Long pause at boot

The log is located at C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt (or ntbtlog.log) and can be opened in notepad. Delete the current copy first. Restart the computer and begin tapping F8 after the BIOS posts. That should bring you to the Advanced Start menu, where you will find an option to 'Enable boot logging'. Select it and once you've logged on to Windows, open the newly created ntbtlog and post it here. It might be quite large and may require splitting into several posts.

Did you run chkdsk /r ? Just open a command window and type the command. You should get a message that the volume cannot be mounted and asked if you'd like to schedule check disk to run on next bootup. Select yes and restart. Do this separately from the bootlogging.

 

I did the chkdsk and restarted. That went ok.

When I restarted and selected enable boot logging it booted into windows and immediately I could see desktop icons and a blank Start Menu( ie no icons) It stayed there till I restarted.

I have now restarted again and the delay was as before.

 

ntbtlog.txt

Service Pack 212 23 2007 01:00:59.375
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\KDCOM.DLL
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\BOOTVID.dll
Loaded driver sptd.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\WMILIB.SYS
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\SCSIPORT.SYS
Loaded driver ACPI.sys
Loaded driver isapnp.sys
Loaded driver ohci1394.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\1394BUS.SYS
Loaded driver pci.sys
Loaded driver compbatt.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\BATTC.SYS
Loaded driver pciide.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\PCIIDEX.SYS
Loaded driver MountMgr.sys
Loaded driver ftdisk.sys
Loaded driver dmload.sys
Loaded driver dmio.sys
Loaded driver PartMgr.sys
Loaded driver VolSnap.sys
Loaded driver atapi.sys
Loaded driver nvata.sys
Loaded driver Si3114r5.sys
Loaded driver disk.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\CLASSPNP.SYS
Loaded driver fltMgr.sys
Loaded driver sr.sys
Loaded driver SiWinAcc.sys
Loaded driver PxHelp20.sys
Loaded driver KSecDD.sys
Loaded driver Ntfs.sys
Loaded driver NDIS.sys
Loaded driver srescan.sys
Loaded driver Mup.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nic1394.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\AmdK8.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbohci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ALCXWDM.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\cdrbsdrv.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\pfc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\deltaII.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\yk51x86.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvnetbus.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nv4_mini.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\a70xxpjx.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ASACPI.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\serial.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\serenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\parport.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\i8042prt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\msmpu401.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\gameenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\audstub.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rasl2tp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndistapi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndiswan.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspppoe.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspptp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\msgpc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\psched.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ptilink.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspti.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Pcouffin.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdpdr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\termdd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\swenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\update.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mssmbios.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WmBEnum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WmXlCore.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\NVENETFD.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\lbrtfdc.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Sfloppy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\i2omgmt.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\klif.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Changer.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Cdaudio.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fs_Rec.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Null.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Beep.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\kbdhid.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\vga.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\mnmdd.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\RDPCDD.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Msfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Npfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rasacd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ipsec.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\tcpip.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ipnat.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netbt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\wanarp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\arp1394.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\vsdatant.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\afd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netbios.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\processr.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\PCIDump.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\StarPort.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fips.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\AsIO.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\hidusb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\USBSTOR.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WmFilter.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Cdfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnkipx.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnknb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndisuio.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnkspx.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wdmaud.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\sysaudio.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\splitter.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\aec.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\swmidi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\DMusic.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kmixer.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\drmkaud.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxdav.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\ParVdm.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\DgiVecp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\srv.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnkspx.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kmixer.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\secdrv.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ipnat.sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\WINDOWS\nvoclock.sys
Service Pack 212 23 2007 01:10:35.375
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\KDCOM.DLL
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\BOOTVID.dll
Loaded driver sptd.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\WMILIB.SYS
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\SCSIPORT.SYS
Loaded driver ACPI.sys
Loaded driver isapnp.sys
Loaded driver ohci1394.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\1394BUS.SYS
Loaded driver pci.sys
Loaded driver compbatt.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\BATTC.SYS
Loaded driver pciide.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\PCIIDEX.SYS
Loaded driver MountMgr.sys
Loaded driver ftdisk.sys
Loaded driver dmload.sys
Loaded driver dmio.sys
Loaded driver PartMgr.sys
Loaded driver VolSnap.sys
Loaded driver atapi.sys
Loaded driver nvata.sys
Loaded driver Si3114r5.sys
Loaded driver disk.sys
Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\CLASSPNP.SYS
Loaded driver fltMgr.sys
Loaded driver sr.sys
Loaded driver SiWinAcc.sys
Loaded driver PxHelp20.sys
Loaded driver KSecDD.sys
Loaded driver Ntfs.sys
Loaded driver NDIS.sys
Loaded driver srescan.sys
Loaded driver Mup.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nic1394.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\AmdK8.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbohci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\ALCXWDM.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\cdrbsdrv.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\pfc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\deltaII.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\yk51x86.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvnetbus.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nv4_mini.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\a4yiaven.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ASACPI.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\serial.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\serenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\parport.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\i8042prt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\kbdclass.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\msmpu401.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\gameenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\audstub.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rasl2tp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndistapi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndiswan.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspppoe.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspptp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\msgpc.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\psched.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ptilink.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\raspti.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Pcouffin.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdpdr.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\termdd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\swenum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\update.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mssmbios.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WmBEnum.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WmXlCore.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\NDProxy.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\NVENETFD.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\lbrtfdc.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Sfloppy.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\i2omgmt.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\klif.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Changer.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Cdaudio.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fs_Rec.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Null.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Beep.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\kbdhid.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\vga.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\mnmdd.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\DRIVERS\RDPCDD.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Msfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Npfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rasacd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ipsec.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\tcpip.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netbt.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ipnat.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\wanarp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\arp1394.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\vsdatant.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\afd.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netbios.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\processr.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\PCIDump.SYS
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\StarPort.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Fips.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\AsIO.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\hidusb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\Cdfs.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\USBSTOR.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\WmFilter.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnkipx.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnknb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ndisuio.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnkspx.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\rdbss.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxsmb.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\wdmaud.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\sysaudio.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\splitter.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\aec.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\swmidi.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\DMusic.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kmixer.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\drmkaud.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\mrxdav.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\ParVdm.SYS
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\DgiVecp.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\srv.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kmixer.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nwlnkspx.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\secdrv.sys
Did not load driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\ipnat.sys
Loaded driver \??\C:\WINDOWS\nvoclock.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\HTTP.sys
Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\kmixer.sys

