Each boot up perform a scan

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Hi ... I have windows xp pro full RETAIL version with SP2 install ... I am
curious as to why whenever i boot up my computer i get this white bar scan
being done , it does it pretty quick and all but i am curious as to why it
does this ??? Anyone have any ideas ... Thanks
 
Hi,

Perhaps your antivirus software?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi ... I don't think it has anything to do with my anti virus program ... I
will explain it a little better as to what takes place .... You know
whenever you turn off your computer by pressing the power buttom , now i
don't do this, its just a example , anyways when you go to boot back up your
computer will do a scan on the drive to see for errors , well its similar
to that ... Any ideas ?? thanks
 
Hi ... No that not it , it doesn't do the normal xp scan disk option , it
more like the way windows 98 would do a scan disk but it a white bar and it
goes pretty quick , quicker then a normal scan would be done ... Also i
don't have a scanner ... Any other idea ??? Thanks


Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

You mean the disk checker is running on every boot?

Chkdsk Runs Each Time That You Start Your Computer [Q316506]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316506

Also look under "C" at Kelly's site for some other suggestions:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Road_Runner said:
Hi ... I don't think it has anything to do with my anti virus program ...
I will explain it a little better as to what takes place .... You know
whenever you turn off your computer by pressing the power buttom , now i
don't do this, its just a example , anyways when you go to boot back up
your computer will do a scan on the drive to see for errors , well its
similar to that ... Any ideas ?? thanks
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Hi,

Ok, then I am confused here. When precisely are you seeing this bar? How
long has it been happening? What were you doing with the system before this
started?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Road_Runner said:
Hi ... No that not it , it doesn't do the normal xp scan disk option , it
more like the way windows 98 would do a scan disk but it a white bar and
it goes pretty quick , quicker then a normal scan would be done ... Also i
don't have a scanner ... Any other idea ??? Thanks


Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

You mean the disk checker is running on every boot?

Chkdsk Runs Each Time That You Start Your Computer [Q316506]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316506

Also look under "C" at Kelly's site for some other suggestions:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Road_Runner said:
Hi ... I don't think it has anything to do with my anti virus program
... I will explain it a little better as to what takes place .... You
know whenever you turn off your computer by pressing the power buttom ,
now i don't do this, its just a example , anyways when you go to boot
back up your computer will do a scan on the drive to see for errors ,
well its similar to that ... Any ideas ?? thanks


Hi,

Perhaps your antivirus software?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi ... I have windows xp pro full RETAIL version with SP2 install ...
I am curious as to why whenever i boot up my computer i get this white
bar scan being done , it does it pretty quick and all but i am curious
as to why it does this ??? Anyone have any ideas ... Thanks
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Remember the bar at the bottom of the W2K screen? XP has it too.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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| Hi,
|
| Ok, then I am confused here. When precisely are you seeing this bar? How
| long has it been happening? What were you doing with the system before this
| started?
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| Best of Luck,
|
| Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
|
| Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
|
| Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Hi .. Yep i am kind of confused too , How long its been happening not really
sure but i just installed xp pro about 2 months ago ... What i am doing at
the time is noting beside just your normal way of booting up the computer
.... Now all i would do boot up the computer , would get the bios screen ,
after that i would get this quick white bar scan, its at the bottom of the
screen , after that the windows logo screen comes on ... I don't have any
problems with any programs or hardware , All my programs have the latest
drivers, its just i never notice this scan on my other friends computers ...
This scan might take about 2 or 3 seconds the most


Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Ok, then I am confused here. When precisely are you seeing this bar? How
long has it been happening? What were you doing with the system before
this started?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Road_Runner said:
Hi ... No that not it , it doesn't do the normal xp scan disk option , it
more like the way windows 98 would do a scan disk but it a white bar and
it goes pretty quick , quicker then a normal scan would be done ... Also
i don't have a scanner ... Any other idea ??? Thanks


Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

You mean the disk checker is running on every boot?

