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RE: random hangs at startup

Subject: RE: random hangs at startup
From: beetle
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:03:27 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
"Eric" wrote:

> Try running a utility such as the Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode to see if 
> the problem occurs.

Running the actual defragment in SAFE mode is a good idea. The results will 
be cleaner with fewer stuff running.

> Have you scanned the system with updated virus and spyware scanners?

All virus and spyware scanners installed on the laptop (Norton Antivirus, 
Acronis antispyware, Microsoft antispyware, HiJackThis) show a malware-free 
environment.

It hasn't reoccurred since the Perfect Disk 7.0 defragment of the pagefile 
so I am assuming that it is related to disk access collisions of applications 
at busy startup time. This is similar to a problem I had previously where 
Windows would boot up into a completely new home directory as if it couldn't 
find the login user directory.



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