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Hey there, I'm having problems with a HP EliteBook 8570w, I'm having BSODS with the BCCode 00000007e and I'm out of clues now. I did a total reset to factory settings, updated all the outdated drivers and still it occurs. It doesn't happen during the startup of windows (!) it happens randomly...

The computer is a VAIO 6.2 running Windows 7 Home Premium. When the computer goes into sleep mode it is shutting down. We click the power button and the VAIO screen keeps cycling. In order to start Windows we click the F10 and get a message that Windows was not shut down properly so we have to...

Hello, My computer has many corrupt files. I have done both sfc /scannow and chkdsk /r multiple times, but the corrupt files still remain. Unfortunately, my HP's recovery manager is also corrupt. I want to do a full factory restore. Because I couldn't do a full factory restore from the...

I've always been getting blue screens, but they're starting to become more and more frequent. I haven't been able to use my laptop for more than a day without one showing up! The stop codes I've been getting are 0x0000000A and 0x0000001E. I tried running a chkdsk and it told me it would during...

Been having some problems with blue screens for a while now. I recently managed (I think) to deal with ones related to fwpkclnt.sys, thanks to some help on the web (probably from poking around in this very forum). But today I started having problems again. DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS THAN EQUAL and...

Hi WindowsForum members, · Windows 7 Service Pack 1 · x86 · My OS is retail version. · Some of my hardware is already 3 years old, some of it is 2 years old. · Age of OS installation - have you re-installed the OS? · My OS is 1 year old, before this problem occur, I already has other problem...

Hi I have our friends computer all set up and ready to go. One of the things that came about during this process is, I learned that you can make a real disk image in Windows 8 without using a third party software program. Something I didn't think was possible, and you don't have to jump...

when i press f8 in win 7 i have the option of 'run safe mode with command prompt' but it does not work on choosing it. one thing more i can not run my operating system in normal mode and not have win os disc. so, help me how to enter into cmd on rebooting the system.thanks

I have run into a quagmire. Presently, I have installed win 8.1 preview into an old Dell Inspiron laptop which used to run Vista. I like the preview so much that I am ready to install the Final Release of 8.1 when it becomes available. The thing is, I do not have a valid upgrade path to install...

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A few weeks ago I tried out an Ubuntu installation, just to see if it met my requirements. I have all I need on Win7 but being the adventurous type and already having tried and dismissed Win8 I thought I'd try Ubuntu. My machine has 4 hard drives and one of them had shown up as not available and...

Hi, i cannot install win7 on a win8 pc. my mobo is GYGABYTE- ga-h55m-s2h by mistake erase the win8 partition and now win7 instalation fails. I will apreciate your help. (sorry for my English)

I'm using a Toshiba Laptop(L750-X5317) with windows 7 home premium. Last week while starting the laptop, it got stuck at "Starting Windows" screen. I then switched it off and restarted it again. It asked for "Start up repair" or "Start windows normally". I chose start windows normally. It...

How do I back out of a failed Win7 install attempt? I started a Win7 installation on an XP system and some files were installed on my c:\ drive that force me to chose between proceeding with the Win7 install or using XP. Because of the error messages that the Win7 install generates, I'd like...

I recently got my pc back up and running after replacing a bad hard drive and now whenever I try to install windows 7 (tried both home premium and ultimate) my pc would randomly bluescreen. The errors always had to do with kernel files and almost always prevented my pc from booting soon after. I...

It's a neetbook (msi) and I have a problem with the startup repair. Problem Signature: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385 Problem Signature 03: unknown Problem Signature 04: 36 Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover...

So last night we had a power outage which I am guessing might have something to do with my problem. Basically my computer and everything worked fine last night when power came back on, it still worked in the morning, and it still worked when I got back home after work. However, the internet...

Normally I shut down my PC at night, forgot last night . When I saw it was on this morning, I clicked on enter. I have this on my screen: Operations are in progress. Please wait. The machine will be turned ff automatically after the operations a re completed. I see a spinning circle to...

Ok, to start this off I'm going to provide some backstory into my problem. This is from a thread I created here about a month ago. Ok, so for a brief overview, every user account on my home computer has internet access but mine. I have Windows 7 (64 bit), my computer is a gateway, and I use...

I have seen this issue on the forum before, but I have yet to find a solution. Hope I'm a lucky one. I turned on the computer this evening and it gave me the "Windows was not Shut Down Properly" message followed by the options to start in Safe Mode, or Start Normally. I started it up...