I'm unable to restart WinXP after about 1hr shutdown I get an error(mutiple) or I have to USE last known good config. to restart. It will restart just fine if I restart within approx. an hour of the last shutdown. It's like it lost my setting to restart. Please help!

Davedbrown39..... What error mesage do you get ?
When did this start .......?
When you do a normal shutdown ....do you see the meesage ....your settings are being saved ?
Is there anything else unusual about the way the computer is working ?

dl65  Maybe you could give us a little info about the machine, make/model, drives, RAM, video setup, operating system, etc. and what HAPPENED prior to this problem. I assume it has not always been this way.How old is the computer? Have you ever changed the CMOS battery?Little response to post/and what was it a LAPTOP?Maybe he'll be back.......Maybe he won't.Wait....i hear footsteps.....

patio. Do you here the foot steps.
My system is a ECS board for my tualatin CPU 1.2GHz
512mb ram, new P4 power supply, new CMOS battery,
GEFORCE 3 Ti450 vid card, 20gig WD HD.

It is very strange what it does I only get error messages once in a while. When I do they SEEM to be driver related but I have never been able to narrow it down. I have tried driver verifier but no help and yes at shutdown it does state my settings are being saved. I'm lost as to what to do. Any help would be great.

Dave dbrown39.......  Could you please provide answers to these questions ?  
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What error mesage do you get ?

When you do a normal shutdown ....do you see the message ....your settings are being saved ?