XP Home Start Up Screen - Blue Scroll??

[tina]

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Hi
I have a question and I am not even sure what I should be searching under to
find the answer.

What does it mean when the scrolling bar on the Windows XP startup page is
scrolling in blue - not in green?

I have seen this happen both on my computer and I subsequently had Windows
corrupt in such a way as to leave me no access and my neighbor's computer
which just cost her $200 to repair.

Is this a warning that something bad is going to occur very soon?

Thanks
Tina Spergel

 

[Andrew]

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"Tina" <Tina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8D8E53C-16AB-4387-947D-A6DA00F7A3CB@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> I have a question and I am not even sure what I should be searching under
> to
> find the answer.
>
> What does it mean when the scrolling bar on the Windows XP startup page is
> scrolling in blue - not in green?
>
> I have seen this happen both on my computer and I subsequently had Windows
> corrupt in such a way as to leave me no access and my neighbor's computer
> which just cost her $200 to repair.
>
> Is this a warning that something bad is going to occur very soon?
>
> Thanks
> Tina Spergel
>


I though that the change in colour only occurred after service pack 2 had
been installed. I wasn't aware that the colour indicated a problem.

Andy

 

[tina]

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I don't have service pack 2 installed - so that isn't it.
Tina

"Andrew" wrote:

>
> "Tina" <Tina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C8D8E53C-16AB-4387-947D-A6DA00F7A3CB@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> > I have a question and I am not even sure what I should be searching under
> > to
> > find the answer.
> >
> > What does it mean when the scrolling bar on the Windows XP startup page is
> > scrolling in blue - not in green?
> >
> > I have seen this happen both on my computer and I subsequently had Windows
> > corrupt in such a way as to leave me no access and my neighbor's computer
> > which just cost her $200 to repair.
> >
> > Is this a warning that something bad is going to occur very soon?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tina Spergel
> >
>
>
> I though that the change in colour only occurred after service pack 2 had
> been installed. I wasn't aware that the colour indicated a problem.
>
> Andy
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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"Tina" <Tina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I don't have service pack 2 installed - so that isn't it.
>Tina
>

In that case the change in color is more likely an indication of a
problem with your video card or monitor.

Once Windows boots up are all the colors normal?

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[tina]

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It is XP for sure. I tried a repair and it got stuck half way asking for a
file. I bought another new hard drive and installed XP (from the same CD) and
all is fine. I just need someone to access my files that are stored on the
root drive - not in windows and get the files off the drive - then it can be
reformatted and set up as a slave drive.

"Ron Martell" wrote:

> "Tina" <Tina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I don't have service pack 2 installed - so that isn't it.
> >Tina
> >
>
> In that case the change in color is more likely an indication of a
> problem with your video card or monitor.
>
> Once Windows boots up are all the colors normal?
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>