windows vista problem

DanteTheLegend · 07-30-2008

it all started last week, windows started to open like crazy i couldent stop them (IE windows)

Today they froze.

Now i press alt to open the menu thing and it wont open, ive tryed restarting it.

when i turn on my pc sometimes it gets stuck in the black screen where the little dash thing "-" is blinking, today it also got stuck in a blue screen.

what is going on :'(, someone please help, my pc is going nuts.

RadioactiveMan · 07-30-2008

Were the windows opening websites or just blank pages?

Subject 17 · 07-30-2008

Flashing white line... sounds like your MBR is f'd or something.

DanteTheLegend · 07-30-2008

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Originally Posted by Dboyz-x.etown

Flashing white line... sounds like your MBR is f'd or something.

It always does that, its like the command thing where you type something in. but sometimes it gets stuck there..

Radioactiveman - There were blank pages.

Midnight_Walker · 07-30-2008

It sounds like you may have had a visit from adware or something, but it wouldn't usually be that serious. If you have a Vista disc, you could try booting from it and running a repair.

I can't remember if Vista's repair just magically fixes everything or if it opens a command prompt like XP does. I think it jut magically works, but if it does open a prompt, you should run chkdsk /r first, and see if that helps. If not, try fixboot. If your MBR is knackered, you'll want to run fixmbr, but I don't think that's your problem. And you don't want to run fimbr unless you really have to, if memory serves, so be warned.

If I were you, I'd run a repair, and if it works, boot into safe mode and run an antivirus/adware/spyware scan, and then a system restore. Actually that's a lie, if I were you I'd wipe the lot and do a rebuild, but I doubt you want that.

Good luck anyhow.

DanteTheLegend · 07-30-2008

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Originally Posted by Midnight_Walker

It sounds like you may have had a visit from adware or something, but it wouldn't usually be that serious. If you have a Vista disc, you could try booting from it and running a repair.

I can't remember if Vista's repair just magically fixes everything or if it opens a command prompt like XP does. I think it jut magically works, but if it does open a prompt, you should run chkdsk /r first, and see if that helps. If not, try fixboot. If your MBR is knackered, you'll want to run fixmbr, but I don't think that's your problem. And you don't want to run fimbr unless you really have to, if memory serves, so be warned.

If I were you, I'd run a repair, and if it works, boot into safe mode and run an antivirus/adware/spyware scan, and then a system restore. Actually that's a lie, if I were you I'd wipe the lot and do a rebuild, but I doubt you want that.

Good luck anyhow.

i dont have a disc, it came installed with the pc.

i dont think its adware, ive scanned for adware, spyware, trojans, viruses, worms.

nothing was detected, so i think it may have to do with the operating system itself.

Midnight_Walker · 07-30-2008

Hmm. You may be out of luck then, unless you can get your hands on a disc, which shouldn't be too hard, really. Can you boot into safe mode?

DanteTheLegend · 07-30-2008

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Originally Posted by Midnight_Walker

Hmm. You may be out of luck then, unless you can get your hands on a disc, which shouldn't be too hard, really. Can you boot into safe mode?

Yeah...

Subject 17 · 07-31-2008

I'm assuming you're on a different PC if you can still reply here. And I'm assuming you can download items to this pc as well.

I'd say just wipe the drive and install ubuntu. You'll loose some functionality, but you'll have an OS to work with, which is a step up from nothing.

Midnight_Walker · 07-31-2008

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Originally Posted by Dboyz-x.etown

I'd say just wipe the drive and install ubuntu. You'll loose some functionality, but you'll have an OS to work with, which is a step up from nothing.

Jesus, don't tell him that! If he's going to wipe the HD he may as well just reinstall vista. And at least he'll have a clue how to use it. Ubuntu would be useful as a Live CD but not as a replacement OS in this case.

Anyway, since you can boot into safe mode, try a system restore. It's in Accessories>System Tools. Run it, and pick a date that you know your PC worked on, and it will roll itself back to how it was then. You won't lose documents, saves, etc, just programs and stuff that have been installed since then. It's been a lifesaver for me on more than one occasion.