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I NEED URGENT HELP WITH MY LAPTOP. ALL HAS GONE TO POT. PLEASE HELP

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So, I installed this new driver on my windows 8 PC, and it installed I restarted and nothing out of the ordinary happened until yesterday (A few days after the installation). My mouse had this weird bug in BO2, which other people were experiencing, so I downloaded this fix and installed it. I rebooted my computer and then this happened:
It took AGES to boot up and then when I logged it, my tiles were all... Weird. Some of them were cut into two tiles, when ever trying to move your mouse over them, they would just switch, no animation. The majority of the graphics were all glitched out and weird. Some of the tiles like mail, weather etc just disappeared when hovering your mouse over them. So, this was weird, so I tried to go to system settings to update it. The settings screen showed up, only half of it, the other half was a search bar and black. Then, the screen started flashing black and this random battery icon appeared in the corner, I tried ctrl alt delete but nothing happened, even after 10 mins this screen was just there. So, I had to manually shut down all the time because you physically cannot go to the shingles menu or whatever and turn it off, the words for restart, shut down and log off disappear when hovering your mouse over them. So, when I rebooted I tried to go onto the desktop, I got a black screen that was flashing with razer game booster (Which comes up at start up) and that battery icon in the corner. Then it just went black. After 5 mins is just logs you out, without ANY user input. I physically can't get to my virus scanner (avast), and when in safe mode, avast isn't there and windows defender won't scan my PC. During the past week I've experienced a lot of crashes on BO1 and BO2, the audio glitches out and it crashes, even ctrl alt delete won't work. Of cause, I have the system specs to run the game, I wouldn't be playing them if I didn't.
So, what's going on. Is there a fix, and how do I fix it. Baring in mind I'm not a tech savi and I don't know loads about computers, I only know programming and graphics.

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please be more clear about what you did rather than just the description of the issue. tell us which drivers you installed, what was the "weird bug" with your mouse in BO2, and what kind of "fix" did you decide to download and instal. without this information, we can't really help you.

that side, will a mod please repost this thread into the correct forum section! :-)

My approach to new MS OS's is "It's still a beta until SP3". So I can't speak from experience with Win8. In past OS's, there were various tricks for screen icon issues (i.e. delete shellconcache) and it would seem that what you did after the initial problem has taken you from easily fixable to potentially a lotta work.

I suggest putting in the Win8 CD and using the repair function.

There's tutorials on the Win8 forums

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2843-automatic-rep...[1]=Performance%20Maintenance
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francisbojczuk said:
So, I installed this new driver on my windows 8 PC, and it installed I restarted and nothing out of the ordinary happened until yesterday (A few days after the installation). My mouse had this weird bug in BO2, which other people were experiencing, so I downloaded this fix and installed it. I rebooted my computer and then this happened:
It took AGES to boot up and then when I logged it, my tiles were all... Weird. Some of them were cut into two tiles, when ever trying to move your mouse over them, they would just switch, no animation. The majority of the graphics were all glitched out and weird. Some of the tiles like mail, weather etc just disappeared when hovering your mouse over them. So, this was weird, so I tried to go to system settings to update it. The settings screen showed up, only half of it, the other half was a search bar and black. Then, the screen started flashing black and this random battery icon appeared in the corner, I tried ctrl alt delete but nothing happened, even after 10 mins this screen was just there. So, I had to manually shut down all the time because you physically cannot go to the shingles menu or whatever and turn it off, the words for restart, shut down and log off disappear when hovering your mouse over them. So, when I rebooted I tried to go onto the desktop, I got a black screen that was flashing with razer game booster (Which comes up at start up) and that battery icon in the corner. Then it just went black. After 5 mins is just logs you out, without ANY user input. I physically can't get to my virus scanner (avast), and when in safe mode, avast isn't there and windows defender won't scan my PC. During the past week I've experienced a lot of crashes on BO1 and BO2, the audio glitches out and it crashes, even ctrl alt delete won't work. Of cause, I have the system specs to run the game, I wouldn't be playing them if I didn't.
So, what's going on. Is there a fix, and how do I fix it. Baring in mind I'm not a tech savi and I don't know loads about computers, I only know programming and graphics.



I had a similar problem when I installed Windows 8 on a system for a friends kid. The kid needed to install a USB wireless adapter to be able to get onto the internet. Two separate units by two different brands both caused the OS to crash after installing the drivers. Both times I had symptoms similar to what you describe. Black Screens and torn tiles, artifacts and just absolute wonkiness. The only fix ended up being a reformat to Windows 7. After doing that the system is working great.

So I recommend going back to Windows 7. Windows 8 is just not ready yet.

baladin said:
Please let us all know when it is ready and supports your friend's network cards.
We'll wait until then. Thanks.



Ok, I will tell everyone but you. That way you will still be as clueless as you are now. And at least I gave personal testimony to help the OP, what are you doing here except wasting everyone's time?


You are right; it was a pointless, sarcastic comment and didn't help the OP solve his problem.
But being clueless, as you pointed out, and still being clueless now, I couldn't really help him other than suggesting that he has some hardware fault on his laptop. Or maybe it's that new driver he installed, I don't know.
I had no issue with your original post until the last line, the one about Windows 8 being not ready.
But I want to leave it here and not get into any argument.
I now regret making that stupid comment.
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