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Hi I've posted about issues I've had with my sound not starting, and my printer not printing and I've had a few other issues I haven't posted about. Well I think I've found the cause of at least some of them. I noticed that when I reboot the computer the start sound plays but when I boot the...

I cannot access the BIOS of my laptop using any function button. When I remove the hard drive and thereby force the system to enter the BIOS I noticed an exclamation mark before boot menu in the boot order list. Since the ! stands for inaccessible hardware i assume there are some problems with...

I Just found and tried this, it's so simple and works great. No need to change it in BIOS and reinstall OS or do the regedit method. To change IDE/SATA mode to AHCI from with in windows. Run msconfig (right click far left bottom corner of desktop then left click run, type msconfig). Click...

Hi everyone. For a long while now my computer freezes completely when left unattended. All the while it is being used, it's fine and I can use it continually to do resource intense tasks as well as less demanding tasks without issue. BUT, the moment to step away to make a cuppa... come back and...

Whenever I shut down or reboot Windows7 I get a message that Windows is applying update 9 of 13, but the "update" never gets "applied" and Windows7 just hangs supposedly trying to apply it. Yet when I subsequently boot into Windows7 and look a Windows Update there are no important updates...

When I hit the "F2" key to boot, it is forever stuck at the initializing system diagnostics screen. I tried running it in safe mode as well. Am I going about this wrong? Can I change the SATA settings in a different boot menu? I'm running the newest update of Windows 8, HP pavilion envy dv7 8 GB...

My Vista OS on Dell 1525 cycles to "Windows Error Recovery" no matter what changes or selections are made; in Boot selection or Set Up. I cannot get to the reinstalling disk. It's dead in the water. HELP Underwire

Awhile ago I had a booting issue. Finally got to a point where my PC would boot, but noticed I totally 'lost' 1 of 3 1TB SATA drives I have installed PLUS a partition on my C drive is gone. About 1 week or two ago there were several updates to install. After rebooting my drive and partition...

This is more of a cosmetic question than a "I seriously need help" one. Nevertheless, I appreciate any insight your may be able to offer about the nature of this issue. When Win 7 is first booting one ordinarily sees the 4-color animated "flower". However, recently the gui animation during this...

A friend of mine lost the Master Boot Record off his Dell Inspiron laptop, can it be recovered & if so how, its his business comp & has important stuff on it ?

I was doing a full system restore when the power went out. I booted up my computer again and was greeted by the above message, and it doesn't let me progress further.

Hello, I'm trying to disable UEFI on my computer. I did this on some other PC's and it all worked out fine, but I got stuck with this one. The BIOS does have a "secure boot", "fast boot", and "quiet boot" option, but even when I disabled them all I could still only boot into windows 8 (I'm...

i have a hp pavalion 500 pc series. Model No H6U60AA#ABL So i left my computer on and i went somewere but when i came back there was programs open and a lot of error messages but there was no one in the house.I had norton on. I could not ctrl alt delete or shutdown or do anything. So i holded...

I am using Windows 8.1 on a laptop. When Windows was first installed, it would boot up to the tile view. Since I would switch over to the traditional desktop, at some point Windows started booting up to the traditional desktop. How do I return to the tile view from the traditional desktop...

I hope this is the right forum but I think my error is fairly generic across all the windows OS's. I have found myself is a fairly irritating position. My SBS 2008 server has failed and causing me a whole lot of pain in the process. There was a fairly comprehensive backup plan in place...

so, i built my computer yesterday. when i tried to install windows 8 this morning, i got stuck on a loop. it says that there was an unexpected error and it needs to restart, because when it boots up...after about 15 seconds, my computer restarts (in like 3 seconds) thus causing this? im not sure...

I am experiencing a "Windows failed to start" error (0xc0000225) and cannot even start windows or run safe mode (f9). Plus I didn't have the installation discs. I have tried EasyRE via both CD and USB but both result in the same problem. When I actually try to perform an 'Automated Repair' on...

Traductor de Google: http://translate.google.es/m/translate Nota: si no puedo hablar en español en este foro lo siento Mi problema: Bueno yo estaba en w8 y pues me canse de estar en el y decidi instalar el w7 que es el SO original de mi ordenador, como no encontraba el disco original tube que...

I literally have no clue why or how did this happen. One day, I got home and boot up my laptop to finish a project for school. Then, while the Windows boot screen was loading, it suddenly flashed the BSOD and rebooted. I am quite experienced with these kind of problems. Sometimes, an error like...

I'd like to understand how a normal boot displays running Windows 7. Is there a period where the screen is basically black between the "Starting Windows" logo and the login screen? I typically get a black screen for up to 10 seconds prior to logging in. I did discover yesterday that the Event...