gl 8) bleh... If I install this, will I have to restart my computer? :oops: For some weird reason, it takes forever for my computer to shutdown and boot up. i was surprised as well,, with this version it doesn't require reboot anymore :) ...

the problem would be more than a shutdown or restart issue ... you'd get BSOD's, and they would happen both when booting the computer, as well as when shutting down. Disabling ACPI in WinXP is not a good idea. Doing this also requires reinstalling the operating...

the HD activity light. This usually lasts about 4 or 5 seconds and then the fan slows and the POST screen would appear and the system proceeds to boot. Starting sometime in June, I would intermittantly get to the fan slow down point and the system would shutdown...

volume and the computer shutdown before the changes were committed to disk, or because corruption was detected on the volume. If the dirty bit is set when the computer restarts, chkdsk runs to verify the consistency of the volume. Every time Windows XP...

super andy >>> -- > superandy_07 This is what can happen without a proper shutdown. Boot your install CD and do a repair if possible. ...

a makeshift paper pipe (to get to the small places). It's relatively cleaner now. I plugged it in, it made it through the boot screen, and booted my ubuntu. A while later though, the screen etc just froze with no response. After a forced shutdown, booting...

s Shutdown the computer -r Shutdown and restart the computer -a Abort a system shutdown -m \computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort -t xx...

98 boot disk. Power up to the boot menu and select Command Prompt Only. ( Pure DOS ) While in Windows, click Start >Shutdown>Boot To DOS. While in Windows, click Start > Run, type in: command and press Enter or click Start > Programs > Accessories...

i install xp pro, alls fine for a bit, but after a while it slows, videos are dodgy (poor picture Quality, picture stops & sound continues etc), apps start slowly, takes ages to shutdown&boot, then the only way i can seem to fix it is to do a clean...

shutdown and not boot up thing started again. THat's when I took the video card out and used an older one in order to be able to use my computer. Today I wanted to play a little and I inserted the card back in the system. The fans did spin for one second and...