 

Are the dialog boxes still corrupted? Check for video driver updates.

 

There is a newer beta. I'll try to get that. Anything in the meantime?

Yes, the dialog boxes are still corrupted.

 

Did you have all of the drives enabled when creating the bootlog? Nothing else in the meantime.

 

Yes, all drives were enabled. Any idea what could cause this corruption in the dialogs?

 

I'm thinking the corruption may be video driver related, hence my recommendation to update. I am looking for other possiblities however.

Got something else to look at too. Highlight and copy the bolded command below, including the quotes.

"%commonprogramfiles%\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe "

Click Start>Run and paste the command in the Run dialog then hit enter. It should open the System Information console. Expand Hardware Resources and select IRQs. When it populates, click File on the menu, then Export. Save it to your desktop as irqs and post the contents of that log.

 

irqs.txt

System Information report written at: 12/23/07 02:13:13
System Name: BLACKRAGE
[IRQs]

Resource Device Status
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
IRQ 9 SCSI/RAID Host Controller OK
IRQ 23 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 20 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 20 NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller OK
IRQ 20 NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator OK
IRQ 21 Realtek AC'97 Audio OK
IRQ 21 NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller OK
IRQ 14 NVIDIA nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller OK
IRQ 15 NVIDIA nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller OK
IRQ 18 M-Audio Delta 1010LT OK
IRQ 18 NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT OK
IRQ 19 Silicon Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller OK
IRQ 16 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK
IRQ 17 Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller #2 OK
IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK
IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK
IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
IRQ 10 MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device OK

 

I do recall changing my regional settings the other day but I've been trying to change those back and forth now with no change even after MANY restarts.

 

Regional settings could indeed create a problem. What did you set it to? What happens when you try to change it?

