im stumped

1bird1 · 09-September-02, 11:04 PM

Im new to this forum and just recently came across a problem thats got me stumped. My pc wont boot windows fully. I power up and all i get is a toolbar, icons on desktop, and busy cursor. Everything is froze aside from the mouse which i can move but nothing else. I hit ctrl alt delete to reboot and windows boots fully with no problem. Can someone help me please. Thanks

BigAkita · 09-September-02, 11:29 PM

Pull your sound card, network or modem card, and anything else you may have besides your video card. If the computer boots then you start adding them back until it shows the symptoms again.

If pulling the cards doesn't help, it is either a vid card problem or software problem. Use msconfig to turn off any programs that are starting up and see if that helps. Other than that, you didn't give us much to work with (components, programs, etc...)

1bird1 · 09-September-02, 11:40 PM

Sorry about lack of info. My machine is a cel 600 (dont laugh).256 pc133, sb live, Maxi gamer cougar 32 meg video and network card.........just off a fresh format so i have very little as far as software that would cause this problem. os win 98se and i havent installed anything as far as hardware that i havent always ran......there is no loss of performance at all and all software and anything graphic related(games and such) run smooth i will try removing cards and do the msconfig thing as you suggested . ill keep posting any results thanks for responding

abyssling · 10-September-02, 05:56 AM

You wouldnt happen to be using an ata 33 cable with an ata 100 drive would you? One of the first pcs I ever built for someone else did what you are describing and would only work after I restarted from within Windows. It was the most peculiar thing. I replaced the cable and it worked fine after that

1bird1 · 10-September-02, 11:25 PM

I do believe I have fixed my problem. I have spent all evening ripping apart my machine and putting it back together again and i think I have it figured out. Its sound card related, I think the registry got screwed up. On a fresh install of the sb live 5.1 software, it installs a startup logo for EAX animation. When i disable that i loose a file in msconfig/startup called CTAVTRAY.exe. Bottom line is I keep the startup animation and my machine boots fine. One of the most screwed up things I ever came acrossed. Anywho to all those who helped by suggestion thanks a million.

09-September-02, 11:04 PM		#1 (permalink)
1bird1 Apex Techie Wannabe	im stumped Im new to this forum and just recently came across a problem thats got me stumped. My pc wont boot windows fully. I power up and all i get is a toolbar, icons on desktop, and busy cursor. Everything is froze aside from the mouse which i can move but nothing else. I hit ctrl alt delete to reboot and windows boots fully with no problem. Can someone help me please. Thanks

10-September-02, 11:25 PM		#5 (permalink)
1bird1 Apex Techie Wannabe	many thanks I do believe I have fixed my problem. I have spent all evening ripping apart my machine and putting it back together again and i think I have it figured out. Its sound card related, I think the registry got screwed up. On a fresh install of the sb live 5.1 software, it installs a startup logo for EAX animation. When i disable that i loose a file in msconfig/startup called CTAVTRAY.exe. Bottom line is I keep the startup animation and my machine boots fine. One of the most screwed up things I ever came acrossed. Anywho to all those who helped by suggestion thanks a million.

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09-September-02, 11:29 PM		#2 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	Pull your sound card, network or modem card, and anything else you may have besides your video card. If the computer boots then you start adding them back until it shows the symptoms again. If pulling the cards doesn't help, it is either a vid card problem or software problem. Use msconfig to turn off any programs that are starting up and see if that helps. Other than that, you didn't give us much to work with (components, programs, etc...)

09-September-02, 11:40 PM		#3 (permalink)
1bird1 Apex Techie Wannabe	Sorry about lack of info. My machine is a cel 600 (dont laugh).256 pc133, sb live, Maxi gamer cougar 32 meg video and network card.........just off a fresh format so i have very little as far as software that would cause this problem. os win 98se and i havent installed anything as far as hardware that i havent always ran......there is no loss of performance at all and all software and anything graphic related(games and such) run smooth i will try removing cards and do the msconfig thing as you suggested . ill keep posting any results thanks for responding

10-September-02, 05:56 AM		#4 (permalink)
abyssling Apex Tech Maniac	You wouldnt happen to be using an ata 33 cable with an ata 100 drive would you? One of the first pcs I ever built for someone else did what you are describing and would only work after I restarted from within Windows. It was the most peculiar thing. I replaced the cable and it worked fine after that