XP Home Registry Corruption

[Michael]

After having my computer for just under 1 year, I have
experienced 4 times a situation where the computer would
not boot into Windows (XP Home) and it would instead
freeze on the blue Windows screen (Welcome to Windows). I
have had several technicians diagnose this aas a problem
inherent to Windows XP and a registry corruption problem.
They state that SP1 should have corrected this problem,
but each time I have it installed, the same situation
occurs a few months later. Therefore, I am wondering how
I can prevent the registry from becoming corrupted? Why
would it "spontaneously" become corruped? I do have a
separate Windows account from the Administrator account,
hoping that this would somehow resolve the situation.

[Walter Clayton]

Ah yes, the standard "blame the OS" rather than address the real issue. :-/
I've been running XP Pro and HE on multiple machines since it first came out
and there is no such "known" problem. Registry corruption does occur from
time to time, but not due to a "known" problem with the OS. Hardware
problems or 3rd party software is typically the cause of these issues.

The problem in this instance is diagnosing the real problem. And that's
going to be tough under the circumstances. Next time it happens, try bring
the machine up in safe mode, then retry normal mode. If in fact there is
registry corruption, there is an option on the boot menu to bring the
machine up in last known good configuration.

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"Michael" > wrote in message
...
> After having my computer for just under 1 year, I have
> experienced 4 times a situation where the computer would
> not boot into Windows (XP Home) and it would instead
> freeze on the blue Windows screen (Welcome to Windows). I
> have had several technicians diagnose this aas a problem
> inherent to Windows XP and a registry corruption problem.
> They state that SP1 should have corrected this problem,
> but each time I have it installed, the same situation
> occurs a few months later. Therefore, I am wondering how
> I can prevent the registry from becoming corrupted? Why
> would it "spontaneously" become corruped? I do have a
> separate Windows account from the Administrator account,
> hoping that this would somehow resolve the situation.

[Donald Link]

Have you ran a virus checker. If so, it is possible that memory could cause
corrupted files except you stated you only had registry corruption. I would
first eliminate any virus and trojan possibilities. Sounds like you have
been to Best Buy or similar technicians if they tell you that it is inherent
to Windows XP. Bunch of bull****. There is a problem but it is not caused
by XP as such.



"Michael" > wrote in message
...
> After having my computer for just under 1 year, I have
> experienced 4 times a situation where the computer would
> not boot into Windows (XP Home) and it would instead
> freeze on the blue Windows screen (Welcome to Windows). I
> have had several technicians diagnose this aas a problem
> inherent to Windows XP and a registry corruption problem.
> They state that SP1 should have corrected this problem,
> but each time I have it installed, the same situation
> occurs a few months later. Therefore, I am wondering how
> I can prevent the registry from becoming corrupted? Why
> would it "spontaneously" become corruped? I do have a
> separate Windows account from the Administrator account,
> hoping that this would somehow resolve the situation.