ME Freezes upon startup...
 

Hello.

My problem with ME is a reoccuring one. Sometimes (not all the time), while
starting up, ill get a background colour, then before the start bar loads, it
freezes and just sits there with a blue background (my background color...
changes if i change background colour so nothing significant about blue .. :)
) and a mouse / hourglass. It will stay like this forever until I restart it,
and occationally it will freeze while running scandisk for the improper
shutdown.

I know it is software related because i used to split my hard drive with
linux's kubuntu (which although nice didnt run what i wanted so i removed
it), and It never froze. So its ive kinda ruled out my computer.

One theory I have heard is that norton antivirus 2005 may cause some
freezing, but id rather not remove my anti-virus just to find out that thats
not it and spend 2 hours redoing everything.

Any ideas as to why my computer is doing this or any confermations to the
Norton thing - along with a good antivirus / firewall to use in place of it ?

ME Freezes upon startup...
 

Norton AV 2005 like all other versions is incompatible with Win Me and can
cause countless problems. Your PC would really benefit if you were to
move to a better AV application. Alternatives abound and include both
free and paid for versions including Avast (from Atwil), AVG (from
Grisoft), Panda, Trend, Computer Associates, NOD32 and Kaspersky. I
wouldn't recommend McAfee although this has improved.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows



Red Sunrise Red wrote:

Hello.

My problem with ME is a reoccuring one. Sometimes (not all the time),
while starting up, ill get a background colour, then before the start
bar loads, it freezes and just sits there with a blue background (my
background color... changes if i change background colour so nothing
significant about blue .. :) ) and a mouse / hourglass. It will stay
like this forever until I restart it, and occationally it will freeze
while running scandisk for the improper shutdown.

I know it is software related because i used to split my hard drive
with linux's kubuntu (which although nice didnt run what i wanted so
i removed it), and It never froze. So its ive kinda ruled out my
computer.

One theory I have heard is that norton antivirus 2005 may cause some
freezing, but id rather not remove my anti-virus just to find out
that thats not it and spend 2 hours redoing everything.

Any ideas as to why my computer is doing this or any confermations to
the Norton thing - along with a good antivirus / firewall to use in
place of it ?

ME Freezes upon startup...
 

Hey,

Yeah, since my last post I have perchaced Kaspersky AV. It running great and
my computer has not frozen since, so far that seems to have solved my problem.

"Mike M" wrote:

Norton AV 2005 like all other versions is incompatible with Win Me and can
cause countless problems. Your PC would really benefit if you were to
move to a better AV application. Alternatives abound and include both
free and paid for versions including Avast (from Atwil), AVG (from
Grisoft), Panda, Trend, Computer Associates, NOD32 and Kaspersky. I
wouldn't recommend McAfee although this has improved.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows



Red Sunrise Red wrote:

Hello.

My problem with ME is a reoccuring one. Sometimes (not all the time),
while starting up, ill get a background colour, then before the start
bar loads, it freezes and just sits there with a blue background (my
background color... changes if i change background colour so nothing
significant about blue .. :) ) and a mouse / hourglass. It will stay
like this forever until I restart it, and occationally it will freeze
while running scandisk for the improper shutdown.

I know it is software related because i used to split my hard drive
with linux's kubuntu (which although nice didnt run what i wanted so
i removed it), and It never froze. So its ive kinda ruled out my
computer.

One theory I have heard is that norton antivirus 2005 may cause some
freezing, but id rather not remove my anti-virus just to find out
that thats not it and spend 2 hours redoing everything.

Any ideas as to why my computer is doing this or any confermations to
the Norton thing - along with a good antivirus / firewall to use in
place of it ?

ME Freezes upon startup...
 

Red Sunrise wrote:

Hey,

Yeah, since my last post I have perchaced Kaspersky AV. It running
great and my computer has not frozen since, so far that seems to have
solved my problem.

A very good choice and wise decision. I'm pleased to read that your
system is repaying the favour and now behaving as it should and not
freezing.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows