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Posted by TheDemon on Nov-11-2009 01:42:

Laptop issue. need help.

Basically my laptop starts up, goes to the screen where it asks you to start Windows normally. I choose that option, a blue screen appears very quickly, the windows xp screen shows up (the one with the scrolling blue line) and then it restarts and repeats. I can't even log into safe mode. does the same thing. windows is claiming that a recent change in hardware or software. I havent' changed anything, however my sis recently downloaded some spam onto it. any help? thanks.

Posted by Abercrombie on Nov-11-2009 02:00:

Microshaft just sent down a Windows update. I had your problem too during the last update a couple months ago.

On another PC, I started a life chat with a microshaft techie. After fiddlin around, techie called me back... fiddled some more. Escalated to senior guy. Called me back... deleted some files that stucks the update, restarts, updates, problem solved.

Most interesting observation I had: They never asked me for my COA or any POP

Posted by rabbitjoker on Nov-11-2009 03:26:

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Originally posted by Abercrombie
Microshaft just sent down a Windows update. I had your problem too during the last update a couple months ago.

It likely has NOTHING to do with said update, PS.

Posted by rabbitjoker on Nov-11-2009 03:26:

BTW - go get Win7.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Nov-11-2009 03:47:

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get Win7.

Posted by TheDemon on Nov-11-2009 04:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie
Microshaft just sent down a Windows update. I had your problem too during the last update a couple months ago.

On another PC, I started a life chat with a microshaft techie. After fiddlin around, techie called me back... fiddled some more. Escalated to senior guy. Called me back... deleted some files that stucks the update, restarts, updates, problem solved.

Most interesting observation I had: They never asked me for my COA or any POP

Doesn't have to do with updates dude. an I am running windows xp on my laptop.

Posted by Pett on Nov-11-2009 07:13:

probably won't work but worth a shot. take out the battery leave it for a short while and try again.

if that doesn't work I think theres a system recovery option from the safe mode screen "f8 screen"

Posted by chinamon on Nov-11-2009 07:36:

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
BTW - go get a mac.

fixed.

Posted by Owen M on Nov-11-2009 08:41:

I had a similar problem with my PC a few years ago. Windows was continuously looping. It started out happening once in a while, then suddenly it kept doing it and windows would never load.

I'm not sure what the source of the problem was. The service tech wanted to charge me a couple hundred to fix it. I decided to do my own self-fix. I bought a new hard drive, removed my old one, re-loaded windows on my new one (with a different copy than my original disc) then plugged my old hard drive in as a secondary drive. It never did it again.

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Originally posted by chinamon
fixed.

Macs aren't worth the $. I own both. Everything I can do on my $2000 Mac I can do on my $600 PC.

Posted by Dr. Z on Nov-11-2009 14:41:

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Originally posted by chinamon
fixed.

Posted by Geoffb3 on Nov-11-2009 14:50:

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Originally posted by chinamon
fixed.

Thank you!

Posted by Playa24_7 on Nov-11-2009 15:43:

The easiest way to fix this for YOU, would be a repair install. All your programs and settings will still be there once you finish, this just replaces system files with fresh ones.

It's the easiest fix for you to do yourself, and this will most likely fix your problem.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

There's other things you can try first that would probably fix your problem faster, but there's no point in going into details about them here.

Posted by jsibilin on Nov-11-2009 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Playa24_7
The easiest way to fix this for YOU, would be a repair install. All your programs and settings will still be there once you finish, this just replaces system files with fresh ones.

It's the easiest fix for you to do yourself, and this will most likely fix your problem.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

There's other things you can try first that would probably fix your problem faster, but there's no point in going into details about them here.

winner !

good job!

most people don't have the windows xp or vista discs.. so 7 would be worth it if u like the fancy smancy stuff!

Posted by bigjimslade002 on Nov-12-2009 11:18:

what kind of laptop do you have?

Posted by Orko on Nov-12-2009 14:23:

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Originally posted by Dr. Z

I wouldn't be so quick to assume chinamon is part of the herd. He didn't just buy a shiny new paper weight.

Posted by Dr. Z on Nov-12-2009 14:33:

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Originally posted by Orko
I wouldn't be so quick to assume...

Posted by TheDemon on Nov-12-2009 17:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Pett
probably won't work but worth a shot. take out the battery leave it for a short while and try again.

if that doesn't work I think theres a system recovery option from the safe mode screen "f8 screen"

Ya, I was thinking about that. or running the recovery console. if not, its re format.