As far as the driver digital signatures, it crashes right after I see my screensaver and reads me this long error message.
a recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source.
If you have a windows installation disc, insert the disc and restart your computer. Click "repair your computer," and then choose a recovery tool.
Otherwise, to start Windows so you can investigate further, press the ENTER key to display the boot menu, press F8 for Advanced Boot Options, and select Last Known Good. If you understand why the digital signature cannot be verified and want to start Windows without this file, temporarily disable driver signature enforcement.
Status: 0Xc0000428
Info: windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file.
Enter=Continue|Esc=Exit
What I’ve tried so far:
Safe Mode (won’t work)
System Repair (won’t work)
System Check Point (none created)
Okay, it let me in Windows, where do I go from here?
How can I figure out the problem now that I’m actually in Windows now?
I’m paranoid, I feel like any minute it’s about to boot me off and give me that dreaded all blue prompt screen again-lol
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Filed under: Windows Repair Software
try using a different screensaver
Try to choose the option to use the Last Known Good Boot Settings by using the F8 option to get to the safe mode menu. Also check on that list and see if there is an option to disable the driver signature from the menu. You may need to hit the F8 option again once the menu comes up if there are more options available.
Other than that you may need to use your system recovery disks and choose a non-destructive recovery rather than a full recovery so that you won’ t lose the data on the system currently