Chkdsk Runs Each Time That You Start Your Computer [Q316506]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316506

Also look under "C" at Kelly's site for some other suggestions:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi ... I don't think it has anything to do with my anti virus program
... I will explain it a little better as to what takes place .... You
know whenever you turn off your computer by pressing the power buttom ,
now i don't do this, its just a example , anyways when you go to boot
back up your computer will do a scan on the drive to see for errors ,
well its similar to that ... Any ideas ?? thanks


Hi,

Perhaps your antivirus software?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi ... I have windows xp pro full RETAIL version with SP2 install ...
I am curious as to why whenever i boot up my computer i get this
white bar scan being done , it does it pretty quick and all but i am
curious as to why it does this ??? Anyone have any ideas ... Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi ... I have windows xp pro full RETAIL version with SP2 install ... I am
curious as to why whenever i boot up my computer i get this white bar scan
being done , it does it pretty quick and all but i am curious as to why it
does this ??? Anyone have any ideas ... Thanks
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The white progress bar about 3/4 of the way down on the screen? I get it
too - it's only on the screen for about 3 seconds before the appearance of
the "Welcome to XP" screen that has the progress bar of blue dots. It's a
normal part of XP's boot screens.
 
Hi Sharon ... So you get it too ??? Its funny though not everyone gets it
.... I'm curious if it might have something to do with the motherboard or
the way the bios is set up ???... I have Abit IC7 Max3
 
Hi,

Ok, I would guess, based on the information provided by Sharon, that it is
something that is generated by the hardware in use. You may want to post
your system specification to her to see if you have something in common.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Road_Runner said:
Hi .. Yep i am kind of confused too , How long its been happening not
really sure but i just installed xp pro about 2 months ago ... What i am
doing at the time is noting beside just your normal way of booting up the
computer ... Now all i would do boot up the computer , would get the bios
screen , after that i would get this quick white bar scan, its at the
bottom of the screen , after that the windows logo screen comes on ... I
don't have any problems with any programs or hardware , All my programs
have the latest drivers, its just i never notice this scan on my other
friends computers ... This scan might take about 2 or 3 seconds the most


Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi,

Ok, then I am confused here. When precisely are you seeing this bar? How
long has it been happening? What were you doing with the system before
this started?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Road_Runner said:
Hi ... No that not it , it doesn't do the normal xp scan disk option ,
it more like the way windows 98 would do a scan disk but it a white bar
and it goes pretty quick , quicker then a normal scan would be done ...
Also i don't have a scanner ... Any other idea ??? Thanks


Hi,

You mean the disk checker is running on every boot?

Chkdsk Runs Each Time That You Start Your Computer [Q316506]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316506

Also look under "C" at Kelly's site for some other suggestions:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi ... I don't think it has anything to do with my anti virus program
... I will explain it a little better as to what takes place .... You
know whenever you turn off your computer by pressing the power buttom
, now i don't do this, its just a example , anyways when you go to
boot back up your computer will do a scan on the drive to see for
errors , well its similar to that ... Any ideas ?? thanks


Hi,

Perhaps your antivirus software?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi ... I have windows xp pro full RETAIL version with SP2 install
... I am curious as to why whenever i boot up my computer i get this
white bar scan being done , it does it pretty quick and all but i am
curious as to why it does this ??? Anyone have any ideas ... Thanks
Click to expand...
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I get it as well, seems like I first started noticing it after updating to
SP2.
It is only there for a very few seconds.
I think it is now part of XP's boot up routine.
 
Hi Sharon ... So you get it too ??? Its funny though not everyone gets it
... I'm curious if it might have something to do with the motherboard or
the way the bios is set up ???... I have Abit IC7 Max3
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Using an Abit AN7 board here but saw it with my Gigabyte board as well. I
find it odd that no one else knows what we're talking about. I've seen this
screen so often (on the desktop and my 2 tablet PCs) that I don't even
think twice about it anymore.

If you've ever hibernated the system, you'd see a similar screen with the
same white progress bar marking time as the Windows is busy restoring the
saved state.
 
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