I don't know if this is the right sub-category or not but.....
Here is the deal. One day my friend booted up his computer and it wouldn't log in past the "Welcome" screen with the spinning circle on the left side of the text.
A little background first... He doesn't have a password set up to log in, so it just automatically goes to his desktop once he starts the computer.
He even left it sit there for 1-2 hours hoping it was having trouble logging in. Nope, didn't do a thing.
So i tried looking around on other forums concerning this, tried everything from removing the BIOS battery for 30 min to testing if any of the RAM sticks were bad. I am hoping that this doesn't lead to reinstalling Vista. That being said, he wasn't smart enough to make recovery CD's.....
Any help is appreciated
Thanks in advance.
Here is the deal. One day my friend booted up his computer and it wouldn't log in past the "Welcome" screen with the spinning circle on the left side of the text.
A little background first... He doesn't have a password set up to log in, so it just automatically goes to his desktop once he starts the computer.
He even left it sit there for 1-2 hours hoping it was having trouble logging in. Nope, didn't do a thing.
So i tried looking around on other forums concerning this, tried everything from removing the BIOS battery for 30 min to testing if any of the RAM sticks were bad. I am hoping that this doesn't lead to reinstalling Vista. That being said, he wasn't smart enough to make recovery CD's.....
Any help is appreciated
Thanks in advance.