Windows Hangs

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When Win2K starts up it hangs. I don't even see the sign on screen. Anyone
have any ideas?
 
Roger said:
When Win2K starts up it hangs. I don't even see the sign on screen. Anyone
have any ideas?
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To get the trouble-shooting process started, you should
describe exactly what happens when you turn on your
machine, what you see on the screen and how far the
boot process gets. Your current post is equivalent to
you telling your doctor: "It hurts. What should I do?"
 
1. I turn on the computer
2. I get the windows is loading screen. (Windows starts up)
3. Before reaching the sign on screen, the OS stops responding. Hard drive
stops working. All I see is the windows background.

I tried to go in from safe mode. Same thing occurs in safe mode.

I can't view the running processes.
When I run a repair, same problem occurs after reboot.
 
- Download & run the disk diagnostic program that your
disk manufacturer makes available on his home site.
- Remove & reseat all memory chips, adapter cards
and ribbon connectors.

Also:

* What's the history of the machine?
* When did this start happening?
* Have you recently changed any hardware / software?
* Have you got an up-to-date virus scanner?
 
did you just install a hard drive ?



--->1. I turn on the computer
--->2. I get the windows is loading screen. (Windows starts up)
--->3. Before reaching the sign on screen, the OS stops responding. Hard
drive
--->stops working. All I see is the windows background.
--->
--->I tried to go in from safe mode. Same thing occurs in safe mode.
--->
--->I can't view the running processes.
--->When I run a repair, same problem occurs after reboot.
--->
--->
--->
--->
--->--->>
--->> --->> > When Win2K starts up it hangs. I don't even see the sign on screen.
--->> Anyone
--->> > have any ideas?
--->> >
--->> >
--->>
--->> To get the trouble-shooting process started, you should
--->> describe exactly what happens when you turn on your
--->> machine, what you see on the screen and how far the
--->> boot process gets. Your current post is equivalent to
--->> you telling your doctor: "It hurts. What should I do?"
--->>
--->>
--->






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Didn't work. This started happening after something was installed from the
internet. Can't run virus detection unless I can get into the operating
system
 
If you had told us in the first place that this started happening
after you ran something from the Internet then I woud not have
asked you to go to the trouble of playing around with your
hardware. Remember your tightly worded first post?

Your challenge is now to eliminate the program that does the
damage. See if you can start the machine in Safe Mode
(press F8 during the early boot phase), then run msconfig.exe
(http://www.svrops.com/svrops/dwnldoth.htm) and use it to
disable every non-essential startup program.
 
Okay, I told you I can't get into Safe Mode or Windows. I'm running Windows
2000, unless I'm wrong, I don't think I can run an msconfig.
Would you recommend I go into recovery console and disabled every service?
 
You certainly can run msconfig.exe - that's why I gave you
a link to where you can download it from!
 
I just realised that msconfig.exe won't do you much good,
since you cannot get into Safe Mode.

Disabling every service from the Command Console is
a certain way of crippling your machine. If you can
identify the rogue service then disable it by all means,
but do not disable the lot.

Is your system installed on a FAT32 or on an NTFS
partition? If it's FAT32 then you can boot the machine
with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, then
rename suspected driver files in order to render them
ineffective. If it's NTFS then you can do the same thing
from your Command Console, for some folders. Other
folders may be protected. To access those, you have
a few options:
- Install the disk as a slave disk in some other Win2000
machine.
- Install a second version of Win2000 on your disk, in
some other folder, then boot into this second version
in order to access the hard disk.
 
This is a laptop running 2000 on a FAT32. I've tried installing a second
copy of the OS on a separate partition, but it doesn't work. I'll try
disabling some of the driver files. Can you give me a list of driver files
that won't comprise the installation.
 
Here are two more ways to gain full access to your laptop
disk. Both require time and effort. At some stage you need
to consider if it's worth the additional trouble, or if it would
be better to ditch the installation and start afresh.

- Buy a $5.00 adapter to connect your laptop disk as
a slave disk to some Win2000 desktop PC.
- Download the tool to make a WinXP Bart boot CD
(http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download). You will
need a WinXP Professional CD, and a CD burner.

Here are the services that run on my machine. I don't
know which ones I can safely do without . . .
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
COM+ Event System
Computer Browser
Distributed Link Tracking Client
DNS Client
Event Log
Indexing Service
IPSEC Policy Agent
Logical Disk Manager
Messenger
Network Connections
Plug and Play
Print Spooler
Protected Storage
Remote Access Connection Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Remote Registry Service
Removable Storage
RIP Listener
RunAs Service
Security Accounts Manager
Server
SNMP Service
Still Image Service
System Event Notification
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service
Telephony
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
WMDM PMSP Service
Workstation
 
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