startup issues

Windows 7 wont boot, says NTLDR is missing on startup... So I recently upgraded from windows xp to windows7, I went about installing well the wrong way. I Installed windows 7 from the downloaded file onto a empty hard drive I had attached to my computer. I did this all while xp was still...

Hi, everyone reading this! I've been having some problems with my computer's power saving mode for a long time now. Everytime I put my computer in power saving mode and when later trying to start it up has always resulted in a BSOD. Somehow that problem has been solved mysteriously some months...

Just like the title says...... I'm encountering this annoying buzzing while playing a movie or music file. I first took it to Compusa and they looked at it and updated anything that had to be updated. They then hooked it up with there speakers and weren't able to replicate the issue. They then...

Hi all, I have a problem with very annoying pop-up that appears on every system startup. It is titled: "Failed to connect to a windows service" and it's written: "Windows could not connect to the Group Policy Client service. This problem prevents standard users from logging on to the system. As...

Hello, I am using Windows 7 Pro and have begun experimenting with speech recognition. My primary interest is in using the commands, but I can't seem to get to first base after trying three different mics to get it to respond to my voice. I followed the setup instructions step by step for...

Hi, I face a problem described exactly by this article A computer that is running Windows 7 does not start after you force the computer to shut down I have followed their solution suggestion; starting the computer by using a Windows PE disc. Now the following step is to "start the computer...

I just ran the MSE offline virus cleaner and now when i try to start the computer, it get to a black screen with a little text bar blinking. it DOES NOT boot up, it just sits there blinking. It seems like I just keep getting more and more viruses even though I have MSE. THIS HAS PISSED ME OFF...

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I keep getting a BSOD when I start up (well actually the screen goes back and forth from black to grey) and then eventually an error message appears which says that windows is gathering information about the problem and will restart, and that there is "critical structure corruption"... However...

Different to most peoples boot up problems, mine problem is that it takes about two minutes to show the boot up animation after the HP logo. All it shows is a black screen with a little flashing white line for about two minutes. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 Processor Count: 4 RAM: 6050 Mb Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, -1262 Mb Hard Drives: C: Total - 699443 MB, Free - 332975 MB...

Alright, so i changed my number of processers to 1 to be able to run scarface the world is yours, so i saw some lags in my computer and ignored it, today i thought it was it, i tried to change it to two, i couldn't see it, i tried googling this or something, first thing i saw was something like...

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit, on a Gateway, motherboard is EG43M. It is a dual-core Pentium, CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz. I have a virus that calls for running Windows Defender Offline. I'm trying to boot my PC from a USB drive to run WDO, but it doesn't work. I've tried pressing F12...

I restarted my laptop in safe mode but something happened and it wont start, it just keeps rebooting trying to go into safe mode. I can get into the command prompt. How do I take it out of safe mode in command prompt?

Whenever the computer is shut down for more than a few hours (either after work or when I wake up), the computer loads as normal, except that when the Windows logo comes up and I wait for the lights to appear and converge into the Windows symbol, instead nothing happens and the computer just...

Running Windows 7 Ultimate N x86 on a Dell Inspiron 6400 I used MSConfig to set the computer to boot into Safe Mode - Minimal Services. I did nothing else. That's the only thing I did. Now when it gets to the login screen, nothing shows up. Just the cursor, the Ease of Access button, and...

Suddenly, my direct connected (Cat 5 to the broadband modem) computer is asking me to dial a connection. It no longer seems to know that it is simply connected. When I look at the devices tab, it shows Enabled for my network card and I have tried to reinstall the drivers. I dual boot with...

Whenever I try to boot my computer the "welcome" message on the start up does not appear. The graphics appear to be changed a little, but can successfully login to my account . The desktop icons are displayed without the corresponding descriptive text for example I can see computer icon but not...

Neither FF, Opera or Chrome open on my Sony Vaio 64bit system. I know I have Internet access as Avast updates every day. When the relevant icons are pressed the Blue loading ring appears for a few seconds then disappears. When I try to access Task manager by ctr/alt/del the screen appears asking...