Computer will not load past welcome screen [Solved]

I am having the same issue, with a DELL optiplex gx620. The computer can boot up to the log-in screen and then when I hit "ctrl alt del" to log in, the keyboard does not respond. I try num lock and other keys and get nothing. Windows was updated two days ago. The maching is never really dormant - except on weekends.

Has anyone found a fix for this that doesn't require re-installing windows?

go to google type in ur windows version and crack download put on flash drive boot ur comp in safe mod no networking insert the flash drive simple as pie i just did it twice on 2 sep computers both xp =)

my laptop loads the operating system vista but it does not display windows and the desktop

my dad fixed my computer... buuuut i know you have to check the bluetooth on the side of the laptop and make sure its blue, then make sure its plugged in, the security is okay and ur password hasnt expired.

My laptop has done the same thing. It's an Acer. Although it seems you cannot fix it, just try booting with safe mode every day for 3 weeks and that's what helped mine. :) Hoped it helped!

Borrow a CD of your computer's system, of have someone reformat it and to make a cd of the system to have in the future. If you have the athondication key code, you can have a cd made, and offer to pay for it, it should not cost you much.
That is so that you can reformat next time you get problems, as they charge a lot to do it professionaly, it it happens often as it does with me.

Most times, it is a hicap which you may need to reformat to get rid of.
It is hard to know what the problem is unless you have the computer in front of you and try a number of different things.
I hope you have fixed it by now.

On windows XP ... First make sure you know the drive where you installed your windows XP (for example c:) : I name it "Yourdrive".
If you have 2 operating systems installed, you can work from in the O.S. system that works well, if not try to work in save mode by pressing the f8 key at start-up.

When you're logged in:
Go to run ... type cmd ... enter ... type chkdsk "Yourdrive": /f /r

When you don't have 2 operating systems installed, wait till all is finished.
Whith one operating system installed, your computer will have to restart because it can not make the changes whithout having a restart.

Hope this will help you all.

Happy greetings
Jeff

I think that it is no use to fix it, i have the same problem and i am tired of it... so i think you just should blow it up

I had the same problem....couldn't get past the start up screen....keyboard wouldn't work...couldn't get into safe mode, etc. etc.

Finally just took it in to be serviced since nothing I tried worked.

Assumed it was going to be a virus/mal ware/spy ware related....

As it turns out : A faulty RAM chip, only worked intermittently.

Maybe this will help someone else?

On windows XP ... First make sure you know the drive where you installed your windows XP (for example c:) : I name it "Yourdrive".
If you have 2 operating systems installed, you can work from in the O.S. system that works well, if not try to work in save mode by pressing the f8 key at start-up.

When you're logged in:
Go to run ... type cmd ... enter ... type chkdsk "Yourdrive": /f /r
Press the "enter" key
When you have 2 operating systems installed, wait till all is finished.
Whith one operating system installed, your computer will have to restart because it can not make the changes whithout having a restart.

Hope this will help you all.

For those who cannot go in safe mode

To enter Recovery Console in Windows XP, you will need to boot from the Windows XP CD.

1. Watch for a Press any key to boot from CD... message similar to the one shown above.

2. Press a key to force the computer to boot from the Windows CD. If you do not press a key, your PC will continue to boot to the Windows XP installation that's currently installed on your hard drive. If this happens, simply reboot and try to boot to the Windows XP CD again.
How to Enter Windows XP Recovery Console

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/rconsole.htm

The Recovery Console can be an indispensable diagnostic tool when your Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003 based computer suffers from certain major problems.

A number of commands are available within Recovery Console, some of them exclusive to the tool. When used, these commands can do things as simple as copying a file from one place to another or as complicated as repairing the master boot record after a major virus attack.

Chkdsk
The chkdsk command, often referred to as "check disk", is used to identify, and often times correct, certain hard drive errors.

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/tp/recovery_console_commands.htm

Happy greetings,
Jeff

I would love to just reinstall windows, however I do not have the disk, I have the key, just not the disk.

I was told by my kids that the computer was not working well before the last time we used it in June. So I guess this is a long time problem (its the kids internet computer)

Any other suggestions?

when i turn ob my computer all i get is a orange screen with start on left side and icons on the right. no icons appear on the opening page ? please help. i have tried every thing suggested except throwing it out the window. please respond asap.thank you

at FIrst u have to do "change the motherboard battery".
or remove the battery and after half an hour reinsert in the same locatiion.
this is the utlimate solution

Chances are its a simple mistake like the time and date is incorrect, i have had this problem on several other computers i have seen. Best thing to do is...

