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Windows XP Pro SP2 Welcome Screen Freezes

  • 01-10-2008 8:06am
    #1
    Slipper1
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭


    Hi,

    My brother bought a Komplett Entry i10 pc about 6 months ago and over the last few months the Windows XP Welcome Screen Freezes about every 1 in 3 times that he boots up. The different login profiles are greyed out and the only way to fix it is to reboot. However, lately it takes 3 or 4 reboots to fix the problem.

    I have included the PC spec that he gave me, any advice would be greatly appreciated?


    Intel® DQ35JO, Q35 Express, Socket-775 mATX, GbLAN, DDR2, PCI-Ex16, VGA

    Intel Core# 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz, Socket LGA775, 6MB, 1333Mhz, BOXED w/fan

    Corsair Value S. PC5300 DDR2 4096MB Kit w/two matched Value Select 2048MB

    EVGA GeForce 8600GT 512MB DDR2 PCI-Express, 2xDVI/Tv-Out/HDCP

    Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM

    Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2c Software English OEM

    Microsoft Wireless Mouse & Keyboard


Comments

  • #2
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    This may seem silly but has he tried activating the automatic login feature just to see if it makes a difference?


    BTW, this seems to be your problem. There's even a Microsoft engineer on the thread but who hasn't a solution for you. What some tried was to activate the guest account and/or install SP3.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    do you have the administrator password ?
    if not then set one , just for testing
    if it's blank then for xp home you may only be able to logon / log someone out in safe mode or something , can't remember the details

    are you sure it's doing a cold boot and not just a standby / hibernate ?
    in control panel , power , turn OFF hibernation
    reboot in safe mode twice (F8 on startup) , sure why not :)
    and see how it behaves

    if autologon exists
    tweakui has an autologon option - install / use it to remove the autologon setting


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