xp hangs at startup

[aaggie_john]

windows xp hangs at start up
this happens because of a start up entry called nvcpl.dll when it unchecked from start up entry at msconfig no problem
but it automatically starts after a reboot again anyway to stop it from starting with windows
I search a lot no solution found

[Chewie]

That's part of nVidia drivers. Try getting the latest from their site.

[db_la_23]

format windows and reinstall ur drivers

[peat moss]

format windows and reinstall ur drivers

That's bad advice , only for the reason a lot of new members just found us and may not know how to do that . Keeping in mind that they probably don't have mobo drivers on the disk or may have a partition that they have no clue what it does .

You and I would not have a problem but look at the o/p stats and you get the drift . :)



Example if you look at Chewie's suggestion , and a link here it makes sence .

" NvCpl.dll - This is loaded as a startup item. This loads the Nvidia Control Panel which is where you can tweak a ton of settings and overclock your card. Without this your drivers will be rather messed up and may or may not work properly. "




http://process.networktechs.com/NvCpl.dll.php

[db_la_23]

r go to safe mode and reinstall ur drivers

[saulin]

Reinstall your video drivers?

[db_la_23]

ya its the best option

[aaggie_john]

I tried driver re install also ,have asus 7200gs graphics card
also try to clear prefetch and rebuild using command-
rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
nothing works
only way to enter into is pressing crl alt del and log off the user account then login again
think its not virus since I reformatted only 3 days ago
only startup appz is hotkeyp (tried uncheck this also)

[nisarga]

Is it giving any error msg..When xp stat's

[KiNdZiUs]

have you tried uninstall nvidia drivers then restart PC ? Does it react unproper ? Have you tried reinstall drivers from NVIDIA website not from ASUS, if you believe that's the that nvidia dll file problem ?

[aaggie_john]

have you tried uninstall nvidia drivers then restart PC ? Does it react unproper ? Have you tried reinstall drivers from NVIDIA website not from ASUS, if you believe that's the that nvidia dll file problem ?
thanks for everyone's help
at last I figure out it is the norton ghost which causing problem
I tried disable the non essential services at startup one by one and find it was norton service.and not the startup applications

[kooftspc11]

does it hang to the right or to the left?