February 8th 10, 05:10 PM
posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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error code 1000008e on or soon after boot up
Have you seen this MS Article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903251
"K." wrote in message
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I have a 4 yr old Compaq Pressario running Windows XP Service Pack 3 with
2GB of Ram and 300GB hard disc and NVidia GeForce 7500LE video. No ports
are open externally on my wireless router, I run Windows Firewall and AVG
antivirus software.
During boot up or within 10 mins of boot up the PC unexpectedly reboots.
If this doesn't happen within the first 10 mins then the PC operates as
expected for as long as I want.
Sometimes I get the serious error window on reboot with the option to
report the incident to Microsoft, sometimes not. However the information
in the system event log is consistent:
System Error, Error Code 1000008e, Category (102) Event 1003, User N/A and
then 4 parameter hex codes which vary each time.
Using F8 to boot into safe mode allows for stable performance and I have
run complete command line virus scans with AVG which take several hours
but report no errors. One time when the PC was stable I ran the online
virus/spyware scan from live.com, again no problems found.
The event log provides a link to the microsoft website and sends error
information. One of the options there was the Haxdoor virus but I've
searched for some of the files associated with it, with search hidden
files selected, but didn't find any, and there is nothing unexpected in
the registry area of winlogin/notify.
Can anyone help me with a cure to this problem, other than reinstalling
Windows which to me would be the last resort. I apologise for not
searching the newsgroup archive for this, but the more observant may
notice I am sending this message from my Mac portable and its taken me
enough time already to find some newsreader software and set it up. For
the 18 years I have used Usenet, its always been on the PC, and since
about 1995 using a Demon Internet developed program called Turnpike.
Thanks for any help folk can provide.
K.
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