startup issues

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    Windows 7 BSOD caused by igdpmd64.sys in Win 7 Pro on m17X r3 laptop

    Hi Everyone, just joined the community. I recently purchased an Alienware m17x R3 laptop. It has worked just fine for about a month. Last night, after I went to bed, I got a BSOD. When I found it this morning, it said the problem was in igdpmd64.sys. I tried rebooting, but just after the Win 7...
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    Windows 7 BSOD-Win7 Home premium

    Hello All! I recently bought a Desktop from CyberPowerPC. At first there were some issues but we got most of them. But now all of a sudden BSOD have been happening. When i first start up my Desktop and log in and leave it sitting there for 5-10 min it blue screens...:mad: I found a way to...
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    Windows 7 Unable to Boot Windows 7

    I am able to get to the screen with the Windows logo and the screen "Starting Windows" Then all of a sudden, the computer restarts itself and Windows doesn't load. The recovery CD does not boot either. The recovery CD requires a windows interface, which is not loading, failing at the same spot...
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    Windows 7 Change Minimal Boot Screen

    My Windows 7 came with a minimal boot screen that only shows bars going across (like XP but without logo). I opened msconfig to see if the No GUI boot was selected, but it wasn't. I tried change the boot screen with Win7BootUpdater, but that didn't work, either. Could somebody suggest anything...
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    Windows 7 windows 7 wont load

    windows 7 wont boot from cd, my operating system wont load, computer wont load windows 7, computer doesnt start the operating system, computer wont boot any other os,it show launch repair,if we started the repair and after the completion same problem again..i am bored please any one tell me...
  6. Windows 7 Windows 7 Startup Error Failure To Initial Environment (MFC)

    When I start Windows 7 about 30 seconds after the login, I see an error message popping up that says: "Failed to initial environment". In the task bar I see the an icon that writes MFC, which is the program that gives the error message. I looked in my task manager under processes if I see MFC...
  7. Windows 7 HELP! Almost 2yr old PC w/ recent & increasing onset of BSoD

    Computer purchased as a custom build from IBuyPower.com in July 2010, has worked perfectly until just recently... I can't remember the exact event/date when the BSoD first started happening, originally attributed to Google Chrome, as starting the browser w/ several tabs open from a previous...
  8. Windows 7 opens to the boot menu when starting your computer

    Fix issues that cause Windows 7 to start at a boot menu. More...
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    Windows 7 Computer Novice Suffering repeated BSOD

    Hi forums. 1st post here and as the topic suggests I'v been having problems with BSODs for the last few weeks. Its usually caused by a SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION or BAD POOL HEADER or CALLER. Usually happens at start up, but does not seem to have any obvious pattern. (will restart 1-20times then...
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    Windows 7 String of errors preventing me from doing anything

    A friend of mine asked me to see if I could fix his laptop for him so I picked it up from him to check it out. It has Windows 7 SP1 installed on it, when I try to start it up regular it haults right after the windows load screen and bsods, if I try to start it up in recovery, or any safe mode...
  11. Windows 7 New take on an old Boot Sector Virus

    Was just reading this article concerning a new version of Ransomware that seems to be emerging. Seems to prompt with a message, that your system is locked and if you pay, they'll send you some code to unlock it. Malware blocks booting - The H Security: News and Features Seems like the /fixmbr...
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    Windows 7 Dual Boot win 7 and win 8

    I have dual booted on 2 different Hd's before on win XP and Win Vista... in the cold Boot start up it would ask which Os I wanted to Boot.. This worked fine for a month then Vista would just Boot without the system asking which Drive OS I wanted to boot.. Ok I am trying to do this again...
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    Windows 7 3 Options when starting Windows

    When I start Windows 7 64 I get 3 boot options 1. Windows 7 2. Windows 7 (recovered) 3. Windown 7 (recovered) The first 2 are both dead and I would like to know how to make them go away. I used the start up disk it shows all 3 options but the first 2 it says that there is 0kb in both files and...
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    Computer will not boot up

    When i boot up my Pc it will not go past the name of the motherboard and when i press delete it will not go into the Bios screen after a long period of time it loads to my desktop and works ok but if i shut it down i get same problem.I have replaced graphics card checked the ram,hard disk has no...
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    Windows 7 Reluctant IPL (boot)

    This is a strange issue that is occurring with my IPL (Initial Program Load) procedure. And, I do mean on 'THE INITIAL ATTEMPT'. It occurs on either of the dual-boot choices I make. The scenario is as follows: Hit Start button and watch as the process goes through the initial phases of the...
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    Windows 7 "Edit Boot Options" message on booting laptop

    hi This is shakil. i am using Acer aspire 5745 laptop. But recently i have a problem with it. When i start my laptop the following message appears- Edit Boot Options Edit Windows Boot Options for: Windows 7 path: \windows\system32\winload.exe Partition:2 Hard disk : 5a6f94e1 [/NO...
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    Windows 7 BSOD 7a and f4 on clean windows install

    Hi. Since yesterday my PC is giving me BSOD`s (Mostly on startup/logon, but some of them are random too.) The error codes seem to be 7a and f4. All the files you ask for in the how-to thread are attached. About my PC: Win7 x64 Ram: 12GB Corsair Vengeance triple kit. HDD: Western Digital...
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    Windows 7 Display blackout after 10 - 15 mins of Windows Start Up.

    Hi, I have Windows 7 OS and the display gets blacked out after 10 -15 mins of start up. I hear Hard disk sound by which I assume that processor is running in the background. I tried reinstalling OS but unfortunately my DVD reader is unable to detect Windows 7 OS CD, whereas it is able to detect...
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    Windows 7 Help, windows 7 can't run startup progs and apps anymore after some malware snanning and cleaning :\

    Below are the points of the problem I'm currently having: - It happend all of a sudden after I ran Malaware cleaning, panda activescan then I uninstalled the panda activescan. - The windows can't run startup programs and apps anymore including task manager, system restore, games, etc - I'm asked...
  20. Streets & Trips 2010 or Streets & Trips 2011 stops responding at the startup screen during startup i

    Fixes an issue in which Microsoft Streets & Trips 2010 or Microsoft Streets & Trips 2011 stops responding at the startup screen during startup. This issue occurs if the processor on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows 7 SP1... Link Removed