[s.charlton1]

When boot up has finished the egg timer still runs but i cannot access anything.ran sfc in safe mode, setupx.dll faulty have reinstalled that but still same. Any one got some ideas before i format and reinstall every thing

[Advertisements]

This is generally an issue of a process running wild or a trojan (but not always...sometimes a crapped out shell).

Start in safe mode

start > run
msconfig
enter

go to the startup tab and uncheck everything except for:
scan registry
taskmonitor
system tray
Load Power Profile (two of them)
and scheduling agent

uncheck everything in autoexec.bat and config.sys tabs

check win.ini tab, WINDOWS section, and uncheck
load =
run =

reboot.

Does the problem repeat ?

[gerryf]

This is generally an issue of a process running wild or a trojan (but not always...sometimes a crapped out shell).

Start in safe mode

start > run
msconfig
enter

go to the startup tab and uncheck everything except for:
scan registry
taskmonitor
system tray
Load Power Profile (two of them)
and scheduling agent

uncheck everything in autoexec.bat and config.sys tabs

check win.ini tab, WINDOWS section, and uncheck
load =
run =

reboot.

Does the problem repeat ?

[s.charlton1]

problem is ok now what do i do next.... do i recheck every thing in msconfig until find the culprit

[gerryf]

Yep....

you might also consider a visit to the malware forum and follow the instructions at the top....you may have a malware infection...

I would be curios which little bugger causes the issue if you care to come back and post it

thanks