System Starting in "Boot Screen" & Other Various Problems

External Since: Jun 09, 2006 Posts: 11

P.S. I forgot to answer your other question...My floppy drive is corrupted
and has been for over a year now. It's a hardware problem. I bought a new
floppy drive last year but cannot get it to fit in the slot because I bent
the metal taking the old one out. (Okay, stop laughing at me, I'm a
SHE...LOL:)

"Shani S." wrote:

> LOL...Hi Guys,
>
> Okay, where do I begin? Smile

I guess I'll start with the following:
>
> Mike, I did not realize that your advice was simpy to "disable Norton." Your
> post appeared to me as though part of the 1st sentence was missing. Also,
> since I am not a frequent visitor here, I am unfamiliar with the "tech talk"
> used; therefore, I apologize to all for any misunderstandings.
>
> Nevertheless, you and Mart are both correct. My computer is indeed booting
> to the "bios setup screen." When I start the computer, the first thing I see
> is "User Password." I simply hit "enter" because I do not have a PC password
> setup since it's not a necessity. Thereafter, the full "setup screen"
> appears, so I simply hit "ctrl, alt, delete" to reboot the computer.
>
> Sometimes after pressing "ctrl, alt, delete" the computer restart in
> "Windows Mode" and sometimes it does not. If after hitting "ctrl, alt,
> delete" several times my computer does not reboot to "windows," I then do a
> "manual reboot," which almost always takes me into the regular "windows
> startup."
>
> Nevertheless, I am very interested in what you guys said about "sticking
> keys" because I recently spilled iced coffee on my wireless keyboard and
> there are keys sticking. However, the keys that are sticking are the side
> panel number buttons.
>
> Oh my goooooooooood, I just noticed the side right panel "Zero and Period"
> keys are stuck in the "down" position. Oh geeeeeeeeeeeeeze, I'm almost
> ashamed to say that I think you guys may have solved my problem. Oh lord, let
> me unstick these keys and reboot to see what happens.
>
> <Shani walking away with tail between her legs and head hanging to the
> floor> Smile

>
> I will report back after rebooting!
>
> Thanks
>
> "Mike M" wrote:
>
> > > I have no idea what Mike advised me to do
> >
> > Perhaps you should explain what you do not understand about the statement
> > "Norton, any version, simply isn't compatible with Win Me"?
> >
> > However your subsequent post tells us that your problem has little or
> > nothing to do with Norton and even less to do with Win Me as you appear to
> > be booting to the bios setup screen for your PC rather than to an
> > operating system for which Mart has made some suggestions. Can you
> > confirm that you are pressing no keys when booting your system, for
> > example the DEL key which is often the key used to enter the bios setup
> > although other key combinations exist? The system first reads the bios
> > before attempting to load an operating system and it appears you are not
> > even getting that far.
> >
> > What do you have set as First and Second boot device? With First set as
> > your floppy drive are you able to boot to DOS using a Win Me startup
> > floppy?
> > --
> > Mike Maltby
> > mike.maltby DeleteThis @gmail.com
> >
> >
> > Shani S. <ShaniS DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Mart,
> > >
> > > Before I answer your question, first let me say that I cannot read
> > > Mike's post. Only a portion of it is being displayed, unless it's my
> > > screen. In fact, this is what I see posted from Mike:
> > >
> > > "and DISABLE Norton
> > >
> > > Enough said and therein lies the most likely cause of most if not all
> > > of your problems. Norton, any version, simply isn't compatible with
> > > Win Me and causes 20 times as many problems as any benefits or
> > > protection it might claim to offer. As long as you have Norton
> > > installed it is unlikely that anyone will be able to really help."
> >
> >

External Since: Jun 09, 2006 Posts: 11

Okee, dokee...I UNSTUCK and cleaned the "stuck" keys mentioned earlier, then
rebooted THREE times consecutively. All three times the computer properly
booted to *WINDOWS*--- YIPPY! Surprised

)

I hope this problem has been resolved, but rest assured that I'll be back if
it reoccurs. <I'm sure you're all blowing your party horns> heheheee Surprised

)

Although, I still do not understand why my *scan disk* was not running
properly since I NEVER had that problem before. I've had Norton installed for
a long time and luckily, it has never caused me any problems. Over the years,
I've had a million other problems with *ME,* but none of them had anything to
do with Norton.......Hummmmmm. I guess I'll have to run *scan disk* later to
see if it's now running properly.

