Xp boots ok but then.....

[Bert]

Hi Folks,
I have talked to many experts on Window O/S and tried to look for answers in
Newsgroups and the Internet, but have not come up with the answer to my
problem, which has started about one month ago

I have Win XP pro, with the usual components on my PC (rather than go into
details)
Connected to a Broad Band ISP

When I boot or restart I get the screen up in just under a minute which is I
believe the average speed this should take.

Everything looks fine and normal except.................I can't do anything
for the next 2 minutes.
The drive seems to be searching for something and has little burst of red
flashes
Can't get email, surf, run any program.

I checked out all the processes in task manager and there are no programs
that I should not have runnign at startup ( I looked at
http://www.blackviper.com/AskBV/XP25.htm which is a very comprehensive site
on O/S and lists what each program does and whether or not it should/could
be manual, automatic or disabled

I checked in My Computer/manage/event viewer

and found these errors: These errors occur at every boot up, but I just
don't know if these are causing this problem or something more sinister

The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM
within the required timeout.

The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: ASPI32

AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
(0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This could
lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for technical
assistance.

I really hope some one can at last help and come up with a solution

Thanks in anticipation

Bert

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Bert,

Might take a while to isolate the problem, but the steps here should help:

HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316434

I'd look to something like an indexing service as the culprit.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Bert" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Folks,
> I have talked to many experts on Window O/S and tried to look for answers
in
> Newsgroups and the Internet, but have not come up with the answer to my
> problem, which has started about one month ago
>
> I have Win XP pro, with the usual components on my PC (rather than go into
> details)
> Connected to a Broad Band ISP
>
> When I boot or restart I get the screen up in just under a minute which is
I
> believe the average speed this should take.
>
> Everything looks fine and normal except.................I can't do
anything
> for the next 2 minutes.
> The drive seems to be searching for something and has little burst of red
> flashes
> Can't get email, surf, run any program.
>
> I checked out all the processes in task manager and there are no programs
> that I should not have runnign at startup ( I looked at
> http://www.blackviper.com/AskBV/XP25.htm which is a very comprehensive
site
> on O/S and lists what each program does and whether or not it should/could
> be manual, automatic or disabled
>
> I checked in My Computer/manage/event viewer
>
> and found these errors: These errors occur at every boot up, but I just
> don't know if these are causing this problem or something more sinister
>
> The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with
DCOM
> within the required timeout.
>
> The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: ASPI32
>
> AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
> (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This
could
> lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor for
technical
> assistance.
>
> I really hope some one can at last help and come up with a solution
>
> Thanks in anticipation
>
> Bert
>
>
>
>
>
>
>