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cloud4004
August 22nd, 2005, 15:23
I'm having a problem with my computer...

When I turn it on it get's to the widows screen, the monitor gose blue (with some text that moves too fast to read) and then my computer restarts... It dose this exactly 3 times before I can actually log on... It's not a huge problem but it's pretty dam annoying...

thx
hagbard
August 22nd, 2005, 15:29
I'd try to update your antivirus software, and also make a system restore if helps.
cloud4004
August 22nd, 2005, 23:27
The problem seem's to be gone now but just incase... Any software you'd recomend?
hagbard
August 23rd, 2005, 12:56
Norton AV it's nice but it uses so many resources from the PC. Some friends recomend me NOD32 because looks to have much lower system requeriments, but I didn't test it though. About Spyware, Ad-Aware works very good, appart using Firefox helps a lot.
cloud4004
August 23rd, 2005, 14:27
thx a bunch
Wizzle Waz
August 23rd, 2005, 16:33
Antivirus isn't the answer to everything.

cloud, were you messing with Partition Magic at all? Some operations cause a blue screen with text to appear on startup. It may be that the operations were completed after thatm which is why the problem disappeared.
hagbard
August 23rd, 2005, 16:39
System restore feature should be very helpful too. Just be careful about which drives drives/partitions are supervised: The system partition/hd it's the only one needed in most cases.


thx a bunch
No problem :cool:
Wizzle Waz
August 23rd, 2005, 19:16
You don't solve every problem with system restore or antivirus or reinstalling Windows.
onewecallgod
August 23rd, 2005, 21:08
its the lazy/stupid way out. if they choose to take that route, so be it.
mhl12
August 24th, 2005, 03:10
You don't solve every problem with system restore or antivirus or reinstalling Windows.
what other kind of computer problems are there then that does not require any of those options?
Wizzle Waz
August 24th, 2005, 13:25
What?

Are you genuinely asking for an example of a problem which doesn't require reinstalling Windows, antivirus or running system restore? Christ, hardly anything should require that.

Let me guess, you work for a company like Dell in tech support...
hagbard
August 24th, 2005, 14:10
That were only examples and suggestions. Who has said this is the Rosetta Stone? :rolleyes:
cloud4004
August 24th, 2005, 21:48
I've tried every anti-this and that program I can find... Nothing's really helping much. I'll try some re-installing some stuff and messing around with some shell's a bit...

thx for all the help guys