reboot issues

Hi guys, firstly, sorry if there are millions of threads on this already. I know 7 can be a pain for random sleep issues. I had a quick search and didn't find anything quite like what I'm experiencing though. Sometimes, when my PC wakes up from sleep, the keyboard and mouse don't work. It...

I'm running Win7 Pro x64. I have an SSD and 10GB RAM. I don't like having hiberfil.sys burn so much space and never use hibernation. Disabling all hibernation features via Control Panel doesn't get rid of the file, or allow me to delete it. Running "powercfg -h off" from an elevated prompt...

Hi I have installed Windows7 in the last few days, I duly picked a nice desktop picture as the windows one is drab. All was going well until the computer rebooted and now I have no theme on the screen witch the screen is now black and the theme folder looks like it may be corrupt. Pictures of...

Hi guys I am hoping I can get some assistance troubleshooting a new computer build and windows 7 install The system specs are as follows: P55 mobo Gigabyte P55A-UD3P i7 1156 2.8GHZ 8GB Kingston DDR3 10600 2 x 1TB WD Green Drives 7200rpm Heres my problem I go to install Windows which albeit...

Hi, I have recently purchased Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. After a clean installation, the system runs fine, however if I shut down, the next time I start the PC right after the "Starting Windows" screen, before goin to the login page, the system crashes into a blue screen, and reboots. I...

I've been running the release candidate of Win 7 quite happily for some time (3 mo or so). A late update to my AVG antivirus program has caused the system to freeze and not respond. The msg is AVGTrayMainWnd is not responding. I am unable to access or shut it down. The only thing I am able to do...

Hi, I was wondering if this has happened to any of you guys before? My comp is extremely slow, from opening files to browsing websites. I shutdown my computer like any other time and when i turned it on again it had changed back to windows basic and asked me to login. I turned off the login...

I want to install a product named Shadowprotect Desktop (backup software) from Storagecraft. When I do it requires a reboot. When I reboot, I get the message: “Autochk Program not found – skipping Autocheckâ€Â￾. the computer then recycles endlessly. The recovery does not work...

Hi, I am having problems resolving this, so any help would be appreciated. I connect from on Windows 7 machine to another Win7 machine to share media libraries. When this is working, it works fine. However, on each reboot, you have to re-enter the user/pass for the machine the folders are...

Hello everyone, So I have been using windows 7 since about memorial day, and really cant complain too much. The only major concern I have so far (besides not being able to delete folders because it claimed they were in use {i think i fixed this}) is that recently, it almost seems like once a...

As i'm insalling windows 7 all is fine tell the last part of install.. update thin the screen went black,was useing a SAPPHIRE Radeon 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16.With a GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard. Started reinstall it useing a SAPPHIRE...

A bug I hope? Everytime I reboot I get the above message, in the system tray - 'Solve PC issues'. When I click it, I get the above message to switch back on 'Windows Security Center'. The only software that could be doing this is Sunbelt's Anti Virus software VIPRE. Could this be the culprit...

Hi all I've followed the tutorial on creating a bootable install USB for Windows 7 -- works great However there is a very slight problem -- there's no prompt for example "Press Any Key to boot from the CD". The prompt is actually very useful as during an install your computer might re-boot...

Had build 7000 x86 installed, Windows installed its own drivers for the Radeon Xpress 1270 (Dell Latitude D531). Now I have build 7100 x64 installed, drivers didn't install automatically, and I had to install the Dell drivers for 64bit Vista for my display. Now if I adjust my display...

i already have vista and xp. 4 hdds so i have many partitions to install new win 7. After installation everything was ok and all the three windows (7 32 bit - vista 32 bit - xp) was working fine. after a few reboots vista and xp stopped recognize the win 7 HDD. when i open windows explorer in...

I have been having several persistent issues with my xps 1530... #1 persistent issue: when I boot up it will take up to several minutes for the device to logon to a wireless AP (whether running secure or not). This is very annoying as you can imagine. #2 - the device will lose web access at...

Hi everyone. I've been really bothered by a login issue in Vista... When connecting to a computer on the local network, i'm always asked for a username and password even though i've checked the box that says "remember my username and password". I have to put in the logon credentials everytime...

I stupidly installed Family safety filter to see what was involved. Now I can't uninstall it. I can remove my settings, or change my profile, and that all works. But when I go Control Panel/Programs and Features, and click on "Windows Live Essentials", it does nothing, even after re-booting...

Hi All I plugged in a 160gb NTFS hot swappable that has 3 partitions on it. I unplugged the 160gb and plugged in my 1 terrabyte HDD NTFS hot swappable in the same sata port etc. Now this where the problem lies, my 1 terrabyte now shows that it has the same 3 partitions as the 160gb and 840gb...

Has anyone had any problems with the black reboot screen appearing after logging off, restarting, switching users, hibernating, or shutting down? (Would you like to start windows normally or in safe mode?) I did a 32bit Vista upgrade.