startup

Hi all, okay so yesterday I installed Win 7 on a laptop that had XP before that. XP was on C: disk, and me not being that good at reinstalling OS's I chose to make a clean install of Win 7 on disk D: Now.. if I understand correctly a clean install should've just deleted the previous OS...

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...

When I get on our computer with Win 10 before I touch the keyboard there is now a nice photo there usually of some famous natural attraction . What is this ? I don't recall anything like it before . I tried to find out in windows program lists in "all programs" but no success . can I shut it...

I am using windows 10. my firewall turns off automatically at start up and Microsoft edge home page shows proxy setting error. I think I have malware as i downloaded some free software and since then this has been happening. But MCAfee did not detect any virus or malware. I tried to remove some...

DmitryS submitted a new resource: BootRacer - BootRacer Monitors boot time and controls startup programs Read more about this resource...

BootRacer is a small, free utility which solves a problem that for the last twenty years, Microsoft has not. BootRacer gives you control over which of your programs start automatically when Windows boots. At the click of a button, BootRacer will delay the initiation of those startup programs...

How to take my Password out on start

I have purchased a pc from my friend he told me to replace sata drive to ssd for better performance with windows 7 professional. what is the performance difference after replacing sata drives to SSD. I Need fast windows startup and fast opeinig of programs

Please advise me how to setup WebMartix3 open when Windows Server 2012 R2 bootup. I want it to start the program (WebMartix3) before I login my account. (meaning it will start the program before I keying my password in the login screen of Windows Server 2012 R2) I had tried Task Scheduler but...

Andy android emulator for Windows is starting automatically during windows startup and is placing a hidden icon on the secret icons area on the taskbar next to the clock. What should i do?

Ok I installed a new Crucial SSD and it works great besides a few problems (i will post another thread about the other problems) title says it all for this question... i literally hear only the end of the startup sound and it doesnt even finish the windows animation.... im not sure if i should...

Hi. I'm trying to access Safe Mode. I'm accessing the Advanced Startup Options screen (by Shift + Restart) but the only option there is "Turn off the computer". I also tried pressing F8 during boot but that also didn't work. I remember Safe Mode showing up as an option 2 or 3 weeks ago. What...

Hello. Is there some sort of option to make Windows 10 boot up faster? I'm not talking about having to disable some features to make it boot faster. Or better yet, a faster rebooting method? Something like how Android has Soft Reboot?

Been having an issue with my monitor which originally led me to believe it may be due to using my old hd TV as the main monitor. turns out, having tried another PC monitor, that the issue is a bit more random. When I start my PC up from having been off, and shut down, it loads up to the point...

I've noticed that during the first startup, none of my external devices (mouse, keyboard etc) work. When I move the mouse the internal motherboard speaker sounds. It's almost as if all input output slots fail or arent working until I shut the pc down. Could this be what is causing the issue...

Hey guys, I'm using my hd tv via hdmi as the sole monitor for my Windows 10 desktop. However I keep finding when starting up PC after shutting down, that after the first 10-15 seconds the tv goes black as if the monitor has been disconnected. Ive tried unplugging the hdmi cable from to and PC...

I use a laptop and the screen is broke, due to this I use and external monitor but when I startup it doesn't appear on the external monitor. I want to edit some BIOS settings but I can't cause I can't see it. How do I fix this!?

Hello, Recently I had been facing a few problems with my computer as it had started to lag and disk usage had spiked to 100%. In attempt to solve this problem, I tried to boot in safe mode using msconfig.exe. Having done so, my computer refuses to boot anymore. After my dell initialisation...

I'm having the exact same issue as original poster. Cold boot and on desktop. Usually 5-10 min in I'll lockup and freeze. Requires restart. From then on I have no more issues the rest of the day or night, even when playing high demand games. If I shut down or sleep it's hit or miss if it will...

Hi guys, I have a problem about booting my laptop. Every time I start my computer, this message was displayed on my screen: "Broadcom UNDI PXE-2.1 v10.0.9 Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Broadcom Corporation Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Intel Corporation All Right Reserved. PXE-E61: Media test failure, check...