Windows Boots to desktop and hangs. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () Hi, I have two things I can't solve and I am not sure if they are related. First when I start my PC I am asked to choose an operating system (Windows...

to boot to the desktop. Since a recent update, it stops at the welcome screen. This is a big problem for me because software I have in the startup folder does not reload after a power outage. How can I get Windows to boot to the desktop of the single...

stuck in the "Windows XP" boot screen. The progress bar still moves but it just wont boot to the desktop. I'm apprehensive about doing a windows repair from the boot disc because the disc I have is SP1 and I'm also running a striped RAID array and the...

After pressing the power button a few times (the first couple times it repeated the above), it started to boot like everything was fine. The entire BIOS whatever ran through like normal, got to the Windows Boot Options (I previously was dual booting Windows...

unplug my mouse, the odds of windows booting into desktop is better, maybe one in every 5, when a change is made, it seems to help windows to load up. The only 2 things I can think of now is.. hard drive is damaged somehow...(if it was, why does windows...

tricky one. Let windows boot normally (although you > would not be able to see anything). After you see that hard disk > activity has stopped or rather slowed down, indicating that Windows> has booted to the desktop, do as mentioned below: >> 1) Hit...

which can be a rescue disk won't boot and > all he gets on POST is "NTLDR is missing". He shouldn't see this Windows boot message error using that boot disk. It sounds like he missed pressing the key to boot from CD and Windows went ahead and tried to...

how do i make windows xp bootup faster. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize () my friend told me that he tweeked his computer so that it doesn't take as long to bootup windows when at the boot screen when you fisrt start the computer....

slot and then connect to my graphic card's VGA port and boot windows i get display. Now i install driver of graphic card and after instalation when it asks for reboot........there is where problem comes, windows boot but no display. Please do not want to format...

wont fix windows to boot. I did however take an image of my install off my desktop which is identical hardware wise to the other, and imaged it to there. After several hours it finished and appeared to work and booted into Windows, when I went to restart...