Startup Problems, WinXP-Home, SP2

> I have a "generic" computer that was built by a local computer shop. It

> an Aseus motherboard with the nVidia integrated devices. I've got an AMD
> 1.80 Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM and of course the usual hard drives,
> CD-BURNER, and DVD-ROM drive. I also have a ZIP drive connected via USB.

> computer was two years old in September. It originally had WinXP-Home,

>
> Three weeks ago today my computer started doing something VERY strange. My
> wife powered it on of a morning like she always does (we normally shut the
> computer down at night). During boot-up, it hung with the opening Windows

> screen...the screen where the little bar is moving across the screen. So,

> had my wife to boot into Safe Mode...and we ran Adaware, which found a few
> items...took care of those...and the computer rebooted. I was relieved...
>
> It lasted a day...2 days later...the problem happened again. This time, I
> ran the WinXP Repair option. Again...the problem went away...and lasted 2
> days. This same thing happened again...no kind of error message...no clue

> to the problem. It just hangs on that opening screen. I decided in this

> to apply SP2 and see what that would do. Well...it didn't help at all. It
> hung in the same spot immediately after installing SP2.
>
> At this point, I decided it was time to clean the hard drive off, do a

> install of Windows and also install the latest nVidia drivers. I decided I
> would also install SP2. I did all of that just over 2 weeks ago. The
> computer has been working great...everything seeming to be fine. No errors
> with any of the devices...just nice bootups and shutdowns, etc., until...
>
> This morning...out of the clear blue...the problem was back. The exact

> thing happened! No errors...no clues...no bootup. It booted up once and I
> installed an update to my virus program and decided to reboot...and that

> where it hung.
>
> This time...I decided to boot into the Safe Mode...uninstall the nVidia
> package of drivers...and reinstall the nVidia package. This seemed to get

> back to a working state (I booted it up 2 or 3 times without problems).
> However, I'm very frustrated and discouraged...and clueless on how to fix
> this so it won't happen again.
>
> Needless to say...the computer always shuts down fine...no kinds of errors
> or hang ups that we know of. Even trying to boot into the "last good
> configuration" mode always fails.
>
> Any thoughts or ideas? Please e-mail me at mjwsjw@myway.com.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

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> addresses because "someone" here at the forums, took my address and put me
> onto a mailing list.
>snip<

>I have a "generic" computer that was built by a local computer shop. It has
> an Aseus motherboard with the nVidia integrated devices. I've got an AMD
> 1.80 Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM and of course the usual hard drives,
> CD-BURNER, and DVD-ROM drive. I also have a ZIP drive connected via USB.
> The
> computer was two years old in September. It originally had WinXP-Home,
> SP1.
>
> Three weeks ago today my computer started doing something VERY strange. My
> wife powered it on of a morning like she always does (we normally shut the
> computer down at night). During boot-up, it hung with the opening Windows
> XP
> screen...the screen where the little bar is moving across the screen. So,
> I
> had my wife to boot into Safe Mode...and we ran Adaware, which found a few
> items...took care of those...and the computer rebooted. I was relieved...
>
> It lasted a day...2 days later...the problem happened again. This time, I
> ran the WinXP Repair option. Again...the problem went away...and lasted 2
> days. This same thing happened again...no kind of error message...no clue
> as
> to the problem. It just hangs on that opening screen. I decided in this
> case
> to apply SP2 and see what that would do. Well...it didn't help at all. It
> hung in the same spot immediately after installing SP2.
>
> At this point, I decided it was time to clean the hard drive off, do a
> fresh
> install of Windows and also install the latest nVidia drivers. I decided I
> would also install SP2. I did all of that just over 2 weeks ago. The
> computer has been working great...everything seeming to be fine. No errors
> with any of the devices...just nice bootups and shutdowns, etc., until...
>
> This morning...out of the clear blue...the problem was back. The exact
> same
> thing happened! No errors...no clues...no bootup. It booted up once and I
> installed an update to my virus program and decided to reboot...and that
> is
> where it hung.
>
> This time...I decided to boot into the Safe Mode...uninstall the nVidia
> package of drivers...and reinstall the nVidia package. This seemed to get
> it
> back to a working state (I booted it up 2 or 3 times without problems).
> However, I'm very frustrated and discouraged...and clueless on how to fix
> this so it won't happen again.
>
> Needless to say...the computer always shuts down fine...no kinds of errors
> or hang ups that we know of. Even trying to boot into the "last good
> configuration" mode always fails.
>
> Any thoughts or ideas? Please e-mail me at mjwsjw@myway.com.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

> One other tidbit...
>
> Two days before all of this started I upgraded to a new version of
> EZ-Antivirus...I wonder if something about this program could be causing all
> of this grief?
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Michael Wright" <mjsjwright@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OARRne$xEHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

> > I have a "generic" computer that was built by a local computer shop. It

> has

> > an Aseus motherboard with the nVidia integrated devices. I've got an AMD
> > 1.80 Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM and of course the usual hard drives,
> > CD-BURNER, and DVD-ROM drive. I also have a ZIP drive connected via USB.

