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    Windows 7 Safe mode with Command prompt doesn't work in Windows 7

    When I boot the computer in Windows 7 and press F8, it shows options to boot in various modes... I choose "Safe mode with Command prompt". But instead of displaying me the command prompt on the login screen it shows me the normal login screen.... What should I do to resolve the issue? I want...
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    Windows 10 Laptop powers off at first windows icon

    Hi I have a problem which googling hasn't provided an answer too. It's not really a BSOD but a startup issue. If I start my laptop normally (from powered off), it only gets as far as the first windows logo (no rotating icon) and then powers off. If I start from a recovery USB and continue to...
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    Windows 10 Drivers Constantly Being Corrupted

    Hi, I have a brand new laptop. MSI GS40 phantom, I7 quad core and nividia 970 GPU. This damn laptop cost me a lot of money and I am constantly getting corrupted and driver errors. I have reinstalled windows 10 twice today....there is always three or four drivers damaged, when I check in safe...
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    Windows 7 Assistance with error STOP: c0000218

    Good Evening, New to forum. Outta the blue (no pun intended), laptop encounters BSoD. Quick aside on features: HP Elitebook 6930p, runs on Windows Vista. Older computer, purchased in '09, I imagine the driver has since been updated but not confident. Disclaimer: Not computer literate but can...
  5. Windows 10 BSOD help needed

    I was just updating my post about my pc and I got a bsod while I was doing the post. Could you check my minidump for me ? It was ATI related. I just updated my video card drivers Friday to Crimson 16.11.4 after running DDU in Safe Mode first.
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    Windows 7 Only showing background on startup

    I just did a fresh install of windows, all I installed was the network driver, graphics driver, and Microsoft security essentials. The windows update wasn't finding any updates for some reason. After I restarted my computer the only thing that shows is my background. There's no icons, explorer...
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    Windows 7 Screen does not work anymore; windows dumps when booting, so I have to use safe mode

    Hi forum, The screen of my laptop does not work anymore, despite suffering no physical damage. Therefore, from now on I am using an external monitor and safe mode with networking. When booting, the windows symbol appears normally, yet before showing the desktop a crash dump pops. Launch startup...
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    Windows 10 BSOD urgent help!

    Since last Thursday I have been getting a BSOD message which says "Page Fault in Non Paged Area" with source of the issue the "nsid.sys" file when I start my desktop PC. Resetting the PC will not work. Autorepair is also unable to fix the problem. I am only able to enter safe mode on my PC. This...
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    Windows 10 AVG boot stuck

    I have a Lenovo laptop. Yesterday when I shut it down, it said "download updates and shut down" which I did. When I went to restart the machine the next day, I got: PHASE 0 STARTING WATCHDOG INITIALIZATION... ...LOADING CNFIG...(ROOTS,KRNL,SETUP) ...PREINITIALIZATION EVENTS CREATING WATCHDOG...
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    Windows 10 BSOD Windows 10 upgrade

    Upgraded laptop online to Windows 10 (previous 7 pre-loaded) 3 weeks ago. 2 days ago started pc, got BSOD Recovery Screen with info: System32\drivers\WRkrn.sys Error code 0x000007b) I do not have a recovery disc or flash. WHAT Do I do?I had someone reinstalled my win 7 which was pre installed...
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    Windows 10 Unable to Access Computer: Password Box Does Not Appear After Removing Picture

    Hi, I have been having an issue with the login screen on my computer. After pressing to remove the picture image the screen in which the password box would normally appear does not display. This prevents me from logging onto the computer and essentially leaves me locked out. I have not been...
  12. Windows Vista Windows Vista Install

    I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 PP29L running Windows Vista. The system freezes while booting from the HDD. During a boot into safe mode the system locks up at Loaded: \Windows\system 32\drivers\crcdisk.sys I have been trying to boot from a Windows Vista install disk, but it freezes as well. It...
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    Windows 10 Black Screen after Welcome Screen

    So, my pc worked normally until today, and now when I start it, it reaches the welcome screen with the blue Windows 10 logo and the white dots that rotate in a circle, then the screen becomes black and my monitor says "No signal". Things that I've tried so far in Safe Mode and none have worked...
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    Windows 8 Event error every thirty seconds (ID 16385)

    I noticed a few days ago that in my event logs every 30s I'm getting Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start at [....] Error Code: 0x80070005. [...] = time/date I've tried Googling the errors and following their instructions, making sure Task Scheduler, RPC & RPC Locator...
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    Windows 8 MS word save new document

    Was wondering if someone could help me with this one. Got a windows 8.1 with office 2016 on it. I cannot save a new document i create or open an existing document and save as. I can open an existing document and save the changes but not save as something else or export. Things i have tried...
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    Windows 7 Can't Boot from any source

    Having trouble booting computer after failed Windows 10 update. After cancelling the install restarted machine but only came up with a cursor and a blue background. Got to task manager so changed msconfig to start in safe mode on restart and was going to go back to a restore point. Tried to...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Can't Boot or Safe Boot ANY disk due to STOP 0x7B

    I can no longer boot 64-bit Win 7 Pro in normal or Safe Mode on ANY disk due to BSOD: STOP 0x0000007B (0XFFFF880009A97E8, 0XFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0, 0). The motherboard is an Asus Z-87A. NOTE: I profusely apologize, but since I can't even boot in Safe Mode, I cannot run the "W7F Diagnostic Tool"...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Boot Issues: Screen Static and Freezing on MSI Z77A-G43

    I haven't had any problems since I installed windows on a new hd back in 2012. Until now. Yesterday I was on the internet and I see something like static on the screen. After a short while my computer froze. I restored and that seemed to work, but today Windows will not boot. I can boot in Safe...
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    Windows Vista Help starting printer service in Safe Mode

    I have a Windows system that I can only run in Safe Mode now, but I'd like to run some additional services that don't come in that mode by default. The most important one is the print spooler. I've run the following command which I found in various guides on how to do this: REG ADD...
  20. Windows 10 New NVidia drivers today and all of the drivers fail install

    NVIDIA released new 368.39 drivers today It fails to install install on my Windows 10 Pro x64 pc, even after runiing Display Driver Uninstaller in safe mode. Then I tried all past NVIDIA drivers going back to 364.72. Every driver fails to install. I've tried this route over 10 times in 2 hours...