I have recently installed Windows XP on my laptop and have applied all the
necessary Hotfixes and Service packs. However it is behaving very strangely.

When the laptop is booted, the majority of the standard services that are
set to start automatically do not start. Because one of the services that
does not start is the "Event Log" there is no record of the 'boot sequence'
and therefore no way to find out why the services are not starting.

I can manually start all the services and the machine functions correctly
after this.

I have even tried booting in "Safe Mode" and "Safe Mode with Networking", to
see if the Event Log service is started, but it is not.

I have checked the newsgroup archives and have seen a few postings on this
issue, but no solutions.

Does any one have any ideas what the problem might be? Or even suggest a
method of loging the boot process?

The list of Automatic services that do not start are as follows:
Application Management
Ati HotKey Poller
Themes
DHCP Client
DNS Client
Help and Support
Automatic Updates
Computer Browser
Cryptographic Services
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Event Log
Error Reporting Service
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
IPSEC Services
Logical Disk Manager
Print Spooler
Protected Storage
Secondary Logon
Security Accounts Manager
Security Center
Server
Shell Hardware Detection
System Event Notification
System Restore Service
Task Scheduler
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
WebClient
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
Windows Installer
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration
Workstation



Thanks,
Will

F8 safe mode , Enable Boot Logging

or use msconfig, boot options, /bootlog

"Will" wrote:

> I have recently installed Windows XP on my laptop and have applied all the
> necessary Hotfixes and Service packs. However it is behaving very strangely.
>
> When the laptop is booted, the majority of the standard services that are
> set to start automatically do not start. Because one of the services that
> does not start is the "Event Log" there is no record of the 'boot sequence'
> and therefore no way to find out why the services are not starting.
>
> I can manually start all the services and the machine functions correctly
> after this.
>
> I have even tried booting in "Safe Mode" and "Safe Mode with Networking", to
> see if the Event Log service is started, but it is not.
>
> I have checked the newsgroup archives and have seen a few postings on this
> issue, but no solutions.
>
> Does any one have any ideas what the problem might be? Or even suggest a
> method of loging the boot process?
>
> The list of Automatic services that do not start are as follows:
> Application Management
> Ati HotKey Poller
> Themes
> DHCP Client
> DNS Client
> Help and Support
> Automatic Updates
> Computer Browser
> Cryptographic Services
> Distributed Link Tracking Client
> Event Log
> Error Reporting Service
> IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
> IPSEC Services
> Logical Disk Manager
> Print Spooler
> Protected Storage
> Secondary Logon
> Security Accounts Manager
> Security Center
> Server
> Shell Hardware Detection
> System Event Notification
> System Restore Service
> Task Scheduler
> TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
> WebClient
> Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
> Windows Installer
> Windows Management Instrumentation
> Windows Time
> Wireless Zero Configuration
> Workstation
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Will

"Dixonian69" wrote:
> F8 safe mode , Enable Boot Logging
>
> or use msconfig, boot options, /bootlog
>

Thanks for your help. Although I ended up reinstalling the operating system
before seeing your email. That seemed to sort out the service problem. I
have filed away the 'information' that you provided in case I need it in the
future.

Regards,
Will

at least, it's fixed.
good luck.

"Will" wrote:

> "Dixonian69" wrote:
> > F8 safe mode , Enable Boot Logging
> >
> > or use msconfig, boot options, /bootlog
> >
>
> Thanks for your help. Although I ended up reinstalling the operating system
> before seeing your email. That seemed to sort out the service problem. I
> have filed away the 'information' that you provided in case I need it in the
> future.
>
> Regards,
> Will