Windows xp hanging up at startup

No dice. No change. I just discovered HijackThis while searching this site, and here are my results: Code:. Logfile of HijackThis v1. Joined Sep 28, Messages MeltedMonito said:.

I forgot about msconfig! It has been years since I used that. Unfortunately that didn't do any good The dock is in good condition -- furthermore the laptop has not been removed from it for about two weeks I have reseated the dock and inspected the connections though. Nothing appears out of the ordinary.

The laptop sits on top of the dock and a concealed door opens to reveal the pins. It seems to me that maybe the computer is loading with two seperate profiles I just don;t know where to look for that! Nothin in my power settings looked strange. Pretty simple stuff in there. If we can't figure it out here I will call Dell Might as well save myself three hours on hold.

Joined Dec 6, Messages If you say it starts normally when undocked and hangs when docked, it's either the dock or the laptop. Hardware issue. Now you said that the pins and connectors are fine, thats 1 step out of the way. You'll also wanna try a diffrent dock, a friends, or work. Some other dock that can be used to see if your computer hangs.

If not, it is most deffinately the laptop. Anyways, 1 tip if they do not wish to repair or replace the laptop, if your on a payment plan. Threaten to stop payments. Set the Bios to use Safe Defaults. See if System Restore will get you back to a restore point before your problem with Windows. If they don't work you could try repairing windows itself by running it over itself.

You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched. Thanks all for your experience and thoughts I will try booting into Safe Mode shortly and see if the problem recurs there Do you mean flagged as starting in msconfig, for example? BTW, i have been having a few ocassional sporadic problems with services suddenly getting Disabled in Services. System Restore is useless, it never seems to be able to successfully go to a restore point. So i'll try a Safe Mode boot soon here, see if it's a problem there too In Services, you would check for any Services which are listed as "Automatic", glance to the left along that line and see if they also say "Started".

System Restore is not as bad as you say, it is often a life saver. It is also handy to have restore points which can be restored while not in the Windows environment such as in the Recovery Console. As you have a semi-working install, you might be able to make use of Microsoft's Guided Help, which will do all the fiddly stuff for you.

Trouble with other Services that you mention, should not be ignored, and is a sure sign of an unhealthy install. By all means post your "Hijack This log" as part of this thread, someone will look at it and tell you what might be a problem, if anything is. System Restore Service. Make sure it is set to Automatic and started in your services.

Also check these. Dogbyte, i have taken your suggestion - no auto restart. Linney, i did try the eset site in Safe Mode, - then Explorer went down in the middle of the scan, and would not re-start, as if there a network connection problem had developed Do i have that right?

BTW, I have set up recovery console as a boot option, but i am not skillful at using the commands there. Thx for all your time and help. As luck would have it, not only did it fire up fine in Safe Mode, it then booted without problems three times in regular startup. I certainly can do a HijackThis log file. If anybody wants to recreate these sorts of problems for practice, just pull the plug on your running XP system 4 or 5 times and you will all the message we know and love.

These adjustments are made before Windows tries to load. If you miss it, you will have to reboot the system again. The Recovery Console allows basic file commands like: copy, rename, replace, delete, cd, chkdsk, fixboot, fixmbr, etc. A good idea before starting things is to first verify the integrity of your file system using the chkdsk command. From the command prompt window run the chkdsk command on the drive where Windows is installed to try to repair any problems on the afflicted drive.

Running chkdsk is fine even if it doesn't find any problems. It will not hurt anything to run it. It may take a long time for chkdsk to complete or it may appear to be 'stuck'. Be patient. If the HDD light is still flashing, chkdsk is doing something. Keep an eye on the percentage amount to be sure it is still making progress. It may even appear to go backwards sometimes. I can't boot either Normal or Safe from disk.

It hangs after agp I've tried to leave it to do whatever it might be doing in the background but it just doesn't complete.