My computer is a Dell Inspiron 1501 running Windows Vista Home Basic. Whenever I start the computer up, it gets to the "welcome" screen with the swirly circle thing, and then just stays there forever unless I hit ctrl+alt+del twice and start task manager. When I do that, it goes right to the desktop and boots like normal. If I don't though, it stays on the welcome screen forever. I realize that I could just hit ctrl+alt+del twice everytime I reboot, but who wants to do that?
Things I've tried:
- msconfig- disabled all non-microsoft services
- msconfig- unchecked all startup entries
- msconfig- boot- advanced options- set number of processors to 2 (was 1) and checked maximum memory and set it to 896 (was unchecked)
-Windows Updates- completely updated
-uninstalled anti-virus (AVG)
none of those things have worked so far
Any ideas?
Things I've tried:
- msconfig- disabled all non-microsoft services
- msconfig- unchecked all startup entries
- msconfig- boot- advanced options- set number of processors to 2 (was 1) and checked maximum memory and set it to 896 (was unchecked)
-Windows Updates- completely updated
-uninstalled anti-virus (AVG)
none of those things have worked so far
Any ideas?
