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Windows 7 Windows Update causes desktop to go blank while updating
Hello, I got some serious problems. About one week ago I accidentally cut off power of my pc while he was updating. When rebooting I got nothing but a blank desktop image, unable to give any input (mouse, keyboard, control + shift + delete). Control + shift + delete made the screen go black, so...- Matthiasa4
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- blank desktop computer issues driver issues error codes frustration graphics card hardware issues hdd installation issues motherboard reinstall safe mode ssd system repair troubleshooting vga driver windows 7 windows repair windows update
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Software
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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...- Trouble
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- article discussion av solution boot sector cybersecurity emerging threats fixmbr h security infection malware preventive measures ransomware recovery security startup issues system restore troubleshooting unlock code virus windows repair
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Windows 7 Location is not availabe, <removable device> is not accessable, Access denies on windows 7 and Vista
I have a strange problem that is just occurred about a week before, my problem is I have a domain name and every computer (almost 50) and users are listed in active directory. About a week before when i tried to attach usb on one of the laptop (having windows 7 ultimate attached with...- Mazahir Abbas
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- access denied active directory admin rights antivirus domain user file ownership kaspersky laptop issues lockhunter network removable devices troubleshooting usb issues user rights virus scan windows 7 windows repair windows vista
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can't come past the start up screen.
Hello. This wierd problem accured to me today. Yesterday I was playing, surfin on my PC. Now when i tried to start windows it would not come pass the loading screen to my desktop. It will just restart the PC over and over again. I have tried to repair windows with my install CD but it cannot...- Seriousgoat
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- blue screen boot issues boot manager cd installation error external media fatal error knowndll error loading screen locale id pc troubleshooting reboot loop reinstall windows startup system crash windows 7 windows repair
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How repair corrupt files - System File Checker
I run System File Checker as an administrator and, when the scan is finished, a message says it found corrupt files that it could not fix - refer to the CBS.log. The original installation disk is in the drive as I run sfc /scannow. That used to work with Windows XP. In addition, with Windows...- Nisko
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- cbs log corrupted files file repair installation disk registry sfc system file checker troubleshooting windows repair windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD on startup, help needed
Last year, I bought a new ThinkPad laptop from a reseller on eBay. Today, it BSOD'd on boot, giving me the options to repair Windows, or attempt to reboot normally. Whatever's causing the BSOD is apparently a gamekiller -- it happens almost immediately after the "loading Windows" screen...- vorinoch
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- 32-bit 64-bit boot issues bsod computer help ebay error genuine install disc license loading issues repair startup system restore tech support thinkpad troubleshooting windows 7 windows repair windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Help, windows wont open after update
During an automatic update from Microsoft last night the battery fell out of my daughters laptop. This morning, nothing will open. Have tried safe mode but even that won't open windows. After a lot of digging it says on the recovery management that there is a bad patch which presumably if the...- chambertots
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- access issues automatic updates boot drive boot issues command prompt external cd help laptop issues microsoft notepad patch recovery repair disk safe mode system restore tech support troubleshooting windows repair windows update
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Can't Change Desktop Background after the "Windows Repair Virus"
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit So I had the "Windows Repair" virus. I succesfully removed it with MalwareBites and Ad Aware and everything seems to be working fine, with exception to my desktop background. It's pitch black. When I try to change it through personalize ->desktop backgrounds...- silentbob14
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- ad-aware adware background computer issues desktop file recovery hidden files internal error malware malwarebytes personalization repair system restore themes toshiba user account virus windows 7 windows repair
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Disk Transfer Windows 7 from Backup
My 160 GB Win7 drive on my laptop failed (single partition), but thankfully I had a backup that I created on a 750 GB drive using EASUS Partition Master COPY. The backup drive is FULLY BOOTABLE, I've been booting into Windows 7 from an eSata external interface with no issues. It has a partition...- Wave
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- backup boot drive data recovery disk cloning drive transfer easus partition master external drive file restoration installation laptop partition system restore tech support troubleshooting unallocated space windows 7 windows repair
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Win 7 will not start
