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Most stupid thing to do, but I did it... I changed ownership of all files on C:\ (and permissions also -removed SYSTEM, Users & authenticated users from all files-shame on me) and after that, I was unable to get even into win logon screen. Fortunately, I have 2 Win 7 x64 versions installed, so I...

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Every morning, when I turn on my Windows 8 computer, it freezes as soon as the Windows 8 logo starts loading. Instead of panicking, I always push the "reset" button (not the power button) on ZT, and my computer re-starts without any problems. It happens EVERY MORNING. I don't want to refresh...

After two refresh and one clean install of Windows 8 within a two-week period, my computer freezes while I'm running CCleaner. It always stops at the same file: C\User\AppData\Local\Temp\_ME149482\PyWinTypes26.dll First few minutes I can still use my computer, but after that, I cannot...

Dear Subscribers, Win 7 home premium,4 GB Ram Apparently the computer resumes from sleep but really it freezes and no input from the keys or mouse are valid---at this point only option is to reboot. Please advise. Arturo

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The PC kept on displaying the BSOD, I had to manually restart. I have attached info. Any help wold be appreciated.

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Ran Windows Update on wife's computer today (Biostar A75-MH mobo, AMD A8-3850, 8Gb DDR3-1600, 64Gb Samsung 830 SSD boot drive, Win7 x64) and upon restart it froze at 35% installing the updates. After it did nothing for 30 min I rebooted. It boots to the desktop but with an error box saying...

Asus P6T-DV2 12G RAM Windows 7X64 Have had this configuration for nearly three years and it has run fine. Then recently BSODs started. I had not knowingly made any changes. System either freezes or the monitors go black. Windows says hardware 124 error but am not convinced. I have done...

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Got another problem..my computer freezes when its being idle for more then 10-15 minutes (not sure how long, should be around that)..so basicaly when I leave the computer running for 15 minutes and doing nothing it suddenly freezes. Whatever I try to do..open task manager whatever its just...

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Hello, I am having multiple mini crash dumps paired with a blue screen and regular freezes/crashes on my computer. When I had this issue before, I posted a thread and got a reply suggesting I re-install sound and video drivers. I did that along with re-installing Skype, the program thought to...

HP laptops/AMD processors/Windows Update freezes at 12% Yesterday at work we ran into issues with 2 HP laptops freezing at 12% when doing Windows Updates. A search of the web suggested that it may have been due to several things. We found a workaround that seems to work for us: - a...

We are using Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, and when any of the users leave their workstation for any reason and are gone for more than a minute or two, the programs they were running at the time will go to "not responding" when they try to click on anything in them. They cant open new programs...

My pc was running fine last night and switched off with no problems. I woke up this morning and powered on pc, Windows booted to the start/lock screen and does nothing more. Keyboard and mouse does not respond with the keyboard num lock key lit but you can't switch it off and also there is...

Hi there, this computer is working away for surveillance purposes. It has been crashing since installation, maybe once every two days. The computer does not restart neither shuts down. It justs freezes, and happened once when I was there. I tried to turn on the display but it acted like nothing...

Hi, computer: Motherboard: P5Q SE / R Processor: Pentium dual core E3300 Memory: 2GB DDR2 dual Drive: Seagate 250 GB SATA I upgraded system with an assistant to the version Windows 8 The update was successful but the system is no longer stable. Freezes during games, web browsing, file...

My Windows Taskbar and Explorer froze upon reboot after "critical" update... Went to Microsoft site, did a Windows Verification Check, tried to download the same update from the Microsoft site and it said it wasn't a valid update for my computer??? How does that happen? Never happened...