IMHO, the startup thing is a by-product of something freezing you during operation. Fix that and you'll probably fix the startup problem. Make sure that you are not running ZoneAlarm and Microsoft Security Essentials.... they don't like each other. If you aren't, try booting after using MSCONFIG (from a command prompt) to deactivate programs loading at start-up and any non-Microsoft Services from loading at start-up. If you aren't crashing after that, add things back a few at a time until you find the culprit.I have a problem of my Windows 7 randomly freezing.
While it's almost always during game play it sometimes happens while just playing a pod cast in itunes. The only way to get out of it is to hit the restart button on the computer.
Now the computer reboots and I get to the booting screen: "Starting Windows", however the 4 flashy things that make out the windows logo never appears and it will sit like this forever until I hit the restart button AGAIN. Now windows asks me if I want to run Startup Repair or if I want to Start windows normally.
If I choose Startup Repair it will launch the repair program but it never does anything, just gives me the "repairing" message forever.
However if i choose start windows normally it boots just fine.
Anyone seen anything like this and knows how to solve this?
I should add that nothing about the crash shows up in the event viewer.
IMHO, the startup thing is a by-product of something freezing you during operation. Fix that and you'll probably fix the startup problem. Make sure that you are not running ZoneAlarm and Microsoft Security Essentials.... they don't like each other. If you aren't, try booting after using MSCONFIG (from a command prompt) to deactivate programs loading at start-up and any non-Microsoft Services from loading at start-up. If you aren't crashing after that, add things back a few at a time until you find the culprit.
The sound isn't the problem, just a symptom of the freeze, just thought it might have helped identify the cause.The retail is certainly better than the RC..
Will it fix your sound...........your guess is as good as mine.
I can't guarantee anything
If you did a "clean" install,. it must be hardware related.
Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and see if there are any entries with a yellow flag beside them.
Thanks for trying to help but that post wasn't very helpful. Could you hand me a tip on how to find out what files might be corrupted?Defective hardware or corrupt files.
From an elevated command prompt, run sfc /scannow. That will repair any corrupted system files. You may have to insert your Win7 disk.Thanks for trying to help but that post wasn't very helpful. Could you hand me a tip on how to find out what files might be corrupted?