Vista Hang

Hi Guys,

Whenever I start the computer up, it gets to the "welcome" screen with the
swirly icon, and then just stays there forever ctrl + alt + del doesnt even
work.

Im on Vista 64bit

Things I've tried:

- msconfig- disabled all non-microsoft services

- msconfig- unchecked all startup entries

- msconfig- boot- advanced options- set number of cpu's to4 (was 1) and
checked maximum memory and set it to 8mb (was unchecked)

-Windows Updates- completely updated

-uninstalled avg

none of those things have worked so far

Any ideas?

What happens when you try to boot into Safe Mode?

"SC" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Hi Guys,
>
> Whenever I start the computer up, it gets to the "welcome" screen with the
> swirly icon, and then just stays there forever ctrl + alt + del doesnt
> even work.
>
> Im on Vista 64bit
>
> Things I've tried:
>
> - msconfig- disabled all non-microsoft services
>
> - msconfig- unchecked all startup entries
>
> - msconfig- boot- advanced options- set number of cpu's to4 (was 1) and
> checked maximum memory and set it to 8mb (was unchecked)
>
> -Windows Updates- completely updated
>
> -uninstalled avg
>
> none of those things have worked so far
>
> Any ideas?
>

Safe mode is fine.


"Richard G. Harper" <> wrote in message
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> What happens when you try to boot into Safe Mode?
>
> "SC" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Whenever I start the computer up, it gets to the "welcome" screen with
>> the swirly icon, and then just stays there forever ctrl + alt + del
>> doesnt even work.
>>
>> Im on Vista 64bit
>>
>> Things I've tried:
>>
>> - msconfig- disabled all non-microsoft services
>>
>> - msconfig- unchecked all startup entries
>>
>> - msconfig- boot- advanced options- set number of cpu's to4 (was 1) and
>> checked maximum memory and set it to 8mb (was unchecked)
>>
>> -Windows Updates- completely updated
>>
>> -uninstalled avg
>>
>> none of those things have worked so far
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>

On 24/02/2010 09:50, SC wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Whenever I start the computer up, it gets to the "welcome" screen with the
> swirly icon, and then just stays there forever ctrl + alt + del doesnt even
> work.
>
> Im on Vista 64bit
>
> Things I've tried:
>
> - msconfig- disabled all non-microsoft services
>
> - msconfig- unchecked all startup entries
>
> - msconfig- boot- advanced options- set number of cpu's to4 (was 1) and
> checked maximum memory and set it to 8mb (was unchecked)
>
> -Windows Updates- completely updated
>
> -uninstalled avg
>
> none of those things have worked so far
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
As it's OK in Safe Mode it sounds like either a bit of hardware is not
initialising or a driver is hanging.

Have a look at the boot log and look for multiple (failed) attempts to
initialise or load a driver.

G