[oldComputerUser]

I have an older HP Omnibook 6000 upgraded to 512 of memory running XP with service pack 3, using an airlink card for wireless and Trend for security.

I tried to clean up some disk space and must have deleted something the OS needs. Here is what happens:.

(1) Plugged in, everything is perfect.

(2) When I unplug and try to go to battery, the screen/mouse/keyboard interface freezes. My airlink card stays green (active) and I can still hear some whirring sounds. The hard drive access light goes off.

(3) On battery, the system boots and runs fine in SAFE mode.

(4) When I try a normal boot unplugged, here is how far I get:
<F2> ... screen comes up -- Windows XP logo and blue "activity bar" come up, hard drive access light is working, airlink card green light comes on -- Black screen, which is usual just before the login window, but instead of login window the machine acts as in (2) above.

[Lance1]

Go into safe mode and go into msconfig and open the start up tab. What do you have in there? I would bet a lot of apps initializing on boot up. Keep only the apps you need like antivirus, firewall if there is one and any app you feel you need, but you only really need the above mentioned.