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Ceru
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i hav a dell laptop, and i ned ns's help. i turned my omputer on this morning, and verything loads except the start bar on the bottom of the screen. so, i turned my computer off, and pressed start windows normally. again, the start bar did not come up. so when my computer was starting up again, i pressed reboot, and now everytime it gets to start windows normally it goes right back to the screen that comes up when you turn on the computer. does reboot mode like stay until you turn it off or something? and if so how do u turn it off. idk somone please help me!
Aug 19 2007 1:37PM
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1stBlood
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its prolly comin back as unexpected shutdown in which case it saves whatever you were doing and brings it right back when you turn it back on

as for the star bar, make sure that you didnt minimize it all the way to the bottom or move it by accident to one of the other 3 sides of the screen...i hope you could follow that cuz it was kinda confusing
Aug 19 2007 1:47PM
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Ceru
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well the computer isnt even loading it just goes to the main page and then starts again, its kinda confusing.

and does reboot just mean start your comp over again?
Aug 19 2007 2:01PM
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1stBlood
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yea reboot/restart same thing

try cntrol alt delete and closing all open applications that are runnin and takin up a lot of cpu memory

that might help clear up any problems
Aug 19 2007 2:04PM
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Ceru
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i cant even do that dude, it doesnt even get into the login names.
Aug 19 2007 2:10PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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your probly going to have to restart it in safemode and figure out the bug. when your turning the computer on and the screen is black and it displays the computer stats and stuff press escape or something like that during that time and select safe mode
Aug 19 2007 2:31PM
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1stBlood
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oh shit...

im not sure on that one bro

maybe take it in to circuit city or best buy or somethin and take it to the comp tech and ask him if he can help you
Aug 19 2007 3:40PM
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1stBlood
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i hate to say this but you may have to completely delete your hard drive and reload the operating system back onto it
Aug 19 2007 3:41PM
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2+2=5
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try this. ctrl + alt + delete, click file, new task/run, and type in explorer.exe and hit enter.
Aug 19 2007 3:56PM
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1stBlood
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already said that but nice try...
Aug 19 2007 3:59PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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no you didnt. all you said was to close existing applications which would be using RAM, the amount of ram being used has no affect to what the problem he is experiencing. He said to run explorer which will control the start menu and basically the whole operating system. completly different thing.
Aug 19 2007 4:10PM
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2+2=5
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yeah, your computer may not be executing explorer.exe when you start up your computer. if that doesnt work, your best bet is put your xp cd inside and boot it from the cd and reformat/reinstall windows. also try safemode.
Aug 19 2007 4:12PM
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1stBlood
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well thats basicly the same thing

Aug 19 2007 4:14PM
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Ceru
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how do i boot with the cd? do i stick it in, press f2 for settings, go to boot, and press cd rom?
Aug 19 2007 7:45PM
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comeatmebro
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no, not at all.
Aug 19 2007 7:48PM
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Ceru
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oh and if i delete the hard drive and reload the shit, will all my songs still be on limewire/itunes? becuase they arnt part of windows right
Aug 19 2007 7:49PM
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Ceru
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dude nomen you seem to know a lot about computers, how do i boot with the cd?
Aug 19 2007 7:52PM
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comeatmebro
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if you delete everything, you lose everything.
Aug 19 2007 7:56PM
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1stBlood
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i meant uninstall the operating system...

Aug 19 2007 7:56PM
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2+2=5
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just like you said, you put the cd in, reboot, hit f2, then set it to boot from cdrom. and yes your songs will be gone, it deletes everything off of ur harddrive
Aug 19 2007 7:57PM
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R.Z.A.
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i believe you boot up the comp and hold down the c key. thats how it goes on my other comp.
Aug 19 2007 7:58PM
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Ceru
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wwoah woah wait, if i reinstal windows xp limewir and itunes songs will be gone? or do u mean if i just delete my harddrive..?
Aug 19 2007 8:00PM
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1stBlood
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i meant re-install the operating system aka windows

it usually takes care of any bugs that are in the hard drive
Aug 19 2007 8:02PM
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comeatmebro
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just put all the songs and shit on your ipod. once you have re-formatted and re-installed, put ipod to computer and transfer from ipod to computer you can get a program to do it or you can do it manually.
Aug 19 2007 8:02PM
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Ceru
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alright i just pressed start windows regularly and it says this file /system 32/ntokrnl.exe has been removed or corrupted, please reinstall

what the fuck im so confused

oh an if i re-install windows right now, would all of my songs from itunes and limewire be deleted.
Aug 19 2007 8:07PM
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2+2=5
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yes yes yes! you have to burn it onto a cd/dvd or ipod. everything on your harddrive will be gone, its basically like having a new a computer.
Aug 19 2007 8:53PM
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MacMahoooon
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as the computer boots up repeatedly hit F8...a boot menu will come up and select "Last known good configuration" and press enter. If that doesnt boot properly do the same F8 thing and select "Safe Mode" and boot that way. See if it comes up to a usable page and then reboot from there
Aug 19 2007 9:16PM
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comeatmebro
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yep, safe mode then reboot. if it still doesnt work. safe mode then try and figure out what is wrong.
Aug 19 2007 9:20PM
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603skier
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that happened to my friend's dell laptop too.
Aug 19 2007 11:53PM
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Cronin
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reformat, how old is your laptop? you could bring it to a tech but most are lazy and will reformat it anyways, so save some cash and just reformat it, yes you will lose all your ipod songs etc but is that really a concern cause its rather painless to redownload them, which btw is probally how you manged to mess up your comp in the first place. ironic?
Aug 20 2007 2:06AM
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eheath
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/buy a mac.
Aug 20 2007 2:14AM
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Cronin
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not more mac talk
Aug 20 2007 2:28AM
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toominator
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if you have the xp cd, boot from cd, there should be an option to fix windows, can't remember exactly what its called or what you do it, but it is possible. you said its returning an error box saying a file has been corrupted or whatever, so this method should be able to work, it will however erase all the windows updates and security patches. it basically goes through and restores any windows files that are different to the ones on the cd. if you can do that you'll still have all your music and programmes etc on there
Aug 20 2007 2:40AM
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