issues at start up

my computer is a hand me down so to speak but runs great most of the time the problem is when i restart it sometimes it freezes when loading windows and i have to turn it off with the button like i hate doing. sometimes itll do this several times before it loads properly. its doing this with both my hard drives. one has xp home (main drive) the other has a trial version of windows 7(secondary hard drive) this problem is a real nuisence that i need solved any suggestions?

 

k i will try that now ill post results asap

 

How old is old?

Old enough to a have a dodgey capacitor or two? Flip the lid have a look.

A motherboard of mine from about six years or so ago failed, the symptoms prior to this was it would reset seemingly randomly but always prior to loading the windows login screen, when the unit was under a heavier load.

At first only one or two times it reset, untill finally before I opened the case and had a look almost an hour an a half... it had just managed to load the login screen as i walked in the door after doing some shopping..gosh even... it was never used after this...didnt want to risk fragging the rest of the components.

L8r:wave

 

well good news is whatever i did fixed it for now

bad news idk what i did i think it was probably when i unhide and pass protected my guest account

maybe some kind of registry issue?

 

Quite possibly. Try running CCleaner on it. CCleaner is freeware available from right here at MG.com

 

i already have and wise registry cleaner and advanced system care

 

idk what i did but its working fine now