Red Startup Screen and Desktop

br00ksintexas · Jun 12, 2005, 01:14 PM

Last night after I got home from my sister's house, I started up my laptop and sat down to play some AmericasArmyOnline, and my startup and desktop took on a strange and unadjustable red hue. My mouse pointer was the only thing not red. It was white. The part of startup, where you're given the opportunity to enter the bios was it's usual black and white, along with the windows screen. But the screen where it says Welcome was red instead of blue. I was also getting errors regarding radlinker. Something about file .030 not found. I tried searching the web for any problems like this but didn't find any. The only thing I could think of was to do a sys. restore to my Friday's settings. LUCKILY it worked. I then proceeded to uninstall MANY new (within the last week) programs from my laptop. Among these were WindowBlinds, Rainlender and Rainmeter, Sysmetrix, and Radlinker. I also re-set the video drivers back to the ATI ones instead of the Omega ones. I'd installed them over a month ago, but with the red screen I didn't wanna take any chances.
I know this...I didn't install anything new yesterday to cause it. The only thing I did yesterday was play AAO and took my lappy to my sister's so she could watch some video disc's her husband sent her from Iraq. Question: is it possible there was a virus on one of his video discs? They were only pics, and a few short video clips, but no programs. I've run my virus scanner, and haven't found anything.
Here's all my info.......
Computer HP zx5190us
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
Motherboard Name Hewlett-Packard Pavilion zx5000 (DZ313U#ABA)
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon 9100 IGP
System Memory 1024 MB
BIOS Type Phoenix (12/15/04)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series (Omega 2.6.25a) (64 MB)
Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series (Omega 2.6.25a) (64 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 (M10/M11)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor

Multimedia
Audio Adapter ATI SB200 - AC'97 Audio Controller

Storage
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Disk Drive TOSHIBA MK8025GAS (80 GB, 4200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive TOSHIBA ODD-DVD SD-R6252
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (39926 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Alps Pointing-device
Mouse HID-compliant TrackMan Wheel

Network
Network Adapter Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g (192.168.1.50)
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Modem Agere Systems AC'97 Modem

Peripherals
USB1 Controller ATI SB200 - USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB200 - USB Controller
USB1 Controller NEC PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller NEC PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller NEC USB Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
Battery Microsoft AC Adapter
Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

Thanks in advance for any answers or help.

Jun 12, 2005, 01:14 PM	#1
br00ksintexas DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Location: Watauga, Texas (Just N. of Ft. Worth and S. of Keller) Posts: 119 Rep Power: 0	Red Startup Screen and Desktop Last night after I got home from my sister's house, I started up my laptop and sat down to play some AmericasArmyOnline, and my startup and desktop took on a strange and unadjustable red hue. My mouse pointer was the only thing not red. It was white. The part of startup, where you're given the opportunity to enter the bios was it's usual black and white, along with the windows screen. But the screen where it says Welcome was red instead of blue. I was also getting errors regarding radlinker. Something about file .030 not found. I tried searching the web for any problems like this but didn't find any. The only thing I could think of was to do a sys. restore to my Friday's settings. LUCKILY it worked. I then proceeded to uninstall MANY new (within the last week) programs from my laptop. Among these were WindowBlinds, Rainlender and Rainmeter, Sysmetrix, and Radlinker. I also re-set the video drivers back to the ATI ones instead of the Omega ones. I'd installed them over a month ago, but with the red screen I didn't wanna take any chances. I know this...I didn't install anything new yesterday to cause it. The only thing I did yesterday was play AAO and took my lappy to my sister's so she could watch some video disc's her husband sent her from Iraq. Question: is it possible there was a virus on one of his video discs? They were only pics, and a few short video clips, but no programs. I've run my virus scanner, and haven't found anything. Here's all my info....... Computer HP zx5190us Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Motherboard CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3200 MHz (16 x 200) Motherboard Name Hewlett-Packard Pavilion zx5000 (DZ313U#ABA) Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon 9100 IGP System Memory 1024 MB BIOS Type Phoenix (12/15/04) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series (Omega 2.6.25a) (64 MB) Video Adapter ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series (Omega 2.6.25a) (64 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 (M10/M11) Monitor Plug and Play Monitor Multimedia Audio Adapter ATI SB200 - AC'97 Audio Controller Storage IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller Disk Drive TOSHIBA MK8025GAS (80 GB, 4200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Optical Drive TOSHIBA ODD-DVD SD-R6252 SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (39926 MB free) Input Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Alps Pointing-device Mouse HID-compliant TrackMan Wheel Network Network Adapter Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g (192.168.1.50) Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Modem Agere Systems AC'97 Modem Peripherals USB1 Controller ATI SB200 - USB Controller USB1 Controller ATI SB200 - USB Controller USB1 Controller NEC PCI-USB Open Host Controller USB1 Controller NEC PCI-USB Open Host Controller USB2 Controller NEC USB Enhanced Host Controller USB Device Generic USB Hub USB Device USB Human Interface Device Battery Microsoft AC Adapter Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery Thanks in advance for any answers or help.