Try to turn on your PC and it manages to pass just that black BIOS screen but never see the XP loading? or It just manages to get into the Welcome screen? Well here are some tips you can try out.
Problem can be caused by two things
SOFTWARE - drivers, corrupted XP, Virus infections etc
HARDWARE - loose RAMs, faulty Hard drives, burnt hardware etc
Lets look at both these instances seperately
SOFTWARE Problems
The first thing you can do is try to boot in SafeMode
* To do this you can switch on your PC and keep pressing F8 till you get a screen with different menus.
* Choose SafeMode - Might take sometime on some PCs
* IF you are able to log in with SafeMode, try and remove any newly installed Software and/or Drivers.
* Check your startup items (click here to see how)
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Edit Windows XP Startup Items
It's VERY EASY to get to EDIT the WINDOWS XP STARTUP.
* First press the windows key and R or Click Start and Select RUN
* If you are not sure whether to remove or not, remove it and see for any changes in the system, but if you DO find any abnormalities after unchecking it, put it back using the same method.
* First press the windows key and R or Click Start and Select RUN
* Type msconfig and hit enter or press OK
* Click the STARTUP tab
* If you are not sure whether to remove or not, remove it and see for any changes in the system, but if you DO find any abnormalities after unchecking it, put it back using the same method.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Fixing your master boot record
Due to any reason, if your XP installation does not boot or it attempts to boot and and then restarts with an error (MBR or Master Boot Record error or something like that). Here is a simple way to fix it ONLY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LOG INTO SAFEMODE.
* Log into Safemode
* Select SAFEMODE from the list and hit Enter to boot into Safemode. (might take a few minutes in some computers)
* Log into Safemode
Swith on the PC and keep pressing F8 until you get a screen with various Options
* Select SAFEMODE from the list and hit Enter to boot into Safemode. (might take a few minutes in some computers)
*There might be a dialog box - Select YES
*Now get the RUN command window (HOW to? - Press Windows Key + R or Click START => RUN)
*Now type msconfig and hit Enter or press OK
* Next you will see this screen
*Goto the Boot.INI tab
*Now click Check All Boot Paths
Now there are two outcomes:
If it says that all bootpaths are ok - Then it's obviously some other problem.
Else it will say something like "invalid boot path found, do you want to remove it? Answer YES"
*Restart PC and see if it worked.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Make the Start-menu Programs appear faster
Tired of that waiting for those start menu programs to appear? (Especially if you got a lot of programs). Here's a little REGISTRY tweak we can use to get rid of that delay.
* Press the Windows Key and R (to get the Run dialog box) or else you can click Start => Select Run...
* Type Regedit and hit Enter or press OK
* Press the Windows Key and R (to get the Run dialog box) or else you can click Start => Select Run...
* Type Regedit and hit Enter or press OK
* This is what you will see
* Now click the "+" sign beside HKEY_CURRENT_USER
* Next click the "+" sign beside Control Panel. (circled)
* Almost there - Now just single click on the key folder named Desktop which is shown within the red dots (NOT the "+" sign this time).
A whole heap of "entries" will show up.
The one we need to change is called MenuShowDelay (circled)
* Against this MenuShowDelay entry you will see a value like 400. That is the DELAY - 400ms.
* Double click the "MenuShowDelay" and you will be able to input YOUR OWN VALUE!
* Enter something in the range of 1 - 10 (but even 0 works).
* Hit OK and you are done. Close the registry editor and restart the computer to see the effect.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Make Windows Explorer load a little faster
Sometimes as a Windows XP installation ages, for example if u try to open My Computer there's a considerable amount of delay in Explorer showing the drives and other storage devices. Well there's a small tweak we can try out. This works on some PCs but i have seen computers without any significant changes, but hey we got nothing to loose.
* Go to Folder Options
How? => Open My Computer =>Tools =>Folder Options
Then you will get this dialog box.
* Click on the View tab
* Spot the circled option. " Automatically search for network folders and printers"
* Uncheck that check box and hit OK
That should do it. Do a restart and see if it improves loading time for you.
Sometimes as a Windows XP installation ages, for example if u try to open My Computer there's a considerable amount of delay in Explorer showing the drives and other storage devices. Well there's a small tweak we can try out. This works on some PCs but i have seen computers without any significant changes, but hey we got nothing to loose.
* Go to Folder Options
How? => Open My Computer =>Tools =>Folder Options
Then you will get this dialog box.
* Click on the View tab
* Spot the circled option. " Automatically search for network folders and printers"
* Uncheck that check box and hit OK
That should do it. Do a restart and see if it improves loading time for you.
Windows XP problems
Hi everyone, XP! How grand it sounded when it first came. Until of course you get hit with WARNINGS, EXCLAMATIONS, ERRORS and CRASHES. It's a common thing with almost every windows XP user these days.
Windows XP problems is here to help you circumnavigate, jump over and sometimes dodge those pest-like experiences on windows xp.
Windows XP problems is here to help you circumnavigate, jump over and sometimes dodge those pest-like experiences on windows xp.
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