system startup

For many Windows users, the familiar frustration of waiting for Microsoft Word to launch has been an accepted, if unwelcome, part of the workflow. Whether you’re launching a last-minute report, firing up a long document for editing, or just establishing a new session, Word’s startup delays have...

For users of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, a subtle yet frustrating login delay puzzled both casual users and seasoned IT professionals alike back in 2009. The phenomenon emerged when individuals selected a solid color—rather than an image—as their desktop wallpaper. The observed effect...

Eliminating the daily wait at the Windows login screen is an enticing prospect for anyone waking up to a desktop PC at home or managing a single-user system where speed trumps additional security barriers. The ability to seamlessly boot straight into Windows 10 or Windows 11 without having to...

I did a fresh install of Windows 10 on a new Samsung SSD drive several months ago. I have a second drive in my system which is my data drive. I've had no issues for several months. Yesterday I decided to replace my secondary drive with a bigger drive. When I powered up my computer I get a...

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My computer is a Lenovo Y50-70 and if I press the power button to start up I get a black screen with a blinking underline character in the upper left hand corner, I don't seem to be able to type or do anything from this screen. If I start up using the Lenovo one key recovery key I can open up a...

I have 2 versions of Crytainer which is a security program that loads a vault using a password. In the installation it loads its "Name" (ie Cryptainer) in system startup, (not user startup) & in services. I can see it in Control Panel/Admin tools/system config/startup & services Regardless of...

When I start win7 from a cold boot and type the password, nothing appears in the password window. Then if I do a restart and then select "start windows normally" the password is accepted normally. This is not fatal but is inconvenient as I have to do it every time I start the computer. Any ideas?

when my system starts up it always opens my personal file.. How do I stop it happening ? Also when I put my desktop PC to sleep I tweaked it so when I wake it up I don't have to use password.. however when pc goes to sleep automatically when I wake it up it says it is locked and asking me for...

Hi everyone, I have a six month old Windows 7 PC, no hardware or software changes since purchase. At night I turn the PC off at the wall (anything to keep the electric bill down) and for the past few days, every morning when I start up, I get the following message: Windows failed to start. A...

Every time after w7 has loaded there is the message 'There was a problem starting C:\Program Files\HP\HPDeskjet3050......etc. The specified module could not be found'. I have uninstalled all the software for the HP printer but it appears that something has been left and although I have run a...

Hi all, i am glad i found you. Here is my problem: i have a pc that as the title says taking to long to boot and shut down. Boot log Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational Source: Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance Date: 13/9/2011 14:55:26...

Hi guys, I completely new to Windows, and I've been having blue screen of death problems with memory dumping when streaming video with windows explorer. I've actually had a few of these, but ignored the problem when it happened because the OS rebooted normally. Now I can't start windows in...

Trigger started services are services in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 that can register to be started or stopped when a trigger event occurs. This eliminates the need for services to start when the system starts, or for services to poll or actively wait for an event; a service can start...

Ok, here goes. HP laptop g60 windows 7 os My laptop starts fine. Windows 7 starts and goes to the password request. The keyboard works touch pad does not. After Windows 7 starts and the keyboard stops working. Altough there has been two occassions where the keyboard seemed to...

Hi all i have recently built a pc. my pc setup is intel core i5 760 4 GB DDR3 RAM ATI HD 5670 1 gb DDR5 500 GB HD My problem is my system crashes randomly. sometimes while playing games or at start up or sometimes a sleep state. first i thought it might me the video card driver issue but i...

Hi, I put two HDDs on GA P55A-UD4P motherboard in Raid1 type array (on Intel SATA Controller) and they were working fine for quite some time (2 weeks or so). One day, after Windows started up, I noticed a blue icon on Intel RST manager and it says that the array is initializing. What does...

Hi, I have recently purchased a new computer, built it myself but I have been having serious issues with BSOD's for many weeks. I have removed my raid and overclock, updated bios, updated all drivers, run memtest on all 3 sticks and each stick individually, 1 pass 0 errors each time. This issue...

Hi, guys! I have got Windows 7 Ultimate N (x86), after installing last updates on February 1st, I started receiving errors after the system startup, saying: Link Removed due to 404 ErrorLink Removed due to 404 Error After pressing OK, explorer.exe restarts and the message is displayed again...

Hi Peoples I was wondering if someone here may have some advise on a particular problem that I am having. My readyboost cache is continually re-created everytime I reboot my laptop. Its on a 4GB SD Card and I dedicate the entire SD card to the readyboost cache. I noticed that there was...