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raccoon

(31,083 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:21 AM Aug 2012

“Saving your settings” – how come sometimes when a computer is booting up, it seems to get stuck at

this point, and I have to reboot it and THEN it boots up OK?

I work in a setting where there are computer labs, on a network with mucho software, virus protection, etc., on it, and often two or three computers out of the bunch seem to get stuck at this point. With the golf course in the background, and the “Saving your settings” message..

What gives? What does this mean?

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“Saving your settings” – how come sometimes when a computer is booting up, it seems to get stuck at (Original Post) raccoon Aug 2012 OP
Seems like an odd message for the boot up sequence. ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #1
I've no idea what the network login scripts do. nt raccoon Aug 2012 #3
How long is too long? RC Aug 2012 #2

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
1. Seems like an odd message for the boot up sequence.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:48 AM
Aug 2012

"Saving your settings" is something you would expect to see during shutdown.

Could it be "loading your settings" or "restoring your settings"?

What do your network login scripts do?

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
2. How long is too long?
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:54 AM
Aug 2012

Windows (XP at least) has quite a bit of built in error checking an fixing. It may seem it is stuck, but is going through a routine making sure things are right. I've seen XP computers finish booting after hours of seemly being stuck.
Anyway wait 20 to 30 minutes before forcing another reboot. If a particular computer seems to do this a bit often, run a disk check on the hard drive. When done, check the log for errors, especially for sector errors. This could be an indication of a bad or corrupted hard drive.

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