98SE boot anomaly

rand · 01-17-2005, 12:30 PM

98SE on a 800 MHz AMD Athlon with 512 MB RAM. ABIT KT7-RAID board (RAID not used at present)

About 40% of boot attempts are plagued with a curious anomaly. At the point when the Windows login dialog box shows up, the cursor in the password entry box ceases to flash and the computer hangs up. Nothing can be done except to reboot. About 2% of the time it automatically reboots on its own.

About 60% of the time the flashing cursor returns after 5 to 10 seconds, and the boot continues normally. One can then enter the password and proceed.

It's been this way since installed a few years ago. Not a critical problem, but an annoyance. Most of all a curiosity.

(If one tries to log in during the few seconds immediately after the dialog box appears, before or during the time when the cursor is not flashing, the boot hangs up.)

I can't imagine that everyone has this same problem. I regularly update and use AVG, Spybot, and Adaware; and they all give my system a passing grade.

Rand

notsobizzymofo · 01-17-2005, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by rand

98SE on a 800 MHz AMD Athlon with 512 MB RAM. ABIT KT7-RAID board (RAID not used at present)

About 40% of boot attempts are plagued with a curious anomaly. At the point when the Windows login dialog box shows up, the cursor in the password entry box ceases to flash and the computer hangs up. Nothing can be done except to reboot. About 2% of the time it automatically reboots on its own.

About 60% of the time the flashing cursor returns after 5 to 10 seconds, and the boot continues normally. One can then enter the password and proceed.

It's been this way since installed a few years ago. Not a critical problem, but an annoyance. Most of all a curiosity.

(If one tries to log in during the few seconds immediately after the dialog box appears, before or during the time when the cursor is not flashing, the boot hangs up.)

I can't imagine that everyone has this same problem. I regularly update and use AVG, Spybot, and Adaware; and they all give my system a passing grade.

Rand

Try my little friend called

Registry Mechanic 4.0

http://www.download.com/Registry-Mec...-10349249.html

see if this helps at all.

-slick

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rand Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7 OS: 98SE & XP Pro	98SE boot anomaly 98SE on a 800 MHz AMD Athlon with 512 MB RAM. ABIT KT7-RAID board (RAID not used at present) About 40% of boot attempts are plagued with a curious anomaly. At the point when the Windows login dialog box shows up, the cursor in the password entry box ceases to flash and the computer hangs up. Nothing can be done except to reboot. About 2% of the time it automatically reboots on its own. About 60% of the time the flashing cursor returns after 5 to 10 seconds, and the boot continues normally. One can then enter the password and proceed. It's been this way since installed a few years ago. Not a critical problem, but an annoyance. Most of all a curiosity. (If one tries to log in during the few seconds immediately after the dialog box appears, before or during the time when the cursor is not flashing, the boot hangs up.) I can't imagine that everyone has this same problem. I regularly update and use AVG, Spybot, and Adaware; and they all give my system a passing grade. Rand