> The

> > computer was two years old in September. It originally had WinXP-Home,

> SP1.

> >
> > Three weeks ago today my computer started doing something VERY strange. My
> > wife powered it on of a morning like she always does (we normally shut the
> > computer down at night). During boot-up, it hung with the opening Windows

> XP

> > screen...the screen where the little bar is moving across the screen. So,

> I

> > had my wife to boot into Safe Mode...and we ran Adaware, which found a few
> > items...took care of those...and the computer rebooted. I was relieved...
> >
> > It lasted a day...2 days later...the problem happened again. This time, I
> > ran the WinXP Repair option. Again...the problem went away...and lasted 2
> > days. This same thing happened again...no kind of error message...no clue

> as

> > to the problem. It just hangs on that opening screen. I decided in this

> case

> > to apply SP2 and see what that would do. Well...it didn't help at all. It
> > hung in the same spot immediately after installing SP2.
> >
> > At this point, I decided it was time to clean the hard drive off, do a

> fresh

> > install of Windows and also install the latest nVidia drivers. I decided I
> > would also install SP2. I did all of that just over 2 weeks ago. The
> > computer has been working great...everything seeming to be fine. No errors
> > with any of the devices...just nice bootups and shutdowns, etc., until...
> >
> > This morning...out of the clear blue...the problem was back. The exact

> same

> > thing happened! No errors...no clues...no bootup. It booted up once and I
> > installed an update to my virus program and decided to reboot...and that

> is

> > where it hung.
> >
> > This time...I decided to boot into the Safe Mode...uninstall the nVidia
> > package of drivers...and reinstall the nVidia package. This seemed to get

> it

> > back to a working state (I booted it up 2 or 3 times without problems).
> > However, I'm very frustrated and discouraged...and clueless on how to fix
> > this so it won't happen again.
> >
> > Needless to say...the computer always shuts down fine...no kinds of errors
> > or hang ups that we know of. Even trying to boot into the "last good
> > configuration" mode always fails.
> >
> > Any thoughts or ideas? Please e-mail me at mjwsjw@myway.com.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >

> I also had the same problem with the new EZ Antivirus. I even went so
> far as to reformat. I then installed windows again, and then EZ
> anti-virus. This morning, It would not start up. I uninstalled EZ
> Anti-virus, and it starts up like a charm. I would what the problem
> is with this thing?
>
> "Michael Wright" <mjsjwright@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> > One other tidbit...
> >
> > Two days before all of this started I upgraded to a new version of
> > EZ-Antivirus...I wonder if something about this program could be causing

> > of this grief?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "Michael Wright" <mjsjwright@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:OARRne$xEHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

> > > I have a "generic" computer that was built by a local computer shop.

> > has

> > > an Aseus motherboard with the nVidia integrated devices. I've got an

> > > 1.80 Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM and of course the usual hard drives,
> > > CD-BURNER, and DVD-ROM drive. I also have a ZIP drive connected via

> > The

> > > computer was two years old in September. It originally had WinXP-Home,

> > SP1.

> > >
> > > Three weeks ago today my computer started doing something VERY

> > > wife powered it on of a morning like she always does (we normally shut

> > > computer down at night). During boot-up, it hung with the opening

> > XP

> > > screen...the screen where the little bar is moving across the screen.

> > I

> > > had my wife to boot into Safe Mode...and we ran Adaware, which found a

> > > items...took care of those...and the computer rebooted. I was

> > >
> > > It lasted a day...2 days later...the problem happened again. This

> > > ran the WinXP Repair option. Again...the problem went away...and

> > > days. This same thing happened again...no kind of error message...no

> > as

> > > to the problem. It just hangs on that opening screen. I decided in

> > case

> > > to apply SP2 and see what that would do. Well...it didn't help at all.

> > > hung in the same spot immediately after installing SP2.
> > >
> > > At this point, I decided it was time to clean the hard drive off, do a

> > fresh

> > > install of Windows and also install the latest nVidia drivers. I

> > > would also install SP2. I did all of that just over 2 weeks ago. The
> > > computer has been working great...everything seeming to be fine. No

> > > with any of the devices...just nice bootups and shutdowns, etc.,

> > >
> > > This morning...out of the clear blue...the problem was back. The exact

> > same

> > > thing happened! No errors...no clues...no bootup. It booted up once

> > > installed an update to my virus program and decided to reboot...and

> > is

> > > where it hung.
> > >
> > > This time...I decided to boot into the Safe Mode...uninstall the

> > > package of drivers...and reinstall the nVidia package. This seemed to

> > it

> > > back to a working state (I booted it up 2 or 3 times without

> > > However, I'm very frustrated and discouraged...and clueless on how to

> > > this so it won't happen again.
> > >
> > > Needless to say...the computer always shuts down fine...no kinds of

> > > or hang ups that we know of. Even trying to boot into the "last good
> > > configuration" mode always fails.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts or ideas? Please e-mail me at mjwsjw@myway.com.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >

