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| Thread ID: 59002 | 2005-06-18 22:02:00 | Startup problem | Guerilla Surgeon (6848) | Press F1 |
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| 365028 | 2005-06-18 22:02:00 | About once a week, my computer starts up with the curser stuck in the centre of the screen - absolutely immobile. Hitting control alt delete to unjam a programme brings up a screen with no programmes running. Hitting control alt delete twice does nothing. Is there a Windows XP professional equivalent keystroke sequence that restarts your computer without having to go to a hard reboot.GS | Guerilla Surgeon (6848) | ||
| 365029 | 2005-06-18 22:38:00 | No. I'd hunt down the cause of the problem. When you say stuck, what if you wait? Does it load eventually or has it in fact hung? |
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| 365030 | 2005-06-18 22:42:00 | It sounds like one of the programs loading in startup is causing Windows Explorer to lock up. If you can bring up Task Manager OK (the dialog box showing no programs running) then Windows has loaded. CTL-ALT-DEL should also give you an option to shutdown (along with the Task Manager), otherwise there is the reset button on the computer case. Have you checked to see what is loading during startup using msconfig? | Jen (38) | ||
| 365031 | 2005-06-18 23:12:00 | Go through your Startup list in msconfig and check out the entries with this page (www.pacs-portal.co.uk) to see what can be disabled. Have you given your computer the works with anti-virus and spyware scans? See the forum's Spyware FAQ (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz 16) for more info. |
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