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    Windows 7 Audio distortion followed by a hard lockup

    Basically, this issue seems to pop up at any time, with no warning, the only common thread being that some sort of audio is on. Sometimes it goes for hours without it, even a day, other times it crashes with barely five minutes' break between crashes. If the audio distort is in a program, for...
  2. Windows 7 Windows 7 Explorer/Documents folders locking up, not responding when using keyboard

    I hope this has not been asked before, I have been searching the internet for the past few days for answers to this problem and haven't found anything yet. Randomly in the past few days Windows 7 explorer/my documents folder/anywhere in my computer locks up and stops responding when I try to use...
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    Windows 7 ati radeon x 1300 pro graphics card wont work in windows 7

    When i installed windows 7 on my computer i had the ati radeon x1300 pro in my computer. When it went to load windows 7 it locked up after the windows logo came up, and it put a lot of little windows screens on the monitor display, about a 1/4 inch and about 100 of them on the screen. So i...
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    Windows 7 windows 7 hangs after resume from hibernate

    I have an Extensa 4420 with Windows 7 Home Premium installed. Every time it resumes from hibernate, it locks up after about 1 minute. I've tried installing different versions of the video driver, touchpad driver, and wireless card, but none of those have fixed it. How do I troubleshoot this?
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    Windows 7 Random Freezes and Sophos Anti-Virus 7.6.13 (?)

    Hi everyone, I'm running Windows 7 Pro x64 on a Dell XPS M1530, and I've been having issues with the system locking up intermittently. The lockups occur at random and seem to be independent of how many and what programs I am running. Lockups have occured both when the computer is idle and when...
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    Windows 7 CPU Bottoming Out

    Here's the low-down: Winows 7 Professional 64-bit Intel Core2 Duo 3.00GHz ATI Radeon 3870 512MB MSI P35 mo'bo 3GB RAM After installing the official release of Windows 7, my CPU will bottom out at 0% and the computer will lock up. I know its bottoming out because I have a Logitech G15 keyboard...
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    Windows 7 Hard drive causing bios lockup

    System was rebooting and bios locked when trying to initialize seagate hard drive. Took it out.. rebooted fine to other drives Reset cmos .... put it back in.... still locked up Tried other connections.... still locked up cmos at a different address No obvious jumpers to clear hard...
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    Windows 7 Having tough time with OS again.

    I dunno what to do, I was running w7 for a while without any problems, have not changed a thing, same ole settings as when the OS have been running awesome for a week. It locked-freezed up on me 5:13am the last 4 days, roughly starting the os 15 hours prior, well this time it froze on me at...
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    Windows 7 Strange Windows Experience Index issue

    Hey all, I've searched the forums but couldn't find anything... Today I was on my system panel when I noticed it saying I had new hardware and the index needed to be refreshed. I clicked refresh, and waited. The dialogue box got all the way to "completed" but hung on that. The computer...
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    Windows 7 Bootmgr missing ...sometimes....

    ok well I have a weird problem that I can not seem to get past. I installed an OEM version of Windows 7 as I am trying to solve a freeze/lockup problem with the RC and after getting it in I get the wonderfull bootmgr missing etc etc...previously if I had the DVD in the drive it would just boot...
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    Windows 7 inconsistent BSOD

    Hello Windows seven forums! i recently had to wipe and reinstall my version of windows seven RC 7100. the preoblem was thatmy computer would freeze if it went idle for more than 30 minutes. and when it did freeze it was a strange freeze where i could cose programs, but i couldnt open any then...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 reboot on startup

    So my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition just started locking up, and wouldn't even respond to a Ctrl+Alt+Delete. In the end I had to just push the power off button on my PC. However, when I went to turn it back on, it now just reboots when trying to start windows. I didn't add any new...
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    Windows 7 Random bugs not there in BETA

    I've been using the BETA since it came out with no problems, recently because it expired and RTM wasn't on msdn yet at that time i installed the RC and since then i've been having a couple of random issues. Before i just remove the RC and grab a copy of the RTM i thought i'd ask here. (I don't...
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    Windows 7 Nvidia Drivers Causing Startup Lockup

    Hello everyone, I've been running windows XP 32bit for a long time now, but I've recently upgraded the RAM to 6gigs and it only reads 3.25, so I decided to dual boot Windows 7 RC1 64bit instead of buying Windows XP / Vista 64 bit. After successfully completing the installation and the...
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    Windows 7 64 bit locking up

    First I am thanking everyone for their past support. I am running 7 RC 7100.....Puter continously locks up........I have to shutdown via the on off button.....It will run ok for 10 minutes and lock up again....... Thanks Dan
  16. Windows 7 Network connection properties crashes explorer

    Folks, Been poking around for a few days now and haven't found a solution. I am trying to get into my network properties for an adapter so I can share the Internet connection on that adapter... but when I right click on the Network and select properties it starts about 25+ wermgr.exe tasks and...
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    Windows 7 Keyboard and Mouse problem

    Awakening from overnight sleep mode keyboard and mouse lockup. They are fine for opening explorer 8 and when I try yo open a link the puter freezes. I have to shutdown with the on and off button to reboot. Then all is well. Any solutions? Aspire 5515
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    Windows 7 Help with a couple games...

    Computer is locking up completely in several games. I am unable to ctrl-alt-del and have to power off and back on in order to get it to work again. I am having this issue with Sacred 2, and World In Conflict: Soviet Assault. The odd thing that is throwing me off is that I do not have this...
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    Windows Vista Vista 32-bit OEM locks up at blue-green screen

    Just a built a new rig. BIOS recognises all my sata ,memory, processor, ect. But i dont have a Primary master. Is that a problem. if not then i cant figure out why it locks up at Blue green screen
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    Windows 7 Optiarc DVDRWBD BC-5600S Causes computer to lockup

    Ok, I've tried everything I know but nothing seems to help, so I'm going to ask here. I have a DELL STUDIO M1737 with an OPTIARC DVDRWBD BC-5600S the problem I'm having is whenever I insert a disk into it, the whole of explorer.exe locks-up, even clicking it, and properties with not disk in it...