Comp stalls on start-up

ssentity · #1 03-02-2003, 03:23 PM

Hi i am running windows 98,
When my comp starts up it usally starts up fine.. loads up all the programs. But lately (and its seems to be getting more regular) it has been freezing on load up.. It will load up the task scheduler in the bottom right corner.. but while loading up the rest of the startup icons it just stops.. no more will come up... in other words it freezes plz help me.

Soltek 1700+ Amd Athlon
512mb Ram
40 gb
gefrce2 mx 400

thx for your time

dandbuilder · #2 03-03-2003, 12:39 PM

I think I would start by reloading Windows to get a fresh copy of it as a starting point.

ssentity · #3 03-03-2003, 01:27 PM

I've put on a fresh copy of windows three times since this started happening!

jimmer · #4 08-09-2003, 11:13 AM

I have exactly the same problem. It only started about 3 weeks ago. I still suspect Norton Antivirus. But in the meantime, I ran sfc.exe and found a possibly corrupt file in the Logitech mouse driver, so I reinstalled the whole driver from the Logitech site. And I have made the startup menu appear every time. So now I will always start up using the "Logged (\BOOTLOG.TXT) option and if there is a problem, I should be able to see what program caused it. You can read how to do this on http://www.hexff.com/boot_menu.html

If you find the answer, please let me know what it is. And I will do the same for you.

Compaq Evo
Pentium III 2000
512 Ram
20 gb and 40GB
Windows 98SE
Matrox Millennium G550

alvinc5 · #5 08-14-2003, 09:29 PM

Hello,
If you can't gain access to your desktop correctly, then restart your computer and enter Safety Mode, and check your devices in your Device Manager. Make sure your devices are working correctly, and isolate (disable/erase) faulty hardware drivers.

If they r ok, then open run and type MSCONFIG. Check to see if there are any startup programs/ devices that may be causing this problem and isolate it.

Restart and check!

jimmer · #6 08-15-2003, 04:06 PM

Oh I did all that!