Windows takes 40 minutes to load.

viciousstreak · #1 Mar 1, 2007, 12:02 PM

For about the past month, I've had problems with Windows loading. At first, it was random and now it seems like it is happening more frequently. I'm at the point where I don't want to turn my computer off for fear of it never loading again. What happens is after it goes into "standbye" or when it's restarted it will stay on the black screen with my computer's logo on it with the boot menu and bios settings options; windows or nothing else (keyboard or mouse) won't load for about 40 minutes. Once it's loaded it works completely fine. I can't get into safe mode and I don't have a windows xp disk. I've also ran Norton and other spyware programs and they come up clean. I've also noticed that the light on the tower which usually comes on right away when started up does not flicker like it usually does when it's loading.... Anybody have any ideas? Could it be my hard drive failing?

Lowtax4eva · Mar 1, 2007, 01:18 PM

format and re-install is the best solution

TheSavage · Mar 1, 2007, 01:53 PM

first question really is when first booting up how many process`s come up in your task manager and how many in your start-up list [start/run/msconfig/ok/startup] To find out what the things in startup list are go here Startups - Contents your best bet is the full length zip== Savage

viciousstreak · Mar 1, 2007, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSavage

first question really is when first booting up how many process`s come up in your task manager and how many in your start-up list [start/run/msconfig/ok/startup] To find out what the things in startup list are go here Startups - Contents your best bet is the full length zip== Savage

My start-up list has the following:
Recguard
NvCpl
MSASCui
ccApp
qttask
AOLsoftware

I'm not sure how many process' come on at start-up and I'm too scared to shut it off to find out, but upon checking task manager nothing seems out of the ordinary.

Curlyben · Mar 1, 2007, 02:29 PM

You say you can open the task manager, how many processes are running (bottom left corner)
May be worth grabbing a copy of HijackThis and posting your log output so we can try and help better.

When was the last time you need some serious maintenance on this system.
I have a C&P that covers this and I'll post it if you want.

One FREE app to try is CCleaner. This removes system junk files, cleans your registry and can be used to control your startup programs.
Give it a go and let us know how many programs run at start up by running CCleaner > Tools > startup button.

What are your system specs as this could also be a hardware related problem.
Have you changed ANYTHING recently or even tried physically cleaning the system out ??
Could be badly seated RAM, CPU or graphics card.

viciousstreak · Mar 1, 2007, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curlyben

You say you can open the task manager, how many processes are running (bottom left corner)
May be worth grabbing a copy of HijackThis and posting your log output so we can try and help better.

When was the last time you need some serious maintenance on this system.
I have a C&P that covers this and I'll post it if you want.

One FREE app to try is CCleaner. This removes system junk files, cleans your registry and can be used to control your startup programs.
Give it a go and let us know how many programs run at start up by running CCleaner > Tools > startup button.

What are your system specs as this could also be a hardware related problem.
Have you changed ANYTHING recently or even tried physically cleaning the system out ??
Could be badly seated RAM, CPU or graphics card.

I have 39 processes running.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by maintenance, but I do defrag and run regscrub xp often. I haven't changed anything in the tower itself; it's never even been opened. I'll try Cclean. I'll have to post my hijack log in two halfs because I get an error aout the number of characters I'm using. Here's 1/2 of my hijack log:

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AppCore\AppSvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe
C:\Program Files\ewido anti-malware\ewidoctrl.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\KodakCCS.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\New Boundary\PrismXL\PRISMXL.SYS
C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1130333939\ee\AOLSoftware.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
c:\program files\common files\aol\1130333939\ee\services\antiSpywareApp\ve r2_0_7\AOLSP Scheduler.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\America Online 9.0\waol.exe
C:\Program Files\America Online 9.0\shellmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Aol\aoltpspd.exe
C:\Program Files\HijackThis.exe

viciousstreak · Mar 1, 2007, 04:15 PM

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = Yahoo! SearchBar Home Page
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = Yahoo!
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = Live Search
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = Yahoo!
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = Yahoo! SearchBar Home Page
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = Yahoo!
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = Yahoo!
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = Yahoo!
R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,napwfae. exe
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! IE Services Button - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\common\yiesrvc.dll
O2 - BHO: SidebarAutoLaunch Class - {F2AA9440-6328-4933-B7C9-A6CCDF9CBF6D} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\browser\YSidebarIEBHO.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Recguard] C:\WINDOWS\SMINST\RECGUARD.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe" -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HostManager] C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\1130333939\ee\AOLSoftware.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSConfig] C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe /auto
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Yahoo! Search - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycsrch.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Dictionary - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycdict.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &Maps - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycmap.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Yahoo! &SMS - file:///C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common/ycsms.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\npjpi150_04.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\npjpi150_04.dll
O9 - Extra button: AT&T Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\common\yiesrvc.dll

