i'm going to see if it's a heat issue first. although i agree this is unlikely. however, my case is an HTPC case and it is in a snug fit. but if the system has been turned off for hours and hours, it should at least boot up. and i was able to use it for several weeks without any issues at all...
here's some more info. - the automatic repair of a broken boot that is available in windows 7 did not work. it told me it could not be repaired automatically - i made a system image several days ago; the problem was still occuring occasionally then, but i made a backup while i could. when i...
i am currently unable to boot into safe mode, but if i can get the sucker to boot up (i was unable to last night or this morning after several dozen tries), i will post it.
okay, time to air out more frusturation. unplugging it from the wall did work a few weeks ago when i had this problem. however, i've since had this problem several more times. today, i came home from work and saw the error. this was odd, because my computer shouldnt have rebooted, but clearly...
for what it's worth, when i came home last night, i unplugged my system from the wall again, fired it up, and it booted. if i have more problems, i will let you guys know. thanks for the suggestions/help!
I've bene using Win7 x64 RC (7100) for several weeks now without any problems. This morning while renaming some files in Windows Explorer, Explorer locked up, and I couldn't close Firefox either. Couldn't ctrl/alt/del either. As I was about to just reset the system using the power button, I got...
ont he C drive, i can only create folders on the C drive. the other options, like shortcut, microsoft word file, WinRAR archive, etc, etc are all gone. is there a way to restore this broken shell integration?
For what it's worth, this did not work for me. I went through it saved it, logged off and logged back on and it was still there. Then I tried to edit it again and it asked me if I wanted to compile it or save it, and I did it, and the save failed.
I recently installed Windows 7 RC1 x64 from the download Microsoft had been providing. I have many questions about it as a new user to Windows 7 and am curious if there are solutions to these, or if they are known bugs. Also, some questions are more general in nature. 1) Sometimes while using...