> It does appear that there was a known problem with version 7 of EZAV on

> machines causing a lock-up during Windows startup. See posting below from
> the EZAV forums group:
>
> ftp://ftpez.ca.com/pub/myeTrust/apps/EZAntivirus.exe
>
> EZ AV 7.0.2 has just been released. It fixes the following problems in

> 7.0.X releases:
>
> 1. Memory leak in cavtray.exe (caused performance problems on some

> 2. Crash during Windows start-up (some users reported this here)
> 3. Scheduler not starting in some cases, or starting too late
> 4. Signature file "patching" failed in some cases, causing a full

> download when one wasn't necessary. Users may have noticed this in rare
> cases.
>
> NOTE: If you have installed the 7.0.2 Beta, please download the official
> release as well, since it is slightly different from the Beta and contains
> more fixes.
>
> Known Issues:
>
> There are still some known issues which will be fixed in 7.0.3. Main

> are:
>
> 1. Tray icon shows that email scanning is not working, when in fact it is.
> This happens on some machines where the email scanner isn't ready (is

> starting up) at the time when the tray icon checks for status. This is not

> risk to the user, but is misleading and will be fixed in upcoming 7.0.3.
>
> 2. Google Desktop software conflict/non-compatibility. Will be fixed in
> 7.0.3
>
> As always, thanks to our users who report bugs and assist with beta

>
> I also tested the RAM on my computer, and it failed, so I removed the

> and cleaned it and the slot good, reinstalled the RAM and haven't had any
> problems since! So, I don't know what the problem was. I will install

> new version of EZAV because it does appear that there were several bugs in
> the earlier versions. I may go for 7.0.3.
>
> Michael
>
> "Brian" <wombat140-postings@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:136fc984.0411211525.635781ae@posting.google.c om...

> > I also had the same problem with the new EZ Antivirus. I even went so
> > far as to reformat. I then installed windows again, and then EZ
> > anti-virus. This morning, It would not start up. I uninstalled EZ
> > Anti-virus, and it starts up like a charm. I would what the problem
> > is with this thing?
> >
> > "Michael Wright" <mjsjwright@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:<endEwbAyEHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...

> > > One other tidbit...
> > >
> > > Two days before all of this started I upgraded to a new version of
> > > EZ-Antivirus...I wonder if something about this program could be

> all

> > > of this grief?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > "Michael Wright" <mjsjwright@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:OARRne$xEHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > > > I have a "generic" computer that was built by a local computer shop.

> It

> > > has
> > > > an Aseus motherboard with the nVidia integrated devices. I've got an

> AMD

> > > > 1.80 Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM and of course the usual hard drives,
> > > > CD-BURNER, and DVD-ROM drive. I also have a ZIP drive connected via

> USB.

> > > The
> > > > computer was two years old in September. It originally had

> > > SP1.
> > > >
> > > > Three weeks ago today my computer started doing something VERY

> strange. My

> > > > wife powered it on of a morning like she always does (we normally

> the

> > > > computer down at night). During boot-up, it hung with the opening

> Windows

> > > XP
> > > > screen...the screen where the little bar is moving across the

> So,

> > > I
> > > > had my wife to boot into Safe Mode...and we ran Adaware, which found

> few

> > > > items...took care of those...and the computer rebooted. I was

> relieved...

> > > >
> > > > It lasted a day...2 days later...the problem happened again. This

> time, I

> > > > ran the WinXP Repair option. Again...the problem went away...and

> lasted 2

> > > > days. This same thing happened again...no kind of error message...no

> clue

> > > as
> > > > to the problem. It just hangs on that opening screen. I decided in

> this

> > > case
> > > > to apply SP2 and see what that would do. Well...it didn't help at

> It

> > > > hung in the same spot immediately after installing SP2.
> > > >
> > > > At this point, I decided it was time to clean the hard drive off, do

> > > fresh
> > > > install of Windows and also install the latest nVidia drivers. I

> decided I

> > > > would also install SP2. I did all of that just over 2 weeks ago. The
> > > > computer has been working great...everything seeming to be fine. No

> errors

> > > > with any of the devices...just nice bootups and shutdowns, etc.,

> until...

> > > >
> > > > This morning...out of the clear blue...the problem was back. The

> > > same
> > > > thing happened! No errors...no clues...no bootup. It booted up once

> and I

> > > > installed an update to my virus program and decided to reboot...and

> that

> > > is
> > > > where it hung.
> > > >
> > > > This time...I decided to boot into the Safe Mode...uninstall the

> nVidia

> > > > package of drivers...and reinstall the nVidia package. This seemed

> get

> > > it
> > > > back to a working state (I booted it up 2 or 3 times without

> problems).

> > > > However, I'm very frustrated and discouraged...and clueless on how

> fix

> > > > this so it won't happen again.
> > > >
> > > > Needless to say...the computer always shuts down fine...no kinds of

> errors

> > > > or hang ups that we know of. Even trying to boot into the "last good
> > > > configuration" mode always fails.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts or ideas? Please e-mail me at mjwsjw@myway.com.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > >

>
>