Long time to reboot

When i reboot my sys. it goes into "Preparing your
system...this will take a few minutes" the dialogue box
shows two file folders and files flying from the left to
the right file folder. HELP PLEASE!

Have you been running with the Quack?
Are you running Norton System Quack - - errr - Doctor?
If so, then read on......

You may have up to 32,000 empty OEM*.INF files sitting in your
c:\Windows\INF folder, which prevents any program putting a legitimate *.INF
file in there (it also slow your system down to stop, trying to read them
and sort the [non-existent] contents!).
You need to DELETE all 0byte (and ONLY the 0byte) OEM*.INF files.
look here for information on how to do that , and how to prevent it
happening again (i.e. TURN OFF NORTON SYSTEM DOCTOR - unless you are
actively troubleshooting something)

The Symantec site:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...15010309&src=n

also
"Computer Stops Responding (Hangs) During Setup, Installing Updates, or
Adding New Hardware"
(http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q281967)
also
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q301540
(which contains the fix for your problem in the NOTE under the patch
description)
Phone your Local MS office, and tell them your problem quoting Q301540 -
they'll either send you the patch, or give you a one-use password, for the
cost of the call.

Good Luck


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp
"Doyle R." wrote in message
...
When i reboot my sys. it goes into "Preparing your
system...this will take a few minutes" the dialogue box
shows two file folders and files flying from the left to
the right file folder. HELP PLEASE!

Noel,
I appreciate that response;but,Norton Clean Sweep or
anything else Norton that I can tell is not on my
computer.Also, went through the OEM*.inf procedure and
there were "no" 0byte.inf files on my system. Now What do
I do. Thanx



-----Original Message-----
When i reboot my sys. it goes into "Preparing your
system...this will take a few minutes" the dialogue box
shows two file folders and files flying from the left to
the right file folder. HELP PLEASE!
.

Try this - may work

Start|Run
type
SCANREG /FIX
click OK
Windows will reboot.

See if that helps

If not......

You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp
"Doyle R." wrote in message
...
Noel,
I appreciate that response;but,Norton Clean Sweep or
anything else Norton that I can tell is not on my
computer.Also, went through the OEM*.inf procedure and
there were "no" 0byte.inf files on my system. Now What do
I do. Thanx



-----Original Message-----
When i reboot my sys. it goes into "Preparing your
system...this will take a few minutes" the dialogue box
shows two file folders and files flying from the left to
the right file folder. HELP PLEASE!
.