windows xp hangs on boot up

[wbkezw]

using windows xp sp2, and it's begun hanging up halfway through bootup,
normally about halfway through loading the desktop icons. It also does this
if I log off one user and attempt to log on another. Does this about 7 our of
10 times, but other times it boots normally.

[OShah]

=?Utf-8?B?d2JrZXp3?= > wrote in
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> using windows xp sp2, and it's begun hanging up halfway through bootup,
> normally about halfway through loading the desktop icons. It also does
> this if I log off one user and attempt to log on another. Does this
> about 7 our of
> 10 times, but other times it boots normally.
>

We'll need to pin down where the issue is occuring.

You say it occurs at log on. When it hangs, can you move the mouse? Does the
keyboard work? Does Ctrl-Alt-Del work? Does the screen go blank? You say it
occurs when you switch from user A to user B; how about when you switch from
user B to user A?


For Lock ups: it usually is an issue with the system services
(smss/csrss/lsass/winlogon/rpcss).

If Ctrl-Alt-Del works: it's almost definitely a shell problem (explorer).

If the mouse is responsive but the keyboard isn't, then there may be a high
priority process hogging your system.

Have you scanned for Malware/Spyware/Viruses?

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oshah
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Error Reporting -> Choose Programs
-> Do not report errors for these programs:

Acrobat.exe
waol.exe

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