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Windows 8 Windows Freezing On Start Up
Hi, I have a big problem getting my Alienware MX14 to work with Windows. A few days ago, Windows forced me to upgrade to 8.1 which I did and it was working fine… then shut down my computer that night and booted it up the next day and it would freeze at the login screen every time, no matter...- justins8
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- 8.1 alienware backup error freezing hardware issues laptop login repair reset safe mode setup startup tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows windows refresh work
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 WMP12 hangs when I choose Close Captions at DVD Playback
I am using a Dell Dimension 3100 with an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz with 2GB RAM. Also, I am running Windows 7. I am currently using WMP 12 to play DVDs and AnyDVD to help Iplay DVDs I buy when travelling. Recently, in England, I just bought a Star Trek: First Contact DVD. When I put it in my...- RobertX
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- anydvd closed captions compatibility dell dimension dvd playback error diagnosis freezing memory issues old hardware pentium performance software issues star trek system freeze troubleshooting user experience video playback window resizing windows 7 wmp
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Webcam Chat Typing Delays on Windows 7: Need Help Troubleshooting
Hi All, I hope this is the correct forum to post this question. I have a Windows 7 computer. I use Internet explorer browser. I am on webcam video website chatting to my friend. For whatever reason, when I go to type it freezes. I push the button hard on my keyboard but I have to wait an...- Nark
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- add-ons browser issues community advice flash player freezing input delay internet explorer keyboard latency performance software conflict system hang tech support troubleshooting typing update user experience video chat webcam windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Bsod only if playing a game
when i play a game 1-2 minuts, then my computer start freezing and my video card crash or BSOD come out. i don't know when that started to happen, i have a "screen" of the errors. thanks! thanks for your help, and sorry for bad grammar.- dead2
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- bsod computer issues crash dump error error screen freezing game crashes gaming graphics card graphics driver hardware issues help request performance system error system stability tech support troubleshooting windows 10 windows issues
- Replies: 56
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Problem With My Mouse
I have a problem with my mouse it keeps freezing up on me, I have to do the 3 finger salute (ctrl+alt+delete) and then sometimes the mouse will work again but most times it does not work. I have uninstalled the mouse- did not work. I even reinstalled the os and that did not work either, now I'm...- DTCZSR
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- compatibility consumer electronics control cursor drivers freezing hardware input devices mouse performance reinstall support system restore troubleshooting ultimate update usb windows 7
- Replies: 33
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Start Menu does not work after Windows 10 Upgrade
I upgraded from Windows 7 Home Premium to windows 10 but i have noticed i can no longer use the start menu. Also if i right click on any file in a folder or on desktop everything freezes. When i access the task manager that also freezes with a not responding in brackets at the top. How can i get...- Check Western
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- 8gb ram acer freezing i5 2300 intel hd task manager troubleshooting upgrade windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 SSD Corruption on AMD FM2 Platform
Greetings, I am experiencing an issue with Windows 10 since my upgrade. Just a little info first: I installed Win10 cleanly (I kept nothing from Win 8.1) The SSD is a Samsung 840 EVO, set up as a GPT volume, and it is not my OS drive. I use it as my game installation location. The issue...- riesscar
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- 840 evo amd asus catalyst control center chipset drivers corruption device reset event log f2a85-m pro freezing game installation gpt mbr samsung secure erase ssd support upgrade windows 10
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Upgraded to Windows 10. Nothing is working, Everything is wrong.
Okay, as the title says, I upgraded. But there's a problem: Nothing on this OS seems to be working. Explorer.exe constantly crashes, and a couple of hours ago, the computer itself just froze entirely, with me not even able to do ANYTHING. I fixed the freezing by updating my graphics drivers...- RetroRampage
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- black screen blue screen computer issues crash critical process error explorer freezing graphics driver icons performance slow pc support task manager troubleshooting upgrade windows 10
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Laptop Freezing on Startup
Hi, I've a Dell XPS L501X laptop running windows 7. My laptop freezes every time on startup and the only way to stop it from freezing is to go into windows mobility centre right as you get to the desktop and turn wireless off. If wireless connectivity is already turned off it starts up fine...- Thomas Conway
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- antimalware blue screen college connectivity dell disk cleanup drivers freezing gaussian03 irql_not_less_or_equal issues laptop network repair startup troubleshooting update windows 10 windows 7 wireless
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 having trouble with downloading
I noticed this a few weeks ago. When I start Photoshop, the computer loads for a few moments but the program itself would not load. I decided to uninstall then reinstall Photoshop. When I tried to install it again, everything seemed to work fine until the computer asks me if I would like to let...- Devon Z
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- community support desktop download issues download speed freezing gimp help request installation performance photoshop pixlr program management reinstall software system behavior troubleshooting uninstall user experience windows 8.1
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Crash after crash. Windows 7 was updated 10/03/2015 and now it freezes when using IE
The cursor turns into a blue circle and just freezes. The only solution is to restart. Only seems to happen with net content. Any ideas?- Ashdowner
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- blue circle crash freezing internet explorer net content restart troubleshooting update windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows explorer glitch
Every 60 seconds or so, I am seeing a flickering in File Manager, and it freezes momentaraly. I suspect it is a video driver problem and am running the latest driver for my nVidia GTX 460 Is anyone else experiencing this ?- TamPepper
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- explorer file management flickering freezing glitch graphics driver gtx 460 nvidia troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Unresponsive Windows after 5 - 10 minutes
I recently has a problem with the stuck on 'starting windows' but solved it by reinstalling my anti-virus software. After this was solved , I encountered another problem in which after I use windows or any other application on my desktop it becomes unresponsive ( this includes the task bar and...- Bmkcho127
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- antivirus application browser catchup chrome desktop exe files freezing performance reinstall safe mode software system issues task manager troubleshooting unresponsive windows
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Troubleshooting Windows 10 Freezing Issues During Game Launches
My computer keeps freezing after i launch a game- Arrayofblocks
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- freezing games issues performance troubleshooting windows 10
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows8/Computer seems to malfunction
Hi guys, I have a Medion Akoya computer with Windows 8 installed on it. Basically, it's really not working as it is supposed to. Somehow internet/downloading speed is lower than it should be, since it is working fine on all our other devices/computers. Next to that, you cannot download a lot...- Karim
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- computer download issues drivers factory reset freezing hardware internet java malfunction medion akoya network performance issues software speed issues tech support troubleshooting user experience windows 8 youtube video
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Random freezing Please help
Hello everyone Im asking for your help because google cannot help me and I don't know what to do. So what happens is when ever I do something on my PC it randomly crashes/freezes with strange buzzing sound comming out from standard audio output. Freezing happends mostly on games and I have...- Alexandar Radovanovic
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- audio buzzing computer issues cpu crash far cry 4 freezing games graphics card hardware hdd league of legends memtest msi motherboard performance ram sata temperature troubleshooting
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 High disk activity and freezing
After an hour or so of normal, or even no use, windows 8.1 becomes unresponsive. I can move the mouse around, but when I click on something, it hangs and the a few minutes later frees up, the freezes again. When I boot into safe mode I don't have the problem. I have done multiple scans with...- NitroZip
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- disk activity error freezing hard drive microsoft performance safe mode troubleshooting unresponsive windows 8.1
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 A Problem With Bootup, maybe?
Okay, when I turn on my Win7 (64bit), it will take a while to turn on, and then it'll sign in. After that, however, it bluescreens within seconds/minutes. I can try to restart the computer by unplugging it for long enough for it to forget the last session, and not to reload it. However, while it...- JaxDrumm
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- 64-bit blue screen boot crash error freezing graphics issues system crash troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to Remove Hanging Problem fromWindow 7 ?
I am using window 7 on my computer but few days before its hanging and freezing continuously. I tried to scan my computer and also installed norton antivirus to speed up my computer. I am newbie for this forum site, so i have no more knowledge where is post my query. Can anyone tell me how to...- kaylagarcia
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- antivirus computer freezing hanging newbie norton performance scan troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Internet connection freezing
My internet connection is freezing to all internet applications from time to time to Windows 7 Ultimate Greek What should i do?- Marios
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- application connection freezing internet issues network support troubleshooting ultimate windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support