Reset Issue

[ttupa]

Hi all, I'm new here but I've frequented the site, and now I have a problem. When I turn on my machine it boots up fine, and all tray icons and services will be up and running. However, when I do a software reset (say, if a program requires it), without completely turning the computer off, I encounter a problem.

The system boots fine into WinXP, and I believe all background services are accounted for. The boot time is slower, and most of the time hardly any tray icons appear. I know some of the services with icons are running, so why no icon?

This only happens when I restart, though. When I do a fresh boot after turning the system off, everything works fine and dandy.

Here is the hardware/software I'm running...

MS Windows XP SP2
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ @ 2.08 333FSB
1024mb DDR 400 RAM @ 333
ATI 9200 GFX
Shuttle AN35N U400 Mobo

I run MS Antispyware, Zone Alarm Free, broadband internet connection, and Mobo Monitor 5 as background services among others.

Let me know what else you need. Thanks in advance!

 

[LiLithTecH]

Welcome to the Forums.

Have you checked the EVENT LOG for any clues?

 

[ttupa]

I would check that, but I don't know how. Like I said, it seems to boot fine, but I know it's not. I will check the event log, if someone can tell me how. Thanks

 

[ttupa]

Well, with the absence of help I figured out how to view event logs, but that didn't lend much to the problem. I've decided it is a bug in the MS Antispyware service. It runs regardless, but that seems to be the only icon that doesn't always show up. I'll see what I can do to fix that.

I know I was running at stock speeds, but with 2 120mm fans in my case and a 92mm Zalman AlCu cooler, I decided to push open the bus a bit. A rather small overclock that makes a difference. Now my PC reads as an Athlon XP 3200+ 2200mhz with 400 bus and my ram can run at it's stock speed (400) as well. It's barely pushing 40C whereas before I got the new case/fans/cooler I was running at stock at 55 idle. I love Zalman and Arctic Silver 5

 

[Kaspian]

Welcome to the forums and since you've decided that it is a bug in ms antispyware....here have a :beer: or :wine: and dont take to many or you'll end up

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: ttupa
Hi all, I'm new here but I've frequented the site, and now I have a problem. When I turn on my machine it boots up fine, and all tray icons and services will be up and running. However, when I do a software reset (say, if a program requires it), without completely turning the computer off, I encounter a problem.

The system boots fine into WinXP, and I believe all background services are accounted for. The boot time is slower, and most of the time hardly any tray icons appear. I know some of the services with icons are running, so why no icon?

This only happens when I restart, though. When I do a fresh boot after turning the system off, everything works fine and dandy.

Here is the hardware/software I'm running...

MS Windows XP SP2
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ @ 2.08 333FSB
1024mb DDR 400 RAM @ 333
ATI 9200 GFX
Shuttle AN35N U400 Mobo

I run MS Antispyware, Zone Alarm Free, broadband internet connection, and Mobo Monitor 5 as background services among others.

Let me know what else you need. Thanks in advance!

When did it start doing this ? Did you build this system and if so, has it always exhibited this behavior ? Also, do you have the latest version of Zone Alarm installed ?

 

[ttupa]

I did build the system, and about 6 months ago I installed MS Antispyware. It hasn't displayed this type of behavior until about 4 months ago. I take great care of the hard drives/registry. I thought about trying Ad Aware, but I've read that Microsoft's is great for a free program. Being a college student, I thought that sounded like the ticket.

 

[ttupa]

ZoneAlarm version:5.5.094.000
TrueVector version:5.5.094.000
Driver version:5.5.094.000

It says it's completely up to date. I've been rock solid on virus and spyware, so I haven't seen a need for purchasing a product vs. a free one.