Originally posted by Nodsu
I think the first thing to do is to find out if the safe mode works.
From the safe mode, unsinstall the ZoneAlarm and Norton stuff.
Run msconfig and check for suspicious startup programs.
Create and check bootlog.txt file.
Post back if any questions.
LOL, of course, this is what I was assuming he would do!
Can you tell us what startup programs you have running?? And I also recommend what Nodsu says about creating a bootlog.txt file.
One more thing you might want to try is to run Dr. Watson in Windows. Here is a previous post about Dr. Watson:
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Author: Unknown
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http://www.computerhope.com/software/drwatson.htm
Dr. Watson is a software utility included with Microsoft Windows that is used to help detect, decode and log errors that are encountered while windows or windows programs are running.
A user can run Dr. Watson by clicking Start / Run and typing "drwatson" and clicking ok. The Windows NT and 2000 Version of Dr. Watson can be ran by click Start / Run and typing "drwtsn32". When running Dr. Watson you should see either a new task on your toolbar or on your systray indicating that Dr. Watson is running in the background. If errors are frequently occurring run Dr. Watson to help get additional information about the error.
When Dr. Watson encounters an error the error is logged under the file "drwtsn32.log" or "user.dmp" when running Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000. When running Microsoft Windows 95, 98 or ME the file is logged with a .WLG file extension and stored under the \Windows\Drwatson folder. For example 10.wlg is an example of a Dr. Watson file.
Tip: If your computer is encountering errors often load Dr. Watson into the startup folder to load the program each time the computer boots.
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