"Welcome" for ever -- RAM ?

"When you log on to a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or
Windows 7, the logon process stops responding and a blue swirl is shown on
the Welcome screen indefinitely."
says http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2578159
"This issue occurs because of a race condition between the Windows Event Log
service and the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) tracing functions. When the
race condition occurs, it causes a deadlock situation. This deadlock
situation then causes the Winlogon.exe process to become unresponsive.."

Other web sites suggest the prime cause is the many drivers
Win7 loads (and tucks away as if to discourage customization
for more speed.)

--If so, more RAM may cure the problem. It seemed to do so
in my case (Gateway NV57H50u, regularly updated, 2 Gb RAM
added to total 4 Gb. I downloaded the hotfix from MS, but it said on
extraction "not for this computer."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Is this Darrell or is this Chuck?

Don Phillipson wrote:

"When you log on to a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or
Windows 7, the logon process stops responding and a blue swirl is shown on
the Welcome screen indefinitely."
says http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2578159
"This issue occurs because of a race condition between the Windows Event Log
service and the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) tracing functions. When the
race condition occurs, it causes a deadlock situation. This deadlock
situation then causes the Winlogon.exe process to become unresponsive.."

Other web sites suggest the prime cause is the many drivers
Win7 loads (and tucks away as if to discourage customization
for more speed.)

--If so, more RAM may cure the problem. It seemed to do so
in my case (Gateway NV57H50u, regularly updated, 2 Gb RAM
added to total 4 Gb. I downloaded the hotfix from MS, but it said on
extraction "not for this computer."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on
the job for potty mouth,

Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help you
dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the while
pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your computer
except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the next sucker on the
phone.

Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)

There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which one
are you?

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)

All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laCZAR, ChuckCZAR!!

I hate them both, With useless bogus bull**** you need at least *three* fulltime
jobs to afford either one of them

I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world downloads
the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a month

VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and out
your arse sir?

The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.

UBB = User based bullFROGGING

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A-Holes at
DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn
schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

Adrian "jackpot" Lewis is a mama's boy!

Jimmy Fricke is good for the game of poker

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the
realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet

"Tony" wrote in message
...

Is this Darrell or is this Chuck?

No.
Why?
DP

Don Phillipson wrote:
"When you log on to a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or
Windows 7, the logon process stops responding and a blue swirl is shown on
the Welcome screen indefinitely."
says http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2578159
"This issue occurs because of a race condition between the Windows Event Log
service and the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) tracing functions. When the
race condition occurs, it causes a deadlock situation. This deadlock
situation then causes the Winlogon.exe process to become unresponsive.."

Other web sites suggest the prime cause is the many drivers
Win7 loads (and tucks away as if to discourage customization
for more speed.)

--If so, more RAM may cure the problem. It seemed to do so
in my case (Gateway NV57H50u, regularly updated, 2 Gb RAM
added to total 4 Gb.


I downloaded the hotfix from MS, but it said on
extraction "not for this computer."

Any chance the hotfix was for the original OS release, and
you already have SP1 installed. Maybe SP1 also has the fix,
invalidating the need for the hotfix.

Paul