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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Wigan on August 18, 2009, 11:11:02 AM

Title: system hangs when rebooted
Post by: Wigan on August 18, 2009, 11:11:02 AM

comp hangs on the win xp loading screen when rebooted, normal boot up works though except the restart, wonder whats wrong? ^^

Title: Re: system hangs when rebooted
Post by: Allan on August 18, 2009, 11:41:26 AM

Open msconfig and on the startup tab choose "selective startup" (disable everything from loading). Reboot. Does it boot to the gui?

Title: Re: system hangs when rebooted
Post by: Wigan on August 18, 2009, 01:58:59 PM

i did what u said but its still the same, by the way the loading screen almost wont show up, you can barely see it in the screen

Title: Re: system hangs when rebooted
Post by: Allan on August 18, 2009, 01:59:56 PM

Quote from: Wigan on August 18, 2009, 01:58:59 PM

iby the way the loading screen almost wont show up, you can barely see it in the screen

I don't know what you mean by that

Title: Re: system hangs when rebooted
Post by: Wigan on August 18, 2009, 02:17:15 PM

u almost cant see the win xp loading screen, the screen is almost blank and it stays that way and wont load or the comp hangs

Title: Re: system hangs when rebooted
Post by: Allan on August 18, 2009, 02:26:37 PM

But when you do a cold boot that screen looks normal?

Title: Re: system hangs when rebooted
Post by: Wigan on August 18, 2009, 03:06:50 PM

comp boots up fine if  i do a shut down 1st then start the comp from there, but when i do a comp restart   thats when the prob arises