[dba-Tech] Frozen Registry - redux

One other thing that may yield clues.

CREATE A BOOT LOG FOR TROUBLESHOOTING

Problems that you're troubleshooting in Windows XP often originate in
the boot process. As such, one of your key troubleshooting techniques
should be to create a boot log. Creating such a log is a relatively easy

process.

Follow these steps:

1. Restart the system.

2. When the operating system begins to load, press [F8].

3. Select the Enable Boot Logging option from the Windows Advanced menu,

and press [Enter].

After the system restarts, launch Notepad, and open the
C:\Windows\Ntbtlog.txt file. This file contains a list of all of the
files that Windows
XP attempted to load during startup.

Every line in the file will begin with either "Loaded driver" or "Did
not load driver," which makes it easy to determine what drivers or
services
could be causing the problem. In either case, the path and filename of
the driver or service will follow.


-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada