reboot issues

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 am new to windows 7 so there may be an obvious soultion to this problem that i have not found. My screen resolution keeps defaulting to 720X480 when i reboot my computer. I have the computer plugged into my tv as i am using w7 mediacenter software. The mediacenter is connected to tv the by...

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...

I've been running Win7 for a few weeks now on my Sony Vaio laptop. No problem. I went into the user account control area and reset the account control to the minimal setting. It asked for a reboot. Upon reboot the system is completely black screen with no HD activity. I can't boot from the CD...

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.

So installed Windows 7 64 bit without issues. Everything is running great. When I reboot the computer however I recelive errors that the BOOTMGR is missing and it wont boot. If I insert the DVD and reboot then Windows 7 loads fine. This was a clean install. I am not dual booting any other OS...

Well basically today i went to install the Service pack 1, it was all going fine until after the reboot it got stuck at a certain file for around 30-40 mins and i had coursework to do so i got impatient and turned off my computer and back on, and i got that dreaded blue screen that tells me that...

Hey, I recently, well today. Upgraded my system from 512mb RAM to 1GB, But ever since after that it appears to always go to a blue screen then reboots my computer at random times. Ive tried everything even the virtual memory thing and its still not haviny any of it.. Is there a possibility i...

hello all a couple of weeks ago i bought an hp laptop with vista home premium pre installed on it. so far, i have had to reinstall the factory settings 3 times and have done countless systems restores. i have used different windows OSs for the past 15 years and never have i had such a nightmare...

I ran disc check (Vista SP1) on my 2nd drive where my docs are, set to run after reboot. AFter the reboot my 2nd drive had been reset to a RAW format rather than the NTFS that it was previously and, of course, all my files had disappeared. I am currently running a disk retrieval tool as it has...

Anytime I restart by clicking restart on the start menu or when a program wants to restart, vista will reboot and and just loop in a reboot mode constantly until I press the power button on my computer and turn in off that way and then when I turn it back on it's fine and boots into windows...

MS did stop the automatic download of SP1 due to the constant reboot problem some users were having. This is now fixed and the service has been resumed. Read more here: Microsoft Update Product Team Blog : Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite KB937287

Okay this issue has been banded around the internet for a while, but since we managed to solve the Vista "Black Screen with Documents folder" issue I am keen to see what we can do to solve this one. Basically the issue is. 1. After a while of not using the web browser (or sometmes while...

Just tried to install the new SoundBlaster X-FI XtremeMusic driver from Creatives website, and keep getting the error "you havent recently installed drivers without rebooting, must reboot" or something to that extend. Anyway I havent tried installing drivers for atleast a couple weeks since NONE...