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Tom B
Flightless Bird
This XP-Pro SP3 system tries to start, but will not proceed. It stalls with
an hourglass in the tray at the bottom of the screen. As the system tries to
start, it displays the proper desktop icons, bottom tray icons, plays the
startup music, shows the clock and AVG Anti-virus, etc. Windows task manager
responds to display its window with no applications listed. The performance
tab shows 1 to 3 % CPU usage and 696 MB of PF usage. None of the icons on
the desktop, nor the "Start" control (bottom left of screen) will respond.
Attempting to click on "Start" or any of the desktop icons results in a total
lockup and need to re-power the hardware. The machine that used to start
normally has now failed to start after hours of trying to re-power and
re-start. The hourglass in the bottom tray remains.
an hourglass in the tray at the bottom of the screen. As the system tries to
start, it displays the proper desktop icons, bottom tray icons, plays the
startup music, shows the clock and AVG Anti-virus, etc. Windows task manager
responds to display its window with no applications listed. The performance
tab shows 1 to 3 % CPU usage and 696 MB of PF usage. None of the icons on
the desktop, nor the "Start" control (bottom left of screen) will respond.
Attempting to click on "Start" or any of the desktop icons results in a total
lockup and need to re-power the hardware. The machine that used to start
normally has now failed to start after hours of trying to re-power and
re-start. The hourglass in the bottom tray remains.