re: Windows ME will not boot. Only starts in Safe mode
Thursday, January 30, 2003 at 4:19 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by marc
(9 messages posted)
Carol I am back at it. I deleted several of these duplicates and rebooted. The
computer did not go right into safe mode. Instead I got the distorted desktop picture
and after several seconds it reinstalled several of the drivers, but still did not
go into safe mode. I rebooted again and it gave me a choice of how to start. The
other thing that started happening last night was the icons on my desktop changed
to the white with blue bordered windows.
I also get a message when the Compaq/Microsoft Help center initializes. I does not
complete and I get a message to report the following error to Microsoft. 2147143679.
On Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 7:42 pm, Carol wrote:
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>That's probably why you are in Safe mode. Safe mode is a diagnostic mode and duplicates
>will only show in safe mode. Those won't show up in normal mode, so you will have
>no clue.
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>Network adapters: Accton.......PCI Fast Ethernet adapter
>
>Network adapters are notorious for causing problems, if there are extras, or one
>that isn't in use. Is your PC networked to another one? First, you need to find
out
>which one you have physically installed, then remove the other one.
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>If you're not networked and the NIC isn't in use, it needs to be disabled, by unchecking
>the configuration in properties. Highlight device - select properties.
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>This -> Human Interface Devices= Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick, Gamepad
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>Is each item listed more than once? I'm referring to exact duplicates of the same
>device. If so, highlight and remove them all and reboot. Windows will detect new
>hardware and reinstall drivers.
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>As far as these items go, someone needs to take a look. I can't see the situation.
>You need to find out why the question mark. You definitely have device driver problems.
>
>System Devices: IRQ holder for PCI IRQ steering
>
>Universal Serial Bus controller: Generic USB hub (one of these actually has a green
>question mark over the symbol for the USB)
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>
>You said, "Some just have one extra"
>Even one extra is too many. You need to remove them and reboot.
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>Good luck
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