startup problem

[higelh]

hi all,i am having a problem at startup,when i start my laptop it boots up normally passed the logon screen then i get a message that i have no paging file or that the paging file is to small, it also tells me how to create or change the settings, then when i click ok the message disappears and all i have got is a blank pink screen, ithen have to press ctrl,alt, delete to open programs, i am running windows 2000, can anyone help,thanks nigel.

 

[zoomtm]

before the windows 2000 boot screen shows up, hit f8, and select use last good configuration.

 

[higelh]

hi, sorry its been so long to reply but i'm having to use someone else's pc now,anyway i have tried that but still the same,i've tried all the options on the f8 screen, all come back to a blank screen,i have been able to get to the desktop by pressing ctrl,alt delete then open program then right click c drive and then the desktop appears as normal and everything works normally,once this opens i do get an error message about "idlist" if that helps,
thanks
nigel.