pc troubleshooting

Problem Description After booting, the computer freezes at the welcome screen after logging in as any of the users. Sometimes it will restart automatically, other times it has to be "hard shut down". It freezes at the same time, consistently. Occasionally, through an unknown set of steps, I...

Hey Just wondering if anyone would be able to help me I've been having some random shut downs with the following build which is only about a month and a half old the gtx 570 is only a few days old and since then the problems have gotten worse. Code: Intel Core i7 930 at stock with stock...

Hey guys the fact ive had to sign up and post here is disturbing enough, usually i can find the solution myself or a quick google reveals the fix but sadly no... I'll apologise now for any swearing that may be included.. extremely stressed atm. Before anyone jumps in and says just use the...

My Hitherto well behaved Win 7 PC keeps coming up with: A fatal hardware error has occurred. Reported by component: Processor Core Error Source: Machine Check Exception Error Type: Unknown Error Processor ID: 1 The details view of this entry contains further information. (below) + System...

The title explains most of it. My hard drive crashed on my one pc so I changed to windows 7. In windows XP 1080p to my samsung HDTV via HDMI looked terrible for text but great for video so I stayed with VGA. I had no problems with my radeon 4550 running 1920x1080 60Hz through XP and used that...

Apologies if this has been posted before - I have been a longtime Linux user (switching after running into many frustrating issues with Windows XP), but recently bought a decent PC with Windows 7 so I could get back into gaming. I've only had it for a little over a month and have already ran...

OK, this has been going on as long as I've had Seven, but it's getting irritating. When my PC hasn't been playing any sound for about 30 secs, the on board audio switches itself off. If I then play some sound, it switches back on and works fine. The trouble is, switching on and off both yield a...

Hi All... Hoping that someone can help with this problem that started for me yesterday..!! All AM time I was logged in and surfing the internet going to all the usual pages Etc.. Lunch time comes, so I decide to go downstairs and eat and so, while making lunch I decided that my laptop needeed...

Hi, Just recently I have been getting a black screen upon returning to my computer after sleep mode and more recently if I turn my monitor off for a longer period of time. The monitor signals that it is on (LG Flatron wide screen - light is blue = on) and shows the logo of the monitor turning...

Hi, I have upgraded to Windows 7 and now when I start the PC I have to chose which OS to start with. However when I enter the msconfig file in the Boot tab only the windows7 is listed! Any idea how I avoid the need to chose during PC startup which OS to run? Thanks

Hello, I have 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. I had the beta recently and encountered BSoDs to, but that was very rare. After buying it and installing a clean Windows 7 Professional installation, the bluescreens have gotten worse and I cannot pinpoint why they are occuring. It can appear a...

Hey people, I've installed an original genuine version of windows7 on a formatted disk. It worked fine for a few hours, but when I shutted down my PC, and tried to turn it on an hour later, it didn't work. When I turn on my PC, the screen stays as black as it is when my PC is turned off. I...

I have limited tech knowledge but here's the issue: I had a motherboard crash on a laptop running XP Home and wound up buying a new Gateway w/Windows 7. My backup data was on an external drive that was 3 years old, backed up using the NTBACKUP command. Windows 7 will not run NTBACKUP, so I...

it's a bit of a long story, but I have been battling the blue screen of death for months now on my machine. My system specs are: Dell Deminsion 8400 (really just the case and mobo are Dell OEM) Antec 650w psu Geforce 9600GT 512mb western digital harddrive 4GB Crucial ballistix ram Pentium 4...

Hey! I bought W7 Ultimate edition a few days ago, and i tried to install it. after facing a lot of problems with the instalation ( had to take out all usb cables, also 2gb of ram so i have 1 left inside, in order to finish the instalation.) and now, finally, the instalation is finished...

Ok here goes i have recently purchased a new motherbaord and upgraded to windows 7 professional all specs of system are in my profile the trouble i have is with the onboard ethernet everytime i turn of my pc i have to uninstall the ethernet controler to be able to conect to the internet after...

Hi All I've been using Win 7 RC for a few months now and this morning I turned on my pc but it won't boot up passed the login type screen. Will try and attatch a pic. It's the screen that has the "Ease of access button" on the left and the Stutdown/restart/sleep button on the right. I think...

When i put a flash video or a game to full screen my computer turns itselfe off suddenly. This means i can't play any games on my PC which is why i bought it. This started the moment i installed windows 7. Also when i boot windows 7 it takes a very long time to show the windows welcome...

My problem is that I now have a PC which is totally unusable because after doing a system recovery it stalls when trying to instal Windows and it ‘can’t instal Vista in Safe Mode..’. Consequently, I can’t use the PC at all, particularly to uninstall the suspected...

Hey guys I was fiddling around with my pc trying to replace the start orb with the PS button (playstation) by using reshack. So I saved the original .bmp edited it in PS and saved it as a .bmp I then editied the registry to use my newly created psexplorer.exe. I then ended my original explorer...