Windows XP Logo lights up slowly at Startup

[Guest beto]

Recently I noticed when I turn on my PC with Windows XP Media Center Edition

SP2 the black screen shows up with the _ at the top it stays there for a bit,

then the Windows XP with the logo thats loads right before going to the sign

in screen shows up dim very lightly lit, then slowly lightens brighter to

normalcy. It used to show the Logo screen loading completely lit up and

bright no slowly lighting up as it loads. Could this be a program I recently

installed affecting this? Or maybe a spyware? Thanks

 

Beto

[Guest Big Al]

Re: Windows XP Logo lights up slowly at Startup

 

beto wrote:

> Recently I noticed when I turn on my PC with Windows XP Media Center Edition

> SP2 the black screen shows up with the _ at the top it stays there for a bit,

> then the Windows XP with the logo thats loads right before going to the sign

> in screen shows up dim very lightly lit, then slowly lightens brighter to

> normalcy. It used to show the Logo screen loading completely lit up and

> bright no slowly lighting up as it loads. Could this be a program I recently

> installed affecting this? Or maybe a spyware? Thanks

>

> Beto

How about video drivers?

I've installed updates to my video on my desktop XP Pro and the video

blinks about 3 times when it boots. I don't care as its only the boot

sequence, but it happened loading drivers!

Just a guess. you might try hitting f8 and changing the boot to be verbose.

Or is it before the F8?

[Guest beto]

Re: Windows XP Logo lights up slowly at Startup

 

Ahh I should explain a bit better. First the Hewlett Packard logo appears

with the F5 and F10 and all the other options at the bottom shows up. That

one shows up and its blue and that one is fine. No blinking or nothing. Then

the black screen with the white _ on top shows up, it stays there for a bit,

then the _ drops down a line and then the Windows XP Logo with the little

loading bar at the bottom shows up and thats the one that starts off dim and

lightly lit, then progresses to normal. But I haven't checked any video

drivers I should do that. Thanks

 

"Big Al" wrote:

> beto wrote:

> > Recently I noticed when I turn on my PC with Windows XP Media Center Edition

> > SP2 the black screen shows up with the _ at the top it stays there for a bit,

> > then the Windows XP with the logo thats loads right before going to the sign

> > in screen shows up dim very lightly lit, then slowly lightens brighter to

> > normalcy. It used to show the Logo screen loading completely lit up and

> > bright no slowly lighting up as it loads. Could this be a program I recently

> > installed affecting this? Or maybe a spyware? Thanks

> >

> > Beto

> How about video drivers?

> I've installed updates to my video on my desktop XP Pro and the video

> blinks about 3 times when it boots. I don't care as its only the boot

> sequence, but it happened loading drivers!

> Just a guess. you might try hitting f8 and changing the boot to be verbose.

> Or is it before the F8?

>

[Guest John]

Re: Windows XP Logo lights up slowly at Startup

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:21:08 -0700, beto

<beto@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Ahh I should explain a bit better. First the Hewlett Packard logo appears

>with the F5 and F10 and all the other options at the bottom shows up. That

>one shows up and its blue and that one is fine. No blinking or nothing. Then

>the black screen with the white _ on top shows up, it stays there for a bit,

>then the _ drops down a line and then the Windows XP Logo with the little

>loading bar at the bottom shows up and thats the one that starts off dim and

>lightly lit, then progresses to normal. But I haven't checked any video

>drivers I should do that. Thanks

>

 

One of my computers has always worked that way -- the XP screen

starting out dim and then coming to full brightness with the blue

boxes marching across it. So I don't think it's anything wrong,

though I dont know why some computers do it and most don't.

 

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John