Computer Problem – Help?

5 thoughts on “Computer Problem – Help?”

1. Drew H says:

   April 16, 2011 at 1:56 am

   Run a system file check

   Click Start and type in your Search Box "cmd.exe" (without the parenthesis)

   Right click, and click "run as administrator" if it shows UAC, click continue

   When command prompt opens type this command:

   sfc /scannow

   that will scan your system files and fix the valuable ones without you losing your personal data

2. Chris Tiffany says:

   April 16, 2011 at 1:56 am

   EITHER you are having a hardware issue (from the sounds of it a heatsink may not be making a connection)

   OR software, and that is a littel harder to diagnose without having the system on the bench, I would suggest taking it to your local computer sales and service shop (not WorstBuy or your local yahoo who works from his basement, a REAL store locally owned is best 🙂 )

3. Tsukiyomi says:

   April 16, 2011 at 1:56 am

   try system restore. try to restore a while back before u had the problem.

4. Christian says:

   April 16, 2011 at 1:56 am

   Someone may have replaced one of your shortcuts with a fake shortcut that gives you a fake message and then shuts your PC down. Common prank that Ive used before. They can make it say whatever they want and make shut off after however long they want.

5. widowmate says:

   April 16, 2011 at 1:56 am

   Because "None of these answers worked", your next option is to recover data (like pictures) to an external device (like a USB stick) and do a system recovery or maybe even a wipe-and-fresh-install from the original CDs. A "return-to-factory-fresh-settings" option may be available depending on vendor (like Dell) but that failed for me because the root problem was a hard drive that needed reformatting when Windows "spattered" on the media.

   Your problem seems to be corruption of some basic system files, which the suggested recovery will fix — perhaps at the expense of needing to chase down device drivers and re-install all programs from their source CDs. Allow a couple of days to get it done.

   An alternate solution — which I have done often for customers and friends — is to download a Linux Live CD distribution’s ISO and burn it to a CD or DVD. Then, boot from it. You’ll notice everything runs great and much faster after a program loads (CD speed slows down the load time). Then you can blow Windows away and install to hard drive inside of 20 minutes — including all drivers and programs.

   It’s scary for most Windows users, but you’ll never look back after you learn the ropes. Easiest distro out there by far is PCLinuxOS KDE version at http://www.pclinuxos.com/?page_id=180 — or check them all (hundreds of choices) at http://distrowatch.com/

   My main computer runs 64-bit Windows Home Premium because Dell sold it that way (4-core AMD screamer). Windows 7 crashed bad, but luckily I’d created the recovery CD set. That’s why I installed 64-bit LinuxMint from http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php as dual-boot. Guess which OS I use the most. Guess which is more reliable, faster, more secure, easier to update, and with the best programs to get things done. Hint — not the one that came on my machine.

   Good luck!

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