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re: blank error message! Saturday, September 6, 2003 at 5:19 pm Posted by neyeL8r (4 messages posted) by the way, this happens @ the welcome screen. On Saturday, September 6, 2003 at 5:00 pm, neyeL8r wrote: >Yeah, i'm having a slight problem--er--annoyance. Each time XP starts, a small, >BLANK error message window pops up which halts the startup until I make a choice. > The window has a yellow triangle with an exclamation point inside of it and Yes >and No buttons, but nothing else! When i click Yes, XP seems to startup extra slowly. > Clicking No seems to work fine. This is not a major problem, but it is extremely >ANNOYING!!! I don't have to restart my machine often, but I wish I didn't have that >stupid useless box pop up when I do have to restart. I've already updated and scanned >for viruses. I have no idea why this just started happening. Any help with this >would be greatly appreciated! Thanx! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: blank error message! Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 4:06 am Posted by John Liebson (723 messages posted) Have you also scanned for trojans, etc., using Spybot and/or Ad-Aware? On Saturday, September 6, 2003 at 5:00 pm, neyeL8r wrote: >Yeah, i'm having a slight problem--er--annoyance. Each time XP starts, a small, >BLANK error message window pops up which halts the startup until I make a choice. > The window has a yellow triangle with an exclamation point inside of it and Yes >and No buttons, but nothing else! When i click Yes, XP seems to startup extra slowly. > Clicking No seems to work fine. This is not a major problem, but it is extremely >ANNOYING!!! I don't have to restart my machine often, but I wish I didn't have that >stupid useless box pop up when I do have to restart. I've already updated and scanned >for viruses. I have no idea why this just started happening. Any help with this >would be greatly appreciated! Thanx! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: blank error message! Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 8:33 pm Posted by Jim P (10 messages posted) You might want to check the "Event Logs" under the Event Viewer under System Tools in the Computer Management screen. That is available through Control Panel / Administrative Tools. The events logged at startup might give you a clue as to why the error message is popping up. And looking at the sequence of events for several startups might tell you what is happening when you click yes, as contrasted to when you click NO. On Saturday, September 6, 2003 at 5:00 pm, neyeL8r wrote: >Yeah, i'm having a slight problem--er--annoyance. Each time XP starts, a small, >BLANK error message window pops up which halts the startup until I make a choice. > The window has a yellow triangle with an exclamation point inside of it and Yes >and No buttons, but nothing else! When i click Yes, XP seems to startup extra slowly. > Clicking No seems to work fine. This is not a major problem, but it is extremely >ANNOYING!!! I don't have to restart my machine often, but I wish I didn't have that >stupid useless box pop up when I do have to restart. I've already updated and scanned >for viruses. I have no idea why this just started happening. Any help with this >would be greatly appreciated! Thanx! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: blank error message! Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 10:11 am Posted by k_adli (2 messages posted) hi Jim P. i'm having exactly the same problem and i went to event viewer and tried to check the source of the error messages but i can't find any. any idea on how to rectify this problem entirely? thank you. On Sunday, September 7, 2003 at 8:33 pm, Jim P wrote: >You might want to check the "Event Logs" under the Event Viewer under System Tools >in the Computer Management screen. That is available through Control Panel / Administrative >Tools. > >The events logged at startup might give you a clue as to why the error message is >popping up. And looking at the sequence of events for several startups might tell >you what is happening when you click yes, as contrasted to when you click NO. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: blank error message! Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 5:07 pm Posted by Jim P (10 messages posted) I wish I were more experienced with this. I have not had the problem, the information at the other site is from another user. You have viewed the events logged at startup, for both system and security. If I infer correctly, you are saying that you see no warnings or information items that indicate there is anything other than normal activity being logged at the system and security and application levels at startup. Despite this you are getting a blank warning message with a yes/no response at startup. You do not perceive, and the system does not record in the event viewer, any difference in system behavior or state which results from clicking Yes vs. No. If all these inferences are correct, then the error message must be the result of some factor other than core Windows XP operations, which would relieveve any concerns I had about the message a lot. But to get rid of the message you need either a solid recommendation from an expert who knows more about "system startup error messages" than I - or to go to the internet and google for a description of the registry edit which disables startup warnings altogether. If I am wrong about the inferences I have made above, and you have items in your event viewer at startup which are suspect or which you do not understand, use the copy feature to post them here, so we can have a look. Best to you. On Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 10:11 am, k_adli wrote: >hi Jim P. > >i'm having exactly the same problem and i went to event viewer and tried to check >the source of the error messages but i can't find any. >any idea on how to rectify this problem entirely? > >thank you. