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Windows is hanging on login page

  • 22-05-2005 9:20pm
    #1
    newbie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭


    Hi i have a mate who is having trouble with a new dell dimension 3000. His pc hangs on the login page- sometimes it doesn't even get to the login in page ( Blue screen of death). We've done loads or virus, spyware and adware scans. It seemed to start when he tried to install a game on his comp. (Max Payne 2). i thought it might have been a graphics driver problem, so we updated the driver - still no help !! He has an Intel graphics card chipst ( I know!) and win xp sp2 home. I have a feeling it could be a registry probelm.. he would like to solve the problem without having to go back to a point in System restore or reinstalling windows. He's got some stuff on his pc he wants to keep.

    Any help would be great !!
    (how come i'm typing in itallics ???)


Comments

  • #2
    formatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭formatman


    pop the new Hard drive into another PC . take off the files you want and then do a restore


  • #3
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    if these problems have occurred after installation of SP2, might be an idea to revert back to your previous state.

    Maybe give system restore a go and revert back to before the point SP2 was installed.


  • #4
    Cryos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Cryos


    Slow startups and then hangs are normally caused by something running that shouldnt be running on startup, seems to happen alot with server 2003!

    get into safe mode if possible and disable all startup options in the startup tab see if that works, if it does then systematically turn them on again


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