Guest phagoo@gmail.com Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 hey i'm running XP Pro sp2 and anytime i start my pc it takes a really long time to start. normally it takes 30 seconds but this time , up to the screensaver loads then the pc stops loading for almost 3 minutes. Then the basic startup items load and the pc finally runs as normal. However, thinking that this is a startup problem, i attempted to solve this through msconfig.exe . but when i open the program through Start>Run, the computer shuts down and restarts. I experienced the same problem with running Command Line. I even tried to restore my system to an earlier date but when the pc restarted while restoring, it stuck again during the loading stage. When it finally loaded System Restore was unable to restore my computer to an earlier date. I do not have internet access and i am skeptic tat i could have contracted a virus through a cd. Can anyone help? Damion.
Guest philo Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: Msconfig,cmd cannot open, computer restarts <phagoo@gmail.com> wrote in message news:a7cc8df0-7ed6-423d-9218-4494fa15eede@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > hey i'm running XP Pro sp2 and anytime i start my pc it takes a really > long time to start. normally it takes 30 seconds but this time , up to > the screensaver loads then the pc stops loading for almost 3 minutes. > Then the basic startup items load and the pc finally runs as normal. > However, thinking that this is a startup problem, i attempted to solve > this through msconfig.exe . but when i open the program through > Start>Run, the computer shuts down and restarts. > I experienced the same problem with running Command Line. > > I even tried to restore my system to an earlier date but when the pc > restarted while restoring, it stuck again during the loading stage. > When it finally loaded System Restore was unable to restore my > computer to an earlier date. I do not have internet access and i am > skeptic tat i could have contracted a virus through a cd. > > Can anyone help? > > Damion. Try running a RAM test and the mfg's harddrive diagnostic
Guest Gerry Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: Msconfig,cmd cannot open, computer restarts What appears 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. HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ phagoo@gmail.com wrote: > hey i'm running XP Pro sp2 and anytime i start my pc it takes a really > long time to start. normally it takes 30 seconds but this time , up to > the screensaver loads then the pc stops loading for almost 3 minutes. > Then the basic startup items load and the pc finally runs as normal. > However, thinking that this is a startup problem, i attempted to solve > this through msconfig.exe . but when i open the program through > Start>Run, the computer shuts down and restarts. > I experienced the same problem with running Command Line. > > I even tried to restore my system to an earlier date but when the pc > restarted while restoring, it stuck again during the loading stage. > When it finally loaded System Restore was unable to restore my > computer to an earlier date. I do not have internet access and i am > skeptic tat i could have contracted a virus through a cd. > > Can anyone help? > > Damion.
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