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: blank error message! Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 10:04 pm Posted by k_adli (2 messages posted) thanx Jim P. your inferences were correct. I've googled for those registry edits and i tried adding a 'NoPopUpsOnBoot' in the registry as instructed by the website but the warning messages keep coming. the blank error messages has not done any obvious harm to computer yet but i do want to rectify it. regards On Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 5:07 pm, Jim P wrote: >I wish I were more experienced with this. I have not had the problem, the information >at the other site is from another user. > >You have viewed the events logged at startup, for both system and security. If I >infer correctly, you are saying that you see no warnings or information items that >indicate there is anything other than normal activity being logged at the system >and security and application levels at startup. > >Despite this you are getting a blank warning message with a yes/no response at startup. > You do not perceive, and the system does not record in the event viewer, any difference >in system behavior or state which results from clicking Yes vs. No. > >If all these inferences are correct, then the error message must be the result of >some factor other than core Windows XP operations, which would relieveve any concerns >I had about the message a lot. But to get rid of the message you need either a >solid recommendation from an expert who knows more about "system startup error messages" >than I - or to go to the internet and google for a description of the registry edit >which disables startup warnings altogether. > >If I am wrong about the inferences I have made above, and you have items in your >event viewer at startup which are suspect or which you do not understand, use the >copy feature to post them here, so we can have a look. > >Best to you. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: blank error message! Monday, January 26, 2004 at 11:43 am Posted by colesy (1 messages posted) I get almost the same thing.. Except mine isn't a warning message, mine is an error message, and no matter which I click, yes or no, it takes me back to the welcome screen asking me to login again. I cannot get into windows unless I go through safe mode... If anyone has found a solution please post it. Thanks. On Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 10:04 pm, k_adli wrote: >thanx Jim P. > >your inferences were correct. I've googled for those registry edits and i tried adding >a 'NoPopUpsOnBoot' in the registry as instructed by the website but the warning messages >keep coming. > >the blank error messages has not done any obvious harm to computer yet but i do want >to rectify it. > >regards > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: blank error message! Wednesday, February 25, 2004 at 1:49 am Posted by Gibbo (1 messages posted) ARGGH!! I have the same error as the last guy, anyone know a fix for this one yet? Thanks in advance On Monday, January 26, 2004 at 11:43 am, colesy wrote: >I get almost the same thing.. Except mine isn't a warning message, mine is an error >message, and no matter which I click, yes or no, it takes me back to the welcome >screen asking me to login again. I cannot get into windows unless I go through safe >mode... If anyone has found a solution please post it. Thanks. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Understanding the Problem Friday, August 6, 2004 at 8:18 am Posted by Ryan Amirault (1 messages posted) I was having the same problem as all of you people were having, but I found out what it is. I am using a cracked version of Windows XP and I had thought my crack worked, but Iwa wrong. THe error message that is coming up is saying that you have so long to activate windows. After the time has ran out and you try to login by click the yes or no you're just sent right back to the welcome screen. I have no clue where I can find a working crack or anything, so I dunno how to help everyone that has this problem. I am just going to have to return to my legal Windows 2000. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Understanding the Problem Monday, August 30, 2004 at 8:51 am Posted by Fierce (1 messages posted) I have a sim problem, everything was working fine on my windows xp pro, then I restarted and all hell broke loose, it did a scan disk for no reason, then it went into the logon screen. I entered my password then it says ,loggin in and takes yout to the background for your desktop then it logs you off rightback to your password, the only way to get in is threw safe mode, i ran norton to see if i had any viri but nothing was found, im going to retry my crack again and see if it works after work i will post again if i find an answere On Friday, August 6, 2004 at 8:18 am, Ryan Amirault wrote: >I was having the same problem as all of you people were having, but I found out what >it is. I am using a cracked version of Windows XP and I had thought my crack worked, >but Iwa wrong. THe error message that is coming up is saying that you have so long >to activate windows. After the time has ran out and you try to login by click the >yes or no you're just sent right back to the welcome screen. I have no clue where >I can find a working crack or anything, so I dunno how to help everyone that has >this problem. I am just going to have to return to my legal Windows 2000. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum