TSGL: Laptops - strange reboot changes

[jonpan]

Thanks, Ron. In this case, Windows starts, but it is as though no changes 
had ever been saved in the registry. However, System Restore brings back all 
the settings - in other words, it looks as though it is using another 
registry. Where is it coming from and why is it being used when the 
batteries run down? I'm going to use Everest to check the status of the CMOS 
first and then study the BIOS.

Cheers,

John
Od/G

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Brunton" <rbrunton at accesswave.ca>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Laptops - strange reboot changes


The CMOS stores information like the HD configuration and other BIOS
settings and the system time. So before starting Windows the system would
have to reconfigure itself with or without a little help from you. Once
Windows starts, Windows' system settings are stored in the registry and this
is unaffected by the CMOS status. However, if there was a conflict between
the hardware configuration expected by Windows and the way the system was
reconfigured at start-up, there might be some system instability.

HTH

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of jonpan
Sent: May-04-08 4:57 AM
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Subject: Re: TSGL: Laptops - strange reboot changes

Reporting in:

In the meantime, I have found that as long as the laptop remains connected
to the mains supply there is no problem. That leaves me with some more
questions.

If the CMOS battery is weak and the main rechargeable runs down, would all
the settings disappear, but the system reboot to virgin XP when connected to

the mains?
If the CMOS is good and the main battery runs down, does such a system lose
its settings but still reboot when plugged in?

Thanks for any ideas.

John
Od/G


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
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Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Laptops - strange reboot changes


John,

hopefully others will come and offer better ideas, here's waht comes to my
mind ...

Have you looked at your boot.ini file? From my understanding it *could* have
been changed/overwritten (how? no idea)

Either open it in notepad from your C: drive, or from Start | Run by
executing msconfig. Look at the boot.ini Tab there, you can even check the
paths and anyway have a look at the contents of that file.

Under msconfig you should also check system.ini + win.ini for maybe
*injected* elements that could cause this behavior. And of course - also
look at what is under the systemstart (Systemstart) Tab.

Good luck
Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonpan" <jonpan at onlinehome.de>
To: "ListTSG" <List at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:21 PM
Subject: TSGL: Laptops


> Hi all,
>
> I recently bought a used HP laptop with XP SP2. I partitioned the
> relatively small HDD into C and D with the OS on C: and installed several
> programmes I needed to D: Now, after a while, when I re-start it boots to
> the original XP ("take the tour") and all my changes have disappeared.
>
> A System Restore does bring everything back.
>
> Is it possible that this is caused by a weak rechargeable or the CMOS
> battery?
> Any experiences of this or other ideas? I usually pull the mains plug when
> I leave it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
> Od/G


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