Yes, it's true.. it DOES happen from time to time.. Moderators to experience and seek help regarding their computers.. Anyway.. Because i have made what i thought was a wise decision from moving from an incredibly power AMD64 machine, to a laptop purely due to me having to move around the whole time, and the convenience of a portable computer somewhat starts to appeal to me.. so i buy a Toshiba Tecra A4, i've used alot of laptops, its been a great choice for me.. anyway.. this thing is a bargain.. 1.5GHz / 768MB DDR / ATI X300 128MB / DVD-RW 8X Dual / 15.4" XVGA Tru Bright Screen and a 6-in-1 card reader for £520 + 2hr battery time. 1 Problem... Windows yeh.. anyway, linux on a laptop just isn't going to happen - not at the moment, i'd realistically want a good Distro on it, ie not Debian or Redhat for laptops. Anyway, ... after my little rant.. my laptop is being gay: Code: Windows when loggin into Windows, not all the startup programs load up, they have already started as a service in Windows, however don't show. If i then try and open any window to browse for example: My Computer or Network Connections i am presented with a hour glass, the status of the hour glass does not change at all no matter how long i leave it. If i CTRL + ALT + DEL, and choose Task Manager and check on the processes running, all the processes that should be running are running and Windows Task Manager reports no programs or services as Not Responding, CPU / Memory usage is minimal, with no fluctuations. If i End or Kill the Windows process/service: 'Explorer.exe' i am left with only visually being able to see my wallpaper, nothing happens at all if i leave it for any length of time. ie: no processes or programs report as being crashed, no fluctuations and no "This Program Is Not Responding" messages. If i then CTRL + ALT + DEL & choose to logoff, the computer logs off, but before so i am given a several messages reporting that "A Process is not responding, End this program" (with the graphical percentage bar (the count down of when windows itself will terminate the process/service). After this i am able to log out, re-login under the same username and password and Everything loads up and presents itself with out any problems, i am able to access any folder / program requiring the Windows Process 'Explorer.exe', and everything loads up correctly. I have run a full system diagnosis of the hardware - fine (using toshibas utility). I have run a full up to date Anti-Virus with no reports or suspicions of any viruses. I have run a full deep system scan for any Spyware or Mal-Ware - none found. I'm almost 100% certain that its not hardware, i've checked the temperature, memtest 86, every normal diagnosis.. i think its just SP2 being gay after i did the usual first connection to internet update.. what u reckon?
that's extremely odd...a gay operating system?! anywayi would think your problem is windows related, not hardware, but it is extremely strange...log in, not work, CRTL+ALT+DEL twice to log off, log in again and all works...it cant be hardware can it?! have you tried a re-install of windows?
My guess would be that either you're in need of a firmware upgrade in the case of a buggy ACPI implementation, or that you're using the OEM-installed OS image and they have some flakey software running on it. I always make a practice of removing the OEM rollout OS from laptops and doing a fresh install before handing them over to clients, and I must say there is a marked improvement. All the best, -AT
Thanks, only just checked the reply, but i did a fresh copy install of Win XP Pro (my own) and its working perfectly. I didn't like the look of some of toshibas service and process monitoring software tbh, infact i didnt like alot of it.
Sorry about this Anti-Trend but yes i like what you said on the post, he had a cheek asking for help with pirated software. If you cant pay for it sell the computer.
I agree with what you're saying, but in this thread we're talking about operating systems installed by the OEM (original equipment manufacturer); in other words, the stock rollout of Windows you get with a new PC. It's not pirated in that case, just usually set up quite poorly by the company producing the hardware. -AT
have legit copy of XP Pro, XP Home, XP Media Edition, 2k, ME, 98, 95 lol most were free though through work
My laptops fine but when I try to shutdown it takes about 2 mintues and then shuts down. In that time it doesnt do anything. I'm going to reinstall XP Pro, (also free from very nice people at council). My laptop is formatted with FAT32! I'm gonna use NTFS but that would make all the recovery discs useless.
