Hang-up After Choosing A User
Jul 2, 2005
I just bought the Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade With Service Pack 2, and I just got done setting everything up and I just defragged my (C drive. Either at the "welcome" screen or after choosing a profile, it says: "Loading your personalized settings" and this takes about a minute or two, which isn't that bad, but right after it loads that up, my desktop appears, and my icons don't show up until about 5-10 mins, which is very unusual. If I click Start, it hangs up.It doesn't freeze, 'cause I can still move the mouse
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Sep 17, 2008
Can someone tell me what loads/runs when choosing normal mode that does not run choosing safe mode.
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Aug 27, 2009
PC specs are listed in profile. As you can tell, I have much less than the state of the art computer. I am looking to upgrade to a new MB for less than $100, $50 if possible (I can buy used from eBay, Amazon, whatever). Also I have no clue how to replace a MB, and if it is possible, I don't want to lose my data. I have a legit copy of XP Pro, but I don't have the disk, because I got the computer used. Eventually I want to dual boot with Linux, but I can figure that out later.
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Apr 20, 2005
I am getting ready to buy my first laptop computer and don't have a clue as to what I should be looking for....my home computer is a Dell, and I am somewhat happy with it, but I have noticed that the Dell's laptops are quite expensive...more so than the other brands....I am looking for something not higher than $1,600...I have ruled out Gateway, as I have heard too many horror stories...especially with their customer service.
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May 27, 2006
Does anyone know how to bring up the option to boot from HDD1, HDD2, Floppy etc during the post or slightly after post?I know how to do it on DELL machines. Shift+F12. Well some of them, I won't claim I've used all Dell Systems..I'm running WinXPHome on an Asus MOBO.I've done it before, quite by accident I assure you.But since then I cannot duplicate the feature.BTW: I am not talking about booting into safemode, or the command prompt. This is the start-up menu, correct?
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Mar 5, 2006
I had a crippling virus that forced me to re-install Windows XP. Whenever I boot my computer, I am given the choice between the older install of Windows and my new, stable install of Windows. Is there a way to bypass this so that my machine always boots with the stable version of Windows so that I am not always having to choose? Thanks for any replies.
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Mar 7, 2008
Recently I have had to use the Recovery Disc to fix my Broken Boot.ini file. (with help from this forum, thank god)But now when I turn on my computer it requests that I choose out of Three Operating Systems.Is there any way that I can make it so that it by default chooses the correct operating system so I can skip that screen.I have a little brother and sister that use the computer, so when they see that screen they panic.
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May 23, 2010
So just recently whenever i try downloading anything, when i click run it asks me to choose a program and i dont know what to do. For instance i tried to download the Photoshop free trial but once it tells me to choose a program i don't know what to do.
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May 27, 2008
My Systemax PC with Windows XP Home SP2 pre-installed is suffering [can't copy/paste, can't use Windows Update, "Network Service" svchost.exe using 50% CPU...], and I thought I'd try a repair as mentioned in this stickied thread, but I'm not sure if which Windows CD I buy off of eBay will make a difference. All the instructions say is that it requires "A Windows XP Home CD".Is there a significant difference if I used a CD that had no service packs installed on it to repair an SP2 system? Or a Pro CD, since I have Home edition installed? Or a "XP HOME OEM WITH SP2 NEW & SEALED!" disc, as one seller puts it -- What's the difference that the OEM qualifier makes, and is it relevant to a repair operation?
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Nov 28, 2008
I did something while moving some pictures to the "windows web wallpaper folder "Yesterday I went to change the desktop picture and was met with a choice of hundreds of pics.I have checked the registry and it points to "windows web wallpaper folder ", I can not figure out why so many files are now showing up when I want to change the wallpaper.Most are from various places in "My Pictures " But some are elsewhere.Its crazy there must be two hundred of them showing up as wallpaper choices ..I need to know if anyone can help me figure out how to sort this out.
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Oct 9, 2010
I am leslie, i have a win xp 32 bit, intel pentium 2 and a nvidia 8400gs. is there a display driver out there for the most stability and performance and dont ask me to download the newest drivers caused the new drivers caused even more problems and my old driver, even though my old drivers are stable but has VERY low frame rates for dota.
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Jan 28, 2005
Can someone tell me what size computer i need to install xp, Im mucking with a computer my son was given, its a 3 gig and has 32 meg of ram, I know that it wont fit on there, but wondering if it was worth upgrading it
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May 11, 2006
I'm running Windows XP Pro and when booting up i get the option of choosing two operating systems for some reason? Is there a way to get rid of one of them (i know only one works) or to change the 30 secs it gives you to choose which OS to use?
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Dec 28, 2005
Athlon 64 Presario, Win/XP Which key do you hold down at startup to see the boot order? F8 doesn't do it on my machine. If there's a clone of my hd in the slave position I can choose it to boot up, can't I? Just want the option next time I mess up my OS.
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Jan 1, 2007
I just built a new computer system w/ an AMD Athlon 64 CPU (My First Build) and was wondering if you guys could help me decide what operating system to use. Here's a list of the ones I'm considering so far...
Windows XP 32-Bit or 64-Bit
Windows Vista 32 Bit or 64-Bit
Windows Server 2003 32 Bit or 64-Bit
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Feb 12, 2008
I need help on choosing an OS. Right now I could use (and have access to) Vista Home Premium 32 bit, or XP pro 32 bit. First which of these two would be better(and why)Also if I could get my hands on either 64 bit, do you think that would be better (I have heard that 32 bit programs such as most games run better in 32 bit OS)?
