Hangs: Login, then pointer, then NOTHING

   Did you get the system to work in the end?  Or did you just reinstall it and some think like that.

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M2MM4M Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote M2MM4M Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Hangs: Login, then pointer, then NOTHING Posted: 02 September 2005 at 2:23pm
	Did you get the system to work in the end? Or did you just reinstall it and some think like that.
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namrehto Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 June 2005 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 3861	Post Options Post Reply Quote namrehto Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 July 2005 at 1:34pm
	Sounds rather as if Explorer is hanging, perhaps loading a shell extension. One could try selectively disabling them one at a time.

D1rtyJ00 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 June 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote D1rtyJ00 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2005 at 4:41pm
	Can you load task manager while hung? Try CTRL+SHIFT+ESC while it's hung to see if you can get task manager to load.

D1rtyJ00 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 June 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote D1rtyJ00 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2005 at 4:40pm
	From a remote system, try running PSLIST -S to see which processes are running on the system while it appears hung, if any. If one single process seems to be jamming up the works, run PSKILL to stop the process, or even PSSUSPEND. If you have the Enterprise version of The MonTools, you can use those to view filesystem and registry activity at this time as well.

gandalf2041 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote gandalf2041 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 July 2005 at 3:37pm
	Recently I have been plagued by an unusual system hang. After logging in, I can see my wallpaper and my mouse pointer but that is where the boot stops. The system will not respond to ANY input. The drives are quiet and I have waited up to 30 minutes with no change. I am forced to power off. Rebooting results in the same behavior as does logging in with different profiles. I can login via Safe Mode. The strange thing is that if I leave the computer powered off all night or all day while I'm at work, when I return, I can login just fine. My Norton AV is up to date and I have run 3 different malware scanners as well as cleaning and defragging the registry with Registry Mechanic. I am not quite sure how to go about diagnosing the problem and I thought someone here at Sysinternals might be able to help.
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