Temperamental Boot Up Issues

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
>
>
>