O16 - DPF: Battle Phlinx by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.2.2...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Blackjack by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.2.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Dice Derby by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Fortune Bingo by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Greenback Bayou by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Harvest Mania by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Lottso by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Phlinx by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.2.2...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Pinochle by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Pop Fu by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Squelchies by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: Texas Hold'em Poker by pogo - http://game1.pogo.com/applet-6.3.1.3...-ob-assets.cab
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {231B1C6E-F934-42A2-92B6-C2FEFEC24276} (yucsetreg Class) - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\common\yucconfig.dll
O16 - DPF: {2BC66F54-93A8-11D3-BEB6-00105AA9B6AE} (Symantec AntiVirus scanner) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/S...in/AvSniff.cab
O16 - DPF: {54B52E52-8000-4413-BD67-FC7FE24B59F2} (EARTPatchX Class) - http://simcity.ea.com/update/EARTPX.cab
O16 - DPF: {5ED80217-570B-4DA9-BF44-BE107C0EC166} (Windows Live Safety Center Base Module) - http://cdn.scan.onecare.live.com/res...scbase9602.cab
O16 - DPF: {639658F3-B141-4D6B-B936-226F75A5EAC3} (CPlayFirstDinerDash2Control Object) - http://aolsvc.aol.com/onlinegames/tr...2.1.0.0.48.cab
O16 - DPF: {644E432F-49D3-41A1-8DD5-E099162EEEC5} (Symantec RuFSI Utility Class) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/S.../bin/cabsa.cab
O16 - DPF: {87056D28-9730-4A47-B9F9-7E890B62C58A} (WildfireActiveXHost Class) - http://aolsvc.aol.com/onlinegames/gh...ugs/axhost.cab
O16 - DPF: {A18962F6-E6ED-40B1-97C9-1FB36F38BFA8} (Aurigma Image Uploader 3.5 Control) - File Lodge
O16 - DPF: {C02226EB-A5D7-4B1F-BD7E-635E46C2288D} (Toontown Installer ActiveX Control) - http://a.download.toontown.com/sv1.0.18.27/ttinst.cab
O16 - DPF: {C36661D7-3590-45B1-80B5-520839E94DAD} (MaxisSimCity4PatcherX Control) - http://simcity.ea.com/update/MaxisSimCity4PatcherX.cab
O16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - http://aolsvc.aol.com/onlinegames/he...ploader_v7.cab
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{E2CACFBF-BB17-478A-BC0C-59CD2E4EF55E}: NameServer = 205.188.146.145
O23 - Service: AOL Connectivity Service (AOL ACS) - AOL LLC - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe
O23 - Service: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG Anti-Spyware Guard - Anti-Malware Development a.s. - C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5\guard.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager (ccEvtMgr) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe" /h ccCommon (file missing)
O23 - Service: Symantec Settings Manager (ccSetMgr) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe" /h ccCommon (file missing)
O23 - Service: Symantec Lic NetConnect service (CLTNetCnService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe" /h cltCommon (file missing)
O23 - Service: ewido security suite control - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido anti-malware\ewidoctrl.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec IS Password Validation (ISPwdSvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\isPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Kodak Camera Connection Software (KodakCCS) - Eastman Kodak Company - C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\KodakCCS.exe
O23 - Service: LexBce Server (LexBceS) - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
O23 - Service: LiveUpdate - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUCOMS~1.EXE
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: PrismXL - New Boundary Technologies, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\New Boundary\PrismXL\PRISMXL.SYS
O23 - Service: Symantec Core LC - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec AppCore Service (SymAppCore) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AppCore\AppSvc32.exe
O23 - Service: WAN Miniport (ATW) Service (WANMiniportService) - America Online, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe
O23 - Service: YPCService - Yahoo! Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\YPCSER~1.EXE

TheSavage · Mar 1, 2007, 05:12 PM

Never been opened? o my -- I would bet that its full of dust-- A dusty computer is a unhappy [hot]computer .
Paste your highjack this log into this reader -- please note that its beta
Help2Go - Help2Go Detective

Curlyben · Mar 2, 2007, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dottk

Ok windows does not tend to support old computers is your computer old if so that may be a reason why i agree with every 1 else reformat and do a new clean install

Windows XP was launched in 2002 so it's 5 years old itself.
It will happily run on old hardware, so this response is seriously ill informed.

viciousstreak · Mar 2, 2007, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dottk

Ok windows does not tend to support old computers is your computer old if so that may be a reason why i agree with every 1 else reformat and do a new clean install

It's 2 years old, that's not that old.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curlyben

You say you can open the task manager, how many processes are running (bottom left corner)
May be worth grabbing a copy of HijackThis and posting your log output so we can try and help better.

When was the last time you need some serious maintenance on this system.
I have a C&P that covers this and I'll post it if you want.

One FREE app to try is CCleaner. This removes system junk files, cleans your registry and can be used to control your startup programs.
Give it a go and let us know how many programs run at start up by running CCleaner > Tools > startup button.

What are your system specs as this could also be a hardware related problem.
Have you changed ANYTHING recently or even tried physically cleaning the system out ??
Could be badly seated RAM, CPU or graphics card.

CCleaner gives me a "this program has encountered an error and needs to close" message upon scanning "windows" and "application" but was able to scan on "issues" I downloaded this program several times and each time I get the same message for those two scans.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSavage

Never been opened? o my -- I would bet that its full of dust-- A dusty computer is a unhappy [hot]computer .
Paste your highjack this log into this reader -- please note that its beta
Help2Go - Help2Go Detective

Thanks. The scan didn't show that there was anything that shouldn't be there.



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