[Help] xp hangs at logon

[angel0104]

whenever i boot my pc, it always hang at logon. the welcome screen pops then hangs. i'm currently

running in safe mode w/ network support. in safe mode everything works but in normal mode i can't log

on to windows. i have a p4 630 & asus p5gl-mx. please help. thanks in advance.

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[Sonic]

in safe mode, try disable all non-microsoft services with "msconfig"

[cluberti]

If it works in safe mode but not a regular boot, it's one of 3 things:

- non-Microsoft services

- 3rd-party drivers

- startup items

I second the use of msconfig to disable all non-Microsoft services and all startup items, and reboot to see if the problem persists in regular mode. If the problem goes away, you'll have to start re-enabling services and startup items until the problem returns.

If the problem does NOT go away after using msconfig, it's going to be a driver issue, and you will have to track down which driver is causing it by upgrading or removing drivers.

[Sonic]

To disable/delete wrong drivers manually, you can use autoruns from sysinternals too. It allow to view and delete all .sys drivers loaded at startup.

[angel0104]

thanks a lot!!!

i just did a fresh install but still no luck. logon shows up then freezes.

Edited March 6, 2006 by angel0104

[HyperHacker]

Mine always takes a minute or two to get past this. Make sure you give it at least 5 minutes or so.

[angel0104]

i did let it but still no luck. could it be the board or the hd?

i tried reformatting it again but i got stuck at t-10 then the usual hang at logn.

Edited March 6, 2006 by angel0104

[jftuga]

If you can get in when you boot into safe-mode, you could then try installing Autologon from www.sysinternals.com. This makes it so that you do not have to type in a name & password each time.

Good luck,

-John

[angel0104]

my windows is set to already autologon. when the loading preferences appears or just the welcome

screen, everything freezes. as of now it's my 5th time to reformat & install windows & still no luck

dunno what's causing it to hang. even when i boot it loading the last config that worked.

as of now, i'm using this pc in safemode -- works but who would want it always like this

i've also tried their suggestion to disable non-microsoft services & drivers. it keeps freezing when the

welcome screen appears.

i have:

p4 630

asus p5gl-mx

2 x 1gb geil

1 maxtor sata

1 maxtor pata

1 liteon dvdrw

512 radeon x800xl

winfast tv tuner

in the bios there is this hardware prefetcher & adjacent cache --- in the cpu config. what does it do?

please help.

[cluberti]

Is this an install using an nLite'd CD, or is it a retail XP CD? Also, have you integrated any drivers, software, or patches into the installation sequence?

[hougtimo]

this sounds very much like a driver issue. Try booting up in safe mode and note if it hangs on any drivers

[angel0104]

nlited xp using ryanvm & yup - some drivers. i've tried windows server 2003 & it's fully working. 'm going to stick with it for a while. tnx guys for ur help.