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Jan 23, 2007
I recently purchased a "Black Friday" Compaq laptop (Compaq v5303nr)and so far every things great, but I really want to upgrade my RAM for speed and playing basic games. I went onto Crucial Technology's website, and it said I needed a:512MB, 200-pin SODIMM, DDR PC3200 memory module, Can someone direct me to what would be compatible on eBay or Newegg.com because i have no idea of what I should buy. Would any 200-pin memory card work? And do I really need to spend the extra money on a 1 GB, or will a 512 be good?
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Aug 17, 2005
I installed service pack 2 for my windows XP pro computer, and I am happy to say that I have not come across any problems after the installation. I am now using the service pack 2 firewall that is on by default as my primary firewall now because it seems to be improved from the original windows xp firewall (ICF).Before I installed SP2, I was using zone alarm as my firewall, and recently upgraded to version 6. After upgrading it, I noticed that it was accessing my hard drive a lot more than usual and taking up resources so I checked the zone alarm forums and noticed how a lot of other people were having issues with it so I got rid of it.
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Apr 3, 2007
Id like to be able to capture my screen as well as my freinds webcam. Im making a small video of differant clips of my freinds and i doin supid/funny stuff on cam to put on one of my buddies webites. Any reccomendations on good webcam capture program??
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Dec 18, 2007
When i installed winXP on my new rig, something happened in the middle and the install failed. When i rebooted with windows CD, i re-installed winXP.What happened is that i had the regular win install on drive C:, and another win XP install on drive D:formatted the D: drive, to delete the bad installation.
My problem is that, whenever i start up my computer, just after booting, it brings me to the Operating System Choosing screen, where you need to choose which OS you wanna boot. The first one is the normal windows which i use, the second option im guessing was made with the corrupted installation, and appears even after i formatted drive D
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Jun 12, 2008
I have to install this program: http://www.bizmaticsinc.com/site/sys...uirements.html it is called PrognoCIS. Im building the server but Im not sure about the OS. Im looking for a not so expensive solution. I need Windows server edition with MS SQL and 5 CALS. The program doesnt support v2008 but it supports 2000 and 2003. What would be my best option for server edition with ms sql and where could I get it?
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Mar 4, 2006
I'm finally making the jump from Windows 98 to XP but I don't know whether I'm better off with XP Professional or XP Media Center.Right now I need a notebook or desktop with a 17" screen or monitor to take 15 weeks of on-line class accounting classes. By next January I hope I will have passed my CPA exams and be using my system primarily for accounting purposes which makes me lean towards Professional. However, it would be nice to view DVD movies also and I do like the looks of the Media Center version I saw in the store today. If I get Media Center, will I still be able to do everything I need for business like I would if I had Windows XP Professional?
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Jul 2, 2005
When I choose the default destination file name, I get error msg: 'backup file name could not be used. Please ensure it is a valid path and that you have sufficient access.'I've tried minor variations on the default without success. PS- I AM the Administrator.
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Sep 8, 2008
i was having sum problems with ubuntu when i installed it onto my second hard drive(d).on my (c)drive i have xp pro installed and on the (d) drive i had nothing until i installed linux ubuntu so i decided to remove it and i messed up because before i uninstalled it i formatted that hard drive(d),and thought that should be ok coz it must have removed it,and i'm sure it did,but now every time i turn on my pc it gives me a choice of choosing a operating system either XP or UBUNTU,how do i get rid of the ubuntu on the startup i just want it to go into xp and not give me a choice,i have looked into it and every body says i should use the fixmbr in command in recover with the xp cd running and i did that but it still doesn't remove it
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Nov 10, 2008
I was using my comp yesterday and the right & left click functions of the mouse stopped working in IE. They worked fine on the task bar. I rebooted and it took almost 15 minutes to come back up. CPU usage is at 100% all the time. Needless to say it barely runs it's so slow but everything seems to work. I rebooted into safe mode and cpu usage is normal but I can't seem to find the hang. I also ran msconfig and disabled all the startup items and service items, XP seems to start. things occur normally up to the splash screen, but just after that is where it hangs.
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Aug 18, 2005
I have an HP d530c system running Win XP SP2 which will hang 8 times out of 10 when a CD or DVD is inserted. Running DVD and CD writers. Have changed all drives/cables/DMA settings. If autorun is disabled in registry system works fine.
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Jul 20, 2010
My pc hangs up in almost all operation.mostly when i restart my computer its happens.any virus attacked is this.
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Jan 3, 2005
Computer gets hang after 20 second.sometimes it gets hanged when computer checks that NV Ram on the very first screen sometime it gets hang on BIOS[blue screen]means i cannot go to the main Deskpot. I am using Windows Xp SP1.
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Jan 6, 2006
After doing a fdisk and repartioning my hard drive I put in the WIN XP CD to reinstall the OS. It goes to the blue screen that says WINDOWS SETUP. On the bottom task bar it says Windows is loading setup. It's not loading at all. It hangs there and I have to reboot and it does it again. I havae changed hard drives and memory sticks and the same problem.
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Aug 8, 2007
I playing games or doing nothing the computer hang.it just hang.
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Aug 23, 2007
I have problem that can make me crazy. my computer always hang up.i dont what to do know..i traying defrag and scandisk my partition but this problem dont solve.
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