Vista - Startup problems

11-23-2007

I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going
crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly
long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and
nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer
to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the
event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were
some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that
didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may
have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup.
It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every
other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed
to load the login process, so I can't run task manager.
Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the
drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several
programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live
3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the
question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would
rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time.

11-23-2007

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:09:00 -0800, Joe
<Joe@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going
>crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly
>long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and
>nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer
>to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the
>event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were
>some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that
>didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may
>have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup.
>It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every
>other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed
>to load the login process, so I can't run task manager.
>Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the
>drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several
>programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live
>3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the
>question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would
>rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time.

How about doing a System Restore to the point just before you did the
update?

Chris

11-24-2007

I tried that, using a set point before the updates, it restarted fine, but
same issues. I tried some virus scanners online to see if that might be the
problem, since one care won't work, but I can't manage to get those to work
either. My computer also will not shutdown now, just stays at the windows is
shutting down screen for hours on end. Its just really strange to me that
this happened after I updated, since I never had anything like this before.

"Chris Blunt" wrote:

Quote:

> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:09:00 -0800, Joe
> <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

Quote:

> >I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going
> >crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly
> >long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and
> >nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer
> >to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the
> >event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were
> >some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that
> >didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may
> >have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup.
> >It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every
> >other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed
> >to load the login process, so I can't run task manager.
> >Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the
> >drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several
> >programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live
> >3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the
> >question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would
> >rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time.

>
> How about doing a System Restore to the point just before you did the
> update?
>
> Chris
>

11-26-2007

Well its not completely fixed, but uninstalling Onecare helped a lot

http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO...28910&SiteID=2

tool for uninstalling onecare completely

"Joe" wrote:

Quote:

> I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going
> crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly
> long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and
> nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer
> to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the
> event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were
> some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that
> didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may
> have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup.
> It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every
> other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed
> to load the login process, so I can't run task manager.
> Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the
> drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several
> programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live
> 3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the
> question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would
> rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time.

11-23-2007	#1 (permalink)
Joe n/a posts	Startup problems I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup. It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed to load the login process, so I can't run task manager. Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live 3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time.
My System Specs

11-23-2007	#2 (permalink)
Chris Blunt n/a posts	Re: Startup problems On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:09:00 -0800, Joe <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going >crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly >long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and >nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer >to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the >event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were >some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that >didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may >have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup. >It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every >other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed >to load the login process, so I can't run task manager. >Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the >drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several >programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live >3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the >question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would >rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time. How about doing a System Restore to the point just before you did the update? Chris
My System Specs

11-24-2007	#3 (permalink)
Joe n/a posts	Re: Startup problems I tried that, using a set point before the updates, it restarted fine, but same issues. I tried some virus scanners online to see if that might be the problem, since one care won't work, but I can't manage to get those to work either. My computer also will not shutdown now, just stays at the windows is shutting down screen for hours on end. Its just really strange to me that this happened after I updated, since I never had anything like this before. "Chris Blunt" wrote: Quote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:09:00 -0800, Joe > <Joe@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: > >I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going > >crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly > >long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and > >nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer > >to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the > >event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were > >some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that > >didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may > >have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup. > >It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every > >other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed > >to load the login process, so I can't run task manager. > >Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the > >drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several > >programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live > >3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the > >question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would > >rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time. > > How about doing a System Restore to the point just before you did the > update? > > Chris >
My System Specs

11-26-2007	#4 (permalink)
Joe n/a posts	RE: Startup problems Well its not completely fixed, but uninstalling Onecare helped a lot http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsO...28910&SiteID=2 tool for uninstalling onecare completely "Joe" wrote: Quote: > I updated windows last night, after I restarted everything started going > crazy. When I restarted I noticed that the startup was taking an exceedingly > long time, I was using 95% of my 2gb of ram. I checked task manager, and > nothing added up to 2 gb of used ram. I had to manually turn off the computer > to get it to do anything, so I restarted in safe mode. I wandered through the > event log which showed several errors with dcom 1084 and 1068. There were > some other ones that were programs specific which I uninstalled but that > didn't fix the problem. Windows won't load Live Onecare, which I suspect may > have something to do with it, and won't load most MS programs during startup. > It won't run programs such as msconfig,backup and restore,etc about every > other reboot. Occasionally when I hit ctrl-alt-delete, it tells me it failed > to load the login process, so I can't run task manager. > Now the twist. Normally for me I would just reinstall windows and wipe the > drive clean. Unfortunately my company that I work for installed several > programs on a seperate account on this computer, along with a vpn. I now live > 3000 miles from said company and erasing the programs is all but out of the > question. This is my personal computer so if I have to I will, but I would > rather exhaust all other possibilities. Thanks for your time.
My System Specs

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