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    Serious Boot up problem...Need Help or chill Pill

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by roweathers, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. roweathers

    roweathers Notebook Consultant

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    Started yesterday. XP Pro. During boot, system/task tray and desktop icons begin to blink on and off (5 secs on--1 sec off) This continues for 30 minutes and then stops (sometimes). Also during blink, the focus on my typing is changed and I have to use my cursor to get it back ...heck of a problem typing this...

    I have run virus and spyware such as Norton, Uniblue Spy Eraser, WebRoot Spy sweeper numerous times. Scanned,cleaned and optimized registry... Nothing works... Need some helpful suggestion. On verge of complete wipe and reformat... geez I hate thinking of reloading all this software....
     
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    review ur statup process list and remove what r not needed and see. any disk performance service running in background? ide controller properties to dma?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jul 30, 2007
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    roweathers Notebook Consultant

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    I am assuming nothing at this point. Where is best place to find the start up list?
     
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    Start>Run>type msconfig

    This will show which programs are starting up with Windows XP.

    Is system restore turned on? Maybe you can just go back to 2 or 3 days ago instead of reinstalling everything.
     
    thetick97, Jul 30, 2007
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  5. deputy963

    deputy963 Notebook Evangelist

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    Go get Mike Lin's Startup.cpl program, it does a better job of locating startup programs than msconfig. It's simple to use and understand.

    http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

    The first dl installs as an applet in the control panel. The second is a stand alone exe.

    Either way, run it and post the results of each tab.
     
    deputy963, Jul 31, 2007
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