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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2005 00:09:17 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: bootup stalls, reboot works

In <20050503191930-29287-7@scoug.com>, on 05/03/05
at 07:19 PM, Benedict G. Archer said:

>Bootup progresses normally through loading the desktop background and
>running startup.cmd at which point it sits there with a diamond,
>clockface cursor. After about 1 minute, a few seconds of HD activity
>occurs, but nothing more--ever. If I then CAD to inititate a reboot,
>bootup completes normally--the desktop is populated immediately after
>startup.cmd runs.

I guess it's possible some script run from your start up folder is
hanging. If you have cadh and top installed, you should be able to track
it down.

Another option is to empty the startup folder and set if any of these
objects are hanging.

Regards,

Steven

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