Yea it dosent even show the that screen anymore it goes straight into the XP loading Screen. Thanks Again For your Help

Hey Caperjack
Thanks for your help in this, Your Post sparked me to go into the Bios to check the book sequence. When i did i realized that the boot sequence Had the Hard drive last. Thanks Again...

No The Video , SOund, Network are all PCI Cards. Ill Give that a try.

Thanks

Hello Everyone.

I need a little help here trying to figure out what could be causing this. I just received a Dell Dimension XPS Desktop computer. I just did a Clean OEM install of XP Home. During...

Hey Jean
have your tried to start in safe mode and log into the administrator account there. Then if your able to get in try to make a new user account. Also if your able to get in you might be able...

You should be able to find the program if you do a search in windows. Then you should be able to delete the folder. Also sometimes it will show up in there if the program was not cleared out of the...

Im Glad to hear that.

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Tim

Here is the link to validate your computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/Validate.aspx?displaylang=en&sGuid=5a1e9423-1fbd-4f4b-bafb-f921d2ed5559

I will check back.
Best...

Hello.

I ran into this same issue after I got some updates on an older dell I had. I was told to run the windows validation tool. Its available from Microsoft. I also had the problem on a...

Hello,

Well first off you need to make sure that your computer meets the requirements that the games needs to perform. What game is it? What are the specs of your computer?.

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You should try to delete the folder threw the command prompt.

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Tim

You might have to set the rules for all the users on the computer. Cause I know on my computer there would be different power settings for every user.

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Tim

Also you may want to try the Recovery Consol that microsoft includes with the operating system disk. You could have deleted a registry or something could have gotton moved. This will replaced whats...

Well i would suggest you getting all the updates from microsoft, there had been a good amount of security updates for internet explorer, to help keep you safe.

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Tim

Well thats great.

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Tim

Hello Yssimp

I have heard of this similar problem before in some computers i have worked on in the past. It sounds like a spyware problem to me. I would grab the program Spybot Search an...

Oh so your computer will not start? Dose it make it passed the bios?. As far as a backup if the computer wont start i would say plug it up to another computer as external storage and make a copy of...

I understand completely. Sorry.

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Tim

Sorry to come in late i dont know if you figured it out or not. if you start in safe mode and can get into the administrators name that way if they never set a password for that, if you can get into...

Hello,
I ran into the same problem when i use to try to install a certain game and i never figured out why. But with your webcam you should be able to get the driver off line because there might...

Hello.

What kind of computer is it and what is the Operating system. Any Extra infomation would help to find the problem.

Thanks
Tech TJ

Very Good Post that put everything in this thread and its all 100% good advice and correct. There is all the answers that can be given to you.

Very Good Job explodinghead75 alot of kudos for...

Well, if you're not doing anything on your computer and dont have any programs running in the back ground and it spikes like that often it dose sound like you have spyware or adware or some kind of...

Hello Matt.

Do you have the original win XP disk. Because it sounds like one of your files may have gotten corrupt during the shutdown process. If you have the win XP disk it would be easy.
...

Hello.
I know back when windows 98 was around that Norton and those other big one used to do a boot check on your hardrive when your computer was starting but I haven't heard of any recently. I...

Well, its recommended that you only have 1 virus program on your computer at a time because having more than one can cause them to interfere with each other causing even more slowdowns. Also about...

Now I do agree that the OS is so pose to keep up with everything and yes OS has approved over the years but the thing is new things come out every day and the OS can only keep up with what it was...

Hello.

I do the same thing I use my screen name which is administrators and i start process up there burning CDs checking computers and I put on music and when I switch users none of that stops...

Hello sorry to come in so late but i have a suggestion, In Control panel click Performance and Maintenance and there will be a selection that says "Adjust My Visual Effects", When that opens there...

Maybe you should also try a System Restore in safe mode to a day or two before you choose to stop the process.

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Tech TJ

Hello.
Im just trying to figure out dose it beep after the Bios Screen or has it started loading windows?
If it beeps at the bios screen then it sounds as though its not passing the POST test.
...

Hello.
I would Suggest using the Microsoft Recovery Console on the Hardrive that wont start. Because you may need to rebuild the Start up files. Dose it tell you what files are missing. But try...

OK so you have windows XP Pro or Windows XP Home. And you do have a Floppy drive right? on both computers

Tech TJ

Iv been a tech for a while now and this sounds like a normal problem that windows usally runs into. Windows it loading but it sounds that one or more of the startup files are corrupt. This is a easy...

Hello,

I would have jump on the fact that the keyboard is going bad but since you say it dose it with the on Screen Keyboard its a lil different. What i would like to know is what kind of keyboard...

If the keyboard is a good and you check everything.
OK Do you know where the ram is.
If you do then open the computer up and check to make sure that the sticks of ram are in and locked. This is...

Hello
When you start the computer up you should go into the bios and there should something that says "Automatic Restart On Error"now that is on my computers but i think it depends on the verison of...

Hello Atticus239.

When the computer first turns on dose it give you the option to enter the Bios or boot options. It will usually be on the bottom of the screen.

You should unplug it from the...

Hello Brocrowe

When the system goes to reboot do you get a box that tells you that it has a error report and then it gives you two options. Dont Send and Send?
If you are getting those click...

Hey i hope this may help cause i tried it on my computer and it worked for me.

Go to your Control Panel, Network and internet Connections, Then click Internet options. When the windows pops up...