If the machine is giving up during boot up, it is most likely a driver
problem. It is time to do a system restore with that disk you made when you
first got it or was supplied with it. As the previous poster advised, it is
probably a video driver that was installed as an update. If you can get the
machine to boot, do a system restore to a restore point before that update.
If it won't start windows, you'll probably have to do a Windows restore for
the disks above. Good luck.
"Stanor" <Stanor@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:652F37A9-08C9-4B83-80CA-D63258F3B0C8@xxxxxx
Quote:
> What happens when I boot up the computer again it automatically goes into
> sleep mode while it is booting up. I just then have a blank screen. My
> computer is a Dell ACPI x86-based PC with the Vista Home Premium with an
> Inspiron 530 hard drive. As far as I know I have all the updates from
> Windows
> Update - this is a brand new computer, about 3 months old
>
>
> "Barb Bowman" wrote:
> Quote:
>> what do you mean "booting up the computer again doesn't always solve
>> the problem"? what exactly happens? what do you see? what errors are
>> in the event log? what kind of computer? what video card and do you
>> have the latest drivers for it? do you have all the updates from
>> Windows Update?
>>
>> On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:13:03 -0800, Stanor
>> <Stanor@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Quote:
>> >Stanor - I have a worse problem with the sleep mode. The computer puts
>> >itself
>> >into sleep mode if I don't touch it for about 30 seconds, and then it is
>> >almost impossible to get it to come out of sleep mode whatever I do.
>> >Even
>> >booting up the computer again doesn't always solve the problem. Any
>> >suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>> >
>> >> also, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649 which seems to be
>> >> fixing lots of misc. problems.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:01:01 -0700, jhackp3b8
>> >> <jhackp3b8@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >My problem is that when my computer goes into sleep mode, once it is
>> >> >wakened,
>> >> >I have to restart the computer in order to reconnect to the internet.
>> >> >If I
>> >> >don't the network says "identifying NETGEAR (my home network)" and
>> >> >under
>> >> >Access: it says Local only instead of Local and Internet. I tried
>> >> >doing the
>> >> >power options thing, but my computer was already set to the option
>> >> >suggested.
>> >> >I also tried the command prompt thing, but I have no idea what it
>> >> >means or
>> >> >what I should do about it. It is incredibly inconvenient to restart
>> >> >the whole
>> >> >system in order to regain internet connectivity with my network. The
>> >> >only
>> >> >thing I can think of is resetting the sleep options so that either
>> >> >it
>> >> >doesn't sleep or to set the timer to a much higher time. That's ok if
>> >> >it's
>> >> >plugged in, but if I'm using the battery that option will eventually
>> >> >kill the
>> >> >battery life. Please help...
>> >> >
>> >> >"BuzzLightyear" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> To make Windows go to sleep mode correctly I have to disable the
>> >> >> option to
>> >> >> wake up the system with the keyboard, otherwise it goes to sleep
>> >> >> mode but
>> >> >> suddenly restarts. Also, after restoring from sleep mode, network
>> >> >> connectivity doesn't work and using Network diagnosis I have to
>> >> >> restore LAN
>> >> >> settings
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Barb Bowman
>> >> MS Windows-MVP
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> >> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>> >> >> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>