Start up stalled at Welcome window

::I have had vista ultimate for over a year and have had no problem
until now. The system had been running for 3 days and seemed to b
bogging down a little so I shut down and did a reboot. It took a littl
longer for it to shut down than normal. I then tried to restart th
system and it gets to the welcome window and stops. I had to do a har
shutdown with the power button and went into Advanced Boot Options an
tried booting up in safe mode, then Directory services restore mode
then Debugging mode, then Last known good configuration.:
::Nothing worked and all ended up at the welcome page that stalled out
I let it sit for several hours to make sure it wasn’t just debugging an
still no luck. Does anyone know what could be wrong ? :

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merk0
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Hi Merk01--

For theories sake I'd remind you that for whatever reasons in XP and Vista
(not sure about Win 7 yet) you increase your options by trying all 4 safe
modes (in adition safe mode with networking and safe mode with VGA and safe
mode with command).

Here's what I'd do. If you have a Vista DVD try Startup Repair.

If Startup Repair is no go, and you have a Vista DVD, I'd then try a little
known but very high yield set of commands.

Pop in the DVD and access the command prompt outside of Windows available
from the DVD's options.

Then in a few seconds type in these commands using the very useful
bootrec.exe startup tool that keys to the MSKB below:

How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to
troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us

You don't need to use the BCDedit information in this KB.

At the command prompt in succession type:

Bootrec.exe /fixmbr>enter key
Bootrec.exe /fixboot>enter key
Bootrec.exe /scanos>enter key
Bpptrec/exe /Rebuild BCD>enter key

You'll get an attaboy after each --something that says done or successful; I
can't remember the exact wording.

Let us know how you make out.

Good luch,

CH







"merk01" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> ::I have had vista ultimate for over a year and have had no problems
> until now. The system had been running for 3 days and seemed to be
> bogging down a little so I shut down and did a reboot. It took a little
> longer for it to shut down than normal. I then tried to restart the
> system and it gets to the welcome window and stops. I had to do a hard
> shutdown with the power button and went into Advanced Boot Options and
> tried booting up in safe mode, then Directory services restore mode,
> then Debugging mode, then Last known good configuration.::
> ::Nothing worked and all ended up at the welcome page that stalled out.
> I let it sit for several hours to make sure it wasn't just debugging and
> still no luck. Does anyone know what could be wrong ? ::
>
>
> --
> merk01
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

The last command was a typo. I was getting fired up watching Grant Park and
the wake in Phoenix.

It should be bootrec.exe /Rebuild BCD.

Good luck,

CH
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"merk01" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> ::I have had vista ultimate for over a year and have had no problems
> until now. The system had been running for 3 days and seemed to be
> bogging down a little so I shut down and did a reboot. It took a little
> longer for it to shut down than normal. I then tried to restart the
> system and it gets to the welcome window and stops. I had to do a hard
> shutdown with the power button and went into Advanced Boot Options and
> tried booting up in safe mode, then Directory services restore mode,
> then Debugging mode, then Last known good configuration.::
> ::Nothing worked and all ended up at the welcome page that stalled out.
> I let it sit for several hours to make sure it wasn't just debugging and
> still no luck. Does anyone know what could be wrong ? ::
>
>
> --
> merk01
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

"merk01" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> ::I have had vista ultimate for over a year and have had no problems
> until now. The system had been running for 3 days and seemed to be
> bogging down a little so I shut down and did a reboot.


What happened, or what did you do, before rebooting? Install new software?
Run a registry cleaner? Turn off or change anti-virus or anti-spyware
software? Something else?


> It took a little
> longer for it to shut down than normal. I then tried to restart the
> system and it gets to the welcome window and stops. I had to do a hard
> shutdown with the power button and went into Advanced Boot Options and
> tried booting up in safe mode, then Directory services restore mode,
> then Debugging mode, then Last known good configuration.::
> ::Nothing worked and all ended up at the welcome page that stalled out.
> I let it sit for several hours to make sure it wasn't just debugging and
> still no luck. Does anyone know what could be wrong ? ::
>
>
> --
> merk01
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>