I have a new Dell Laptop Inspiron 1520; It goes into repair mode after Windows Vista updating re-start?

August 7, 2009

I have a new Dell Inspiron 1520 note book PC; It was having problems on start up like heavy monitor flickering after Log On and long time to start. It was giving unexpected shutdowns. The service from Dell and agents was not helpful.

So I re-installed Vista from the CD (that deleted all Dell software). and updated drivers as required. Then all start up problems vanished. But there is one problem now. After most Vista updates, it goes into black screen (repair mode) during the re-start process. What can be done? Can I avoid updating? Will it cause any problems?

After the "repair" (nothing really) and booting, it says the updating was OK and works normally. Pls advise.

Is my Windows 2000 software REALLY infected with malware?

June 18, 2009

I pasted the text below of the Windows Security Center popup that eventually requires me to spend for a repair download. The download site is last. Do I need to spend this money to repair it, repair it some other way for free, or ignore it? Edward

[3:10:12 PM] Security Center ® says: WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
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ATTENTION ! Security Center has detected
malware on your computer !

Affected Software:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Win98
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection / Unexpected shutdowns

Recommendation: Users running vulnerable version should install a repair utility immediately

Your system IS affected, download the patch from the address below ! Failure to do so may result in severe computer malfunction.

http://www.update-alert.org/?q=us