XP locks up while starting

[Guest]

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On startup the system gave a message that new hardware has been installed,
however, nothing has been changed. Then it just hangs while its says its
starting up.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Could this have been caused by a virus?

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Boot to the Safe Mode menu (F8 on restart) and enable the boot log. (%windir%/ntbtlog.txt") Do a Safe Mode boot, and look at the
file. This should show the last driver loaded, probably causing the error.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"connie" <connie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B748D0E4-3B79-435D-B07E-586F40FE0539@microsoft.com...
> On startup the system gave a message that new hardware has been installed,
> however, nothing has been changed. Then it just hangs while its says its
> starting up.
> Anyone know how to fix this?
> Could this have been caused by a virus?