all will be in "Run" folders, and not all files that are run come from the registry. Post back if you find some possibilities. -- Joe =o)
Guest richanton9@gmail.com Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 Re: XP Startup Issue On Sep 6, 12:55 am, Elmo <elmog...@iglou.invalid> wrote: > richant...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Sep 4, 10:22 pm, Plato <|@|.|> wrote: > >> richant...@gmail.com wrote: > > >>> I'm getting a blank WindowsSystemboxcoming up every time I boot. I > >>> checkedstartupand regedit and there's nothing there. Any idea what's > >>> causing this and how to get rid of it. > >> Impossible to troubleshoot without more information. > > >> --http://www.bootdisk.com/ > > > It's exactly as I state. I get a Window opening on the desktop with > > the title System. There is nothing in the window. I think something > > is trying to run and can't for whatever reason. I guess I could try a > > System Restore going back about 2 weeks. I found the problem. Somehow a Windows System folder appeared under Documents and Settings under my ID. I never realized that the directories under my login ID acted as a startup folder. I had to start is safe mode as an administrator to be able to delete the folder. That fixed the problem. I figured it out by right-clicking properties on the blank folder. > > A program in the C:\Windows\System folder doesn't load properly and > Windows stops its search at that folder. Run msconfig, click the > Startup tab and see if any file is listed in that folder. Maybe you can > see the error. Or, run regedit, press Ctrl/F and do a search for > C:\Windows\System and see what is loaded. Press F3 to continue the > search, but there might be quite a few hits on that search. Not all > will be in "Run" folders, and not all files that are run come from the > registry. > > Post back if you find some possibilities. > > -- > Joe =o)
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