Boot into Safe Mode when the computer gets passed the Bios press F8
Boot into safe mode, the computer should boot up as normal asking which account you would like
to login to [USERS] or Admin
Login to the user as your normally would, check the date is correct if not adjust accordingly.

Restart the computer, and it should be working.

my mom is having a similar problem with her computer. she just recently got it from my grandmother and its an older comp. its worked slow but decently for years now. She got it and downloaded internet explorer 8 onto it and once she rebooted it, it wont go past the start-up screen. she has a disc to reformat it and the key but the computer wont turn the disc at all. and she cant get it to do anything. anyone know what she could do? would be awesome if we could get the comp to work seeing as she doesnt have the money to get a new one.

I had a similar problem. My computer my power cord came undone whilst i was logged on and when I restarted the computer after 2 weeks holiday it did not load past the logon page. (mouse not moving and keyboard inactive)

I removed the motherboard battery for a few minutes and put it back in. This fixed the issue.

best of luck to you all

My fiance's computer got a virus. So I ran a sweep and it found some very harmful stuff. It kept popping up with svchost.exe error 0x7d4caa9b throughout the entire process. After trying to restart the computer I did get a start key in the bottom but it would not go to anything. Now it has gone pass the welcome screen and nothing. Just the background pic of the dog. No start screen no icons nothing. Any suggestions!

this happened too me this morning after i put a digtial cam driver disc in, it installed and then asked me to restart pc, so i clicked the ok button to restart, and it didnt even get pass log in, it takes me to the option of load safe mode etc, which i can move arrows, however it dont load in any mode at all.

last time i had a funny problem like this was when windows did a auto update and screwed my system up a few months back it took 4 days to iron out no idea how it was fixed last time,(problem was video card update driver didnt like new windows update)i was able to get into safe mode, and try a FEW THINGS OUT BUT NOT THIS PROBLEM ATM.

on a side note i havnt used the desk top pc as much the last 3 weeks only been using the laptop in bed after long shift work.

ill try the battery tomorrow, only things i tired so far are which loading options to rom from hd and back to hd, no luck, even tired removing plugs to all hardware no luck,

i beleive in my case adding the driver for my cam screwed the pc up and removed some windows data, who knows.

My problem was caused by the anti-virus i was using finding a 'false positive' and moving the windows logon file into quarrantine. Without this file in the correct location it was unable to login after a reboot.

I remove the drive and plugged it into another pc as a slave HDD that was also running XP.

C:\windows\system32 folder should have a file called USERINIT. This is the file that had been quarrantined by the anti virus.

Copy if from the 'good' pc intoi the same location on your HDD and then put it the HDD back in your pc. Your problem should be fixed.

It will have had nothing to do with installing your camera software, except that it forced a reboot and this file was missing.

Good luck

after many many days, i thought stuff it ill reinstall windows over it(and thought i would lose all my stuff) after trying so many things that never worked, i found that in the end i installed windows XP to get it working again, plus i still have all my data and games and all the other jazz intact,

once windows finally booted up after i installed windows xp, i found a dos screen saying boot virsus, atm, im backing up a few things in case, i will look into the system 32 for the USERINIT. file, to see if its been rewriten,

recap of what was going on for me,
when i turn pc on it greeted me with safe mode and the other 3 modes, which i could select however it would NEVER boot them at all.then it would go to NO SIGNAL, which i thought my massive video card was fried, not the case.woot.

things i tired b4 the fianlly reinstall,
in dos load up boot from CD rom, boot from HD, tired this like 15 times lol.
tired recovery in ez flash, also tired recovery in windows disc. a few times.
i even unpluged hardware like video card, harddrive, dvd drives
slapped the computer and yelled at it some more.

so dont do a flesh install just reinstall over your current windows, to do this, first go to DOS, and select boot from CD rom dvd rom, save settings F10, place in windows XP disc, the next time to turn pc on or after u get failed login it shhould load from the ROM drive and u will get options, windows should start running on the bottom of the screen dont do any thing untill its run its course, takes under 3 mins, then u will get a new screen then just install windows,takes another 30 mins this part,

hope this helps u out , sorry about the grammer and spelling errors,