Not quite what I was expecting (actually hoping) to see on the IRQ export, but I am somewhat dumbfounded by several devices showing up on multiple IRQs. Might be normal with your drive configuration though. We'll have to get a hardware guru to look in and comment on that. Meanwhile, open the System Information console again, Hardware Resources and select Conflicts/Sharing, then export that and post it as well.

Now, I've got news that will put everyone's mind at ease - OK, it will ease the mind of those following this now very long topic

drumroll please ............... I downloaded and installed, then ran a trial version of BootlogXP, and as I suspected, I got similar results suggesting my boot process was looking for multiple operating system paths. The difference is that mine shows it looking on a storage partition ........ similarity, it's 4 drive letters away from the actual boot partition. Yours = C: and G: - 4 drive letters apart. Mine = E: and I: - again 4 drive letters apart. Or 5 drive letters, depends on how you want to look at it. Bottom line, buggy, unreliable software. Reliable, the built-in bootlogging feature of Windows. BTW, trial version has already been uninstalled too!

 

BTW Kryptic, please email me the BootlogXP you saved. I would like to study it to see at what point the xpsp2res.dll has the hang time.

 

Lets see what the registry offers for regional settings. Highlight and copy the bolded command below.

regedit /e "%userprofile%\desktop\regional.txt" "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International "

Click Start>Run and paste the command then hit enter. Post the contents of regional.txt on your desktop.

I'm going to call it a night. I'll check in on you tomorrow.

 

When I change everything seems to be ok. Except, of course, the dialog boxes.

I set everything to Trinidad, which is where I'm from. It is English so I don't see why it would cause a problem.

 

I have installed the new drivers and still have the problem. I don't think it ever was the drivers because I uninstalled the drivers, restarted, and when I came back into windows the problem was there before I installed the new drivers.

 

I tried using tweak UI and no go there.

 

Regional.txt

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"iCountry "= "1 "
"iCurrDigits "= "2 "
"iCurrency "= "0 "
"iDate "= "0 "
"iDigits "= "2 "
"iLZero "= "1 "
"iMeasure "= "1 "
"iNegCurr "= "0 "
"iTime "= "0 "
"iTLZero "= "0 "
"Locale "= "00000409 "
"s1159 "= "AM "
"s2359 "= "PM "
"sCountry "= "United States "
"sCurrency "= "$ "
"sDate "= "/ "
"sDecimal "= ". "
"sLanguage "= "ENU "
"sList "= ", "
"sLongDate "= "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy "
"sShortDate "= "M/d/yyyy "
"sThousand "= ", "
"sTime "= ": "
"sTimeFormat "= "h:mm:ss tt "
"iTimePrefix "= "0 "
"sMonDecimalSep "= ". "
"sMonThousandSep "= ", "
"iNegNumber "= "1 "
"sNativeDigits "= "0123456789 "
"NumShape "= "1 "
"iCalendarType "= "1 "
"iFirstDayOfWeek "= "6 "
"iFirstWeekOfYear "= "0 "
"sGrouping "= "3;0 "
"sMonGrouping "= "3;0 "
"sPositiveSign "=" "
"sNegativeSign "= "- "

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]
"Nation "= "244 "

 

I sent the log in your email noahdfear.

Any more ideas about these dialog boxes? I really want to clear that up.

 

Why do the above entries show more than once in the CHECK.TXT ?

And ALSO in the NTBLOG.TXT.txt.

That could well be quite a difference. Yours is looking for something on the HD that DOES exit.

His is looking for something on CDROM that apparently may not exist.

Hey Guys. I am learning here too.

BillyBob

 

They are showing twice because there are two bootups logged.
Service Pack 212 23 2007 01:00:59.375 << first line in the log

Service Pack 212 23 2007 01:10:35.375 << about half way through the log

That's actually moot, BB. As I pointed out, it's the number of drive letters and the way BootlogXP creates it's report. If you had the operating system being logged on a partition labled with the drive letter S:, the bootlog would then show processes trying to load first from W:

@ Kryptic - Thanks for the log. It's been helpful. Please open Network Connections in the control panel and disable all connections present, then reboot. Let me know if the slow boot persists.