Thank you all very much for the help. I will check back later to read any
replies you may post.

Sincerely,
Shani

"Shani S." wrote:

> P.S. I forgot to answer your other question...My floppy drive is corrupted
> and has been for over a year now. It's a hardware problem. I bought a new
> floppy drive last year but cannot get it to fit in the slot because I bent
> the metal taking the old one out. (Okay, stop laughing at me, I'm a
> SHE...LOL:)
>
> "Shani S." wrote:
>
> > LOL...Hi Guys,
> >
> > Okay, where do I begin? Smile

I guess I'll start with the following:
> >
> > Mike, I did not realize that your advice was simpy to "disable Norton." Your
> > post appeared to me as though part of the 1st sentence was missing. Also,
> > since I am not a frequent visitor here, I am unfamiliar with the "tech talk"
> > used; therefore, I apologize to all for any misunderstandings.
> >
> > Nevertheless, you and Mart are both correct. My computer is indeed booting
> > to the "bios setup screen." When I start the computer, the first thing I see
> > is "User Password." I simply hit "enter" because I do not have a PC password
> > setup since it's not a necessity. Thereafter, the full "setup screen"
> > appears, so I simply hit "ctrl, alt, delete" to reboot the computer.
> >
> > Sometimes after pressing "ctrl, alt, delete" the computer restart in
> > "Windows Mode" and sometimes it does not. If after hitting "ctrl, alt,
> > delete" several times my computer does not reboot to "windows," I then do a
> > "manual reboot," which almost always takes me into the regular "windows
> > startup."
> >
> > Nevertheless, I am very interested in what you guys said about "sticking
> > keys" because I recently spilled iced coffee on my wireless keyboard and
> > there are keys sticking. However, the keys that are sticking are the side
> > panel number buttons.
> >
> > Oh my goooooooooood, I just noticed the side right panel "Zero and Period"
> > keys are stuck in the "down" position. Oh geeeeeeeeeeeeeze, I'm almost
> > ashamed to say that I think you guys may have solved my problem. Oh lord, let
> > me unstick these keys and reboot to see what happens.
> >
> > <Shani walking away with tail between her legs and head hanging to the
> > floor> Smile

> >
> > I will report back after rebooting!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > "Mike M" wrote:
> >
> > > > I have no idea what Mike advised me to do
> > >
> > > Perhaps you should explain what you do not understand about the statement
> > > "Norton, any version, simply isn't compatible with Win Me"?
> > >
> > > However your subsequent post tells us that your problem has little or
> > > nothing to do with Norton and even less to do with Win Me as you appear to
> > > be booting to the bios setup screen for your PC rather than to an
> > > operating system for which Mart has made some suggestions. Can you
> > > confirm that you are pressing no keys when booting your system, for
> > > example the DEL key which is often the key used to enter the bios setup
> > > although other key combinations exist? The system first reads the bios
> > > before attempting to load an operating system and it appears you are not
> > > even getting that far.
> > >
> > > What do you have set as First and Second boot device? With First set as
> > > your floppy drive are you able to boot to DOS using a Win Me startup
> > > floppy?
> > > --
> > > Mike Maltby
> > > mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > > Shani S. <ShaniS.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Mart,
> > > >
> > > > Before I answer your question, first let me say that I cannot read
> > > > Mike's post. Only a portion of it is being displayed, unless it's my
> > > > screen. In fact, this is what I see posted from Mike:
> > > >
> > > > "and DISABLE Norton
> > > >
> > > > Enough said and therein lies the most likely cause of most if not all
> > > > of your problems. Norton, any version, simply isn't compatible with
> > > > Win Me and causes 20 times as many problems as any benefits or
> > > > protection it might claim to offer. As long as you have Norton
> > > > installed it is unlikely that anyone will be able to really help."
> > >
> > >