I have an HP Mini 1030NR with WinXP Home on it and it's doing something strange.
Every time I start it up after shutting it down, it will load XP (does a strange hurky-jerky thing with the windows graphic fade in, though...) relatively normally. Gets to the sign in screen fine after ~45 sec, which is normal. Once I type my password in, it will get to the desktop fine. Quick launch bar (which I have docked on the top of my screen) pops up...task bar pops up...desktop is there...everything appears fine...but the startup sound doesn't play. Apon further inspection, you notice the icons in the tray aren't there...you mouse down there by the clock (which is there) and get an hourglass. Same thing over the whole task bar like the thing is still loading. Programs launch from the quick launch bar without a problem usually during this weird limbo state.
How long this lasts varies. It's been doing this for quite a while now (couple months...???) and, sometimes it will last for a min, sometimes 5-10. Ctrl+alt+del doesn't do anything and the windows icon doesn't do anything during this time.
Then, when it feels like getting un-stuck, BOOM...your tray icons pop up, the sound plays and everything is normal. Computer runs perfectly fine once un-stuck.
Also, this doesn't happen when returning from hibernation. It only happens on initial boot up.
Anyone have any ideas as to what would cause this? It doesn't make sense and it's a tough thing to describe to search for.
Anyone?
Every time I start it up after shutting it down, it will load XP (does a strange hurky-jerky thing with the windows graphic fade in, though...) relatively normally. Gets to the sign in screen fine after ~45 sec, which is normal. Once I type my password in, it will get to the desktop fine. Quick launch bar (which I have docked on the top of my screen) pops up...task bar pops up...desktop is there...everything appears fine...but the startup sound doesn't play. Apon further inspection, you notice the icons in the tray aren't there...you mouse down there by the clock (which is there) and get an hourglass. Same thing over the whole task bar like the thing is still loading. Programs launch from the quick launch bar without a problem usually during this weird limbo state.
How long this lasts varies. It's been doing this for quite a while now (couple months...???) and, sometimes it will last for a min, sometimes 5-10. Ctrl+alt+del doesn't do anything and the windows icon doesn't do anything during this time.
Then, when it feels like getting un-stuck, BOOM...your tray icons pop up, the sound plays and everything is normal. Computer runs perfectly fine once un-stuck.
Also, this doesn't happen when returning from hibernation. It only happens on initial boot up.
Anyone have any ideas as to what would cause this? It doesn't make sense and it's a tough thing to describe to search for.
Anyone?