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Old 16th Apr 2004, 10:24
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Compaq laptop boot-up problem

I have been trying to help (on the telephone!) a friend who has just installed a Tiscali b/band modem on a Compaq laptop (W2000Pro) with Norton 2003 anti-virus.

Whilst I wait for the 'installing' husband to return, to go through the usual "did you install the drivers before etc; did you disable Norton during etc", the wife tells me she has a lockup during boot (desktop complete), with a stationary hourglass 'behind coloured (blue and turquoise) bars' as she puts it. CAD does now't and switching off is the only way out. Can anyone tell me what this indicates and whether it is a Tiscali/Windows or Norton logo? She reports Norton 'removing' a virus on first (successful) connect yesterday to Tiscali. So far unplugging and re-plugging the modem has worked, but she now reports 'another virus' on the Norton.

Any ideas?
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