My apologies if this is a repost, but I did a search and couldn't find the exact duplicate of my problem. When I try to start windows things progress through the post screen, then the windows is starting screen, but then the screen goes black and falls into the windows repair screen. I...- tosc7506
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- black screen boot issues classpnp.sys safe mode startup system crash troubleshooting windows 7 windows repair
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 the ordinal 96 could not be located
I installed Uniblue Registry Booster (paid for it!) and each time I run it I get the following error message 3 times during the scan: "the ordinal 96 could not be located in the dynamic link library SHELL32.dll" I have never, ever gotten this message before in Windows 7 or any other Windows...- jyeagley3
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- computer help dll errors dynamic link library installation issues registry booster shell32 uniblue windows 7 windows repair
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Won't boot into XP or W7 anymore after adding/removing extra hard drive
My computer won't boot into XP or 7 anymore after adding/remvoing extra hard drive I have 1 hard drive 3 partitions: 1 XP (C) 2 7 (E) 3 Documents (X) I plugged in an extra ide hard drive to see what was in it, after unplugging it, all of my drive letters became messed up so the windows...- kuklor
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- boot issues bootloader computer setup data recovery disk management drive letter easybcd extra hard drive file access hard drive ide drive inaccessible os ntldr partition repair troubleshooting windows 7 windows repair windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Xp on one HDD, 7 on another
I have XP installed on my old HDD. I bought a new HDD and windows 7 I installed windows 7 on my new HDD, my old HDD was plugged in at the same time of the installation. Everything runs great. I then put my pc back together, leaving my old HDD out, as i only want my new HDD with 7 installed...- taylormsj
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- bios boot boot issues boot order computer setup disk management dual boot easybcd hdd installation installation issues legacy systems migration pc configuration repair install troubleshooting windows 7 windows repair windows xp
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 problems after serious pc crash
hi everyone! my pc system is recovering from a serious crash resulting from a partition chaos (i happened to have been the cause ;) ) so - the pc boots again ... BUT, there are some issues i would be happy to find answers for in this forum: 1) windows 7 boots ... then goes into "starting...- 149047
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- access denied admin mode authentication blue screen boot issues file access partition pc crashes power saving recovery system issues system restore tech support troubleshooting user rights validating windows 7 windows repair
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Need Windows 7 Boot Help
Ok.. So here's the mess I made that I need help with. 1. I have 2HD's with one hosting Windows 7 x86 and the other hosting a Windows 7 x64 2. I finally got x64 up and usable for everything I needed so wanted to get rid of the x586 partition 3. I deleted the x586 partition using GParted 4...- dakasha
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- boot issues dual boot gparted os issues partition management troubleshooting windows 7 windows repair x64 x86
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista USB port issues/Candidate for moron of the year
OK, I doubt this will have a solution that isn't really traumatic. But oh well. I was having a problem with some devices that were supposed to be 100% fully compatible with Vista Home Premium on My Dell Inspiron Desktop. Namely a SONY Camcorder that was being incorrectly identified and hence...- tinythinker
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- bios camcorder compatibility corrupted driver data loss dell device manager driver initialization keyboard legacy hardware peripheral ps2 adapter reinstall windows safe mode startup system restore troubleshooting usb issues windows repair windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Blue screen on startup in all modes
I installed RC1 (64bit) a couple months ago and it was working great. Today quite randomly my computer froze. I held the power button down and turned it off, but now it won't start up again. At first the only thing that happened was the computer would turn on but the screen would show nothing. I...- cornisnice
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- bad pool header blue screen driver issues error codes safe mode startup issues stop error system crash troubleshooting windows repair
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Move existing windows installation to a different hard drive
Hi, I'm trying to move my win7 to a bigger and better hard drive. My original idea was to create a system image and restore it to a different hard drive with windows repair (after all, this is what you would do after a hard disk failure). However, it only allowed me to restore the image to...- pinguz
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- backup data transfer disk migration hard drive installation move storage upgrade system image system restore windows 7 windows repair
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows Vista Help! Vista doesn't start!
Please help me! I got my laptop less than a year ago. It's an ASUS G1-S Gaming Laptop. It's running Vista Home Premium 32bit. I had this problem twice before, but the only thing I didn't really take the time to figure out the problem. So I reinstalled Vista with the built-in partition(both...- white_knight319
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- asus g1s boot issues data recovery external drive gaming hardware hard drive hardware issues incompatibility os reinstall partition safe mode software issues startup system mechanic tech support teenager usb enclosure windows repair windows vista
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support