Startup hangs at "Login Window starting"

[mweyandt]

Hello,

My computer hangs on startup. It's a PowerBook 12“ G4 with 10.3.9.

First, the screen flashes black, then blue, then I get the normal startup progress bar. At the end, though, it hangs. If the ethernet cord is in, it hangs at "Waiting for network services" or something like that. If the ethernet cord is out, it hangs at "Login window starting".

The bigger problem is that my system install CDs are in the U.S., and I'm in China for the next six weeks.

What can I do?

Thanks,
Michael

[midijeep]

Try holding down the shift key when starting up. This puts you in bare minimum startup. If it works find third party applications that are trying to startup and remove them ie. accounts startup tab or in the startup folder in system folder.