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RyanSxi
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12th Aug 08 at 20:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
When I turn the laptop on everything is fine untillI select the user I want to log in. The welcome message comes up but it then hangs on that and won't go any further.

I have tried safe mode but that did the same. I have also tried starting with last known good configuration but that didn't help either. Any ideas or will I need to find my vista disk out for a reset?
Doug
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12th Aug 08 at 20:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tried getting in as the administrator?
dannymccann
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On XP when you get to the Account screen you can press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice quickly and it brings up a box, where you can type your administrator account name (mine is just Administrator) and you can acces the admin one from there. Try that. If it doesnt work then fair enough, but have you left it to lad for a little while? It might be installing Windows Updates or other program updates or removing spyware and so is just busy?
RyanSxi
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12th Aug 08 at 21:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
doesnt seem to get me ionto admin area, is it diff on vista?
dannymccann
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13th Aug 08 at 07:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No idea, I dont use Vista....

Have you just tried leaving it for an hour on the welcome screen? It might just be loading something
RyanSxi
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Yeh I left it for around an hour last night and it didnt do anything.

Also trid taking the battery out for 10 mins.

Ended up turning it off to see if its over heating so will have a look at it later. Thinking I may need to do a repair/format from the vista disk tho.
dannymccann
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13th Aug 08 at 09:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sounds like it, but thats what i do whenever there is a problem like this, fuck it off and just completely sort it
liamC
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quote:
Originally posted by RyanSxi
Yeh I left it for around an hour last night and it didnt do anything.

Also trid taking the battery out for 10 mins.

Ended up turning it off to see if its over heating so will have a look at it later. Thinking I may need to do a repair/format from the vista disk tho.


Just reformatted Vista from scratch on my girlfriends laptop as the on-going problems just wouldnt go away.

From my experiences with that Operating System, Vista is nothing but a pile of utter shite.

I'd downgrade to XP if I were you.
John
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13th Aug 08 at 10:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What experiences would lead you to that?
My experiences of it is that it's really good.
RyanSxi
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13th Aug 08 at 10:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
To be fair I havn't had a problem with it and we've had the laptop around 18months at a guess? It's had some right hammer aswell and this is the first problem we've had.

Doesnt matter too much that I have to format it as theres nothing of any importance on it. Just cant be arsed
Corsa_Joel
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12th Nov 08 at 14:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
System recovery seems like the best option mate. I try to do a system recovery myself every 6 or so months just to keep the OS fairly stable and virus free
Sam
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12th Nov 08 at 15:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Vista has worse support for "legacy" applications than XP does.

Windows For Workgroups 3.11 FTW!
ed
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12th Nov 08 at 15:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Legacy is just another word for obsolete.
John
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12th Nov 08 at 15:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
A bit like this thread.
ed
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12th Nov 08 at 15:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think Vista is shit because some mouthy git said so on his blog.

Though, getting back to the point, I'd suggest you get the Vista DVD in and try and repair the system. There are a variety of different fixes you can apply, and it usually sorts itself out.
Sam
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This thread may help:

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/758739-windows-vista-help-startup-crash.html
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Legacy is just another word for obsolete.


Brilliant

 
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