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I have a Compaq Pressario 2105 US notebook computer with no add-ons.
Often times, when the computer is turned on, it freezes up with one of
2 symptoms:
1. A very faint gray Windows XP logo comes up and stays there.
The computer will hang in this state forever.
2. Or - the regular full color Windows XP logo will come up. The
animated bar at the bottom will come up and start moving left to right
where it will eventually hang in the same state as in #1.
In both of the above scenarios, turning off the computer and
re-booting will usually result in a normal boot-up after the Windows
XP problem screen comes up. It doesn't seem to matter if I select, "Go
back to the last registry configuration that worked" or "boot
normally." Either option will most likely result in a normal reboot -
but not always. Sometimes it will take 2 or three boot cycles to get a
normal boot up.
This has been happening since the first day I brought it back from the
store but the tech had me convinced that it was just a software issue
and a re-install would do the trick. It didn't. I did a hard drive
format with a clean install of XP. I added service packs 1&2.
Any thoughts as to what may cause this? How do I correct it? Your
help is appreciated.
RJ
I have a Compaq Pressario 2105 US notebook computer with no add-ons.
Often times, when the computer is turned on, it freezes up with one of
2 symptoms:
1. A very faint gray Windows XP logo comes up and stays there.
The computer will hang in this state forever.
2. Or - the regular full color Windows XP logo will come up. The
animated bar at the bottom will come up and start moving left to right
where it will eventually hang in the same state as in #1.
In both of the above scenarios, turning off the computer and
re-booting will usually result in a normal boot-up after the Windows
XP problem screen comes up. It doesn't seem to matter if I select, "Go
back to the last registry configuration that worked" or "boot
normally." Either option will most likely result in a normal reboot -
but not always. Sometimes it will take 2 or three boot cycles to get a
normal boot up.
This has been happening since the first day I brought it back from the
store but the tech had me convinced that it was just a software issue
and a re-install would do the trick. It didn't. I did a hard drive
format with a clean install of XP. I added service packs 1&2.
Any thoughts as to what may cause this? How do I correct it? Your
help is appreciated.
RJ
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