EvilJester99 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) I have a Compaq Presario C700 lap top. It freezes on start up. It gets all the way to showing the desktop and then freezes. I can't get a virus scan going even in safe mode. It freezes even in safe mode. I tried a system restore and I keep getting an unspecified error message and it won't restore. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance Edited February 22, 2009 by EvilJester99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Feb 21, 2009 -> 10:56 PM) I have a Compaq Presario C700 lap top. It freezes on start up. It gets all the way to showing the desktop and then freezes. I can't get a virus scan going even in safe mode. It freezes even in safe mode. I tried a system restore and I keep getting an unspecified error message and it won't restore. Any ideas?? Thanks in advance Is it new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Its about a yr old so not really. Its was working perfectly until earlier today. I left the lid open and it went into a sleep type mode and I came back and it wouldn't wake up so I restarted by the power button and now its acting up. Edited February 22, 2009 by EvilJester99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I had some problems with mine but it was new. They made me take the bottom off over the phone and they installed my extra gigs all sloppy. The memory card was only half way in and hanging out. Fixed it and haven't had a problem since. Mine was freezing up and getting blue screens and everything. Sorry, I'm no help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Re-install your OS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 It sounds like that thing that happened in Live Free or Die hard. Whatever you do, do NOT hit Control-Alt-Delete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Finally figured it out. I had to open MSConfig and shut off a new file that was dled with a windows update. After that it works fine now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 04:49 PM) Finally figured it out. I had to open MSConfig and shut off a new file that was dled with a windows update. After that it works fine now. Glad you fixed the gremlin. I really dislike chasing those down. I have an update in Firefox that will not install and just click past it rather than start diagnosing the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 QUOTE (3E8 @ Feb 21, 2009 -> 11:07 PM) Re-install your OS Yup. When you have tried everything you can try with PC's, its time to reimage that sucker and start from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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