Lazerus Computer

**skippoh** · July 25th, 2008, 06:07 PM

Hp Pavillion will boot to blank desktop then go direct to shutdown. I have redone this computer three times. Twice I was able to bring it back with the HP System Recover. That lasted 2/3 days. Now it wont do that. I redid it with the XP repair option - that lasted one day
The data is still there, as I have networked and downloaded updates and programs to a download directory and they are still there when I ressurect this Lazerus machine. All the icons for the new programs are there and they work.
It will boot to the user screen - choose owner, it will then "load your personal settings" then it will boot to a blank desktop, then immediatly shut down.
I have installed and run: AVG2008 with the updates - no viruses found
Spybot Search and Destroy - nothing found
Ad-Aware - nothing found
I have a Hijackthis file - I couldnt find anything, but that could be me.
What could be causing this? A hardware problem? A software problem?
Hoping you can help.

**Ferrit** · July 25th, 2008, 06:39 PM

Well to start since you reloaded a few times and it did it again.
That almost screams hardware issue.
Since its an HP I would look at the harddrive right off. They used a number of maxtors.Download maxtors testing software and test it.
You might also test the memory while you are at it.
www.goldmemory.cz

**NooNoo** · July 25th, 2008, 07:24 PM

You might want to check the event viewer as well...

**skippoh** · July 25th, 2008, 08:08 PM

Ok NooNoo ya got me
Whats the event viewer and how do I check it?

**skippoh** · July 26th, 2008, 09:27 AM

Which ones should I be looking at and what would I be looking for? The unit does not start, so I will have to go in from the repair option.
The question is - why would it boot to a blank desktop and then to shutdown.