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Vista is acting MENTAL

  • 05-10-2008 6:54pm
    #1
    Klingon Hamlet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,741 ✭✭✭


    Hi I recently got a Sony VGN-NR38E laptop and it's been working fine up til today. Visa was always a little laggy (it has 2GB RAM but I've heard Vista is memory-intensive) but otherwise no issues...til now, arrgghh...

    I booted it up this morning and when I tried to load up the start menu, the Loading Circle came up and strobed...and nothing happened! I had to hard reboot and tried Firefox...same thing! Safe Mode (which I'm in now) works OKish. I've tried loading up Disk Defragmenter to see if it'll clear up the problem but it won't load in ANY mode!

    I've been using torrent downloaders but nothing dodgy has come down the pipeline. The last thing I did before these major problems arose was download an update for Sony's proprietary media playback software. Could this be the problem?

    I'm gonna bring it back for replacement if I have to but I'd rather avoid that. Is there a way to downgrade to XP for free? Maybe that'll help?


Comments

  • #2
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    how about ya uninstall the sony update first before ya bring it back for replacement?


  • #3
    astrofool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,867 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    Tech support 101

    Do you think the thing that I did prior to it having a problem might in some, crazy, totally out there, way, have something to do with the problem that occurred directly afterwards?

    The problem in this instance, sits in front of the keyboard :)


  • #4
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    astrofool wrote: »
    The problem in this instance, sits in front of the keyboard :)

    Yes its known as a PEBKAC error


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    try system restore to before you had the problem


  • #6
    kaiser sauze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭kaiser sauze


    astrofool wrote: »
    Tech support 101

    Do you think the thing that I did prior to it having a problem might in some, crazy, totally out there, way, have something to do with the problem that occurred directly afterwards?

    The problem in this instance, sits in front of the keyboard :)
    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Yes its known as a PEBKAC error

    Sitting there pontificating is easy, especially when the person is not in front of you.

    The torrenting is the likely cause of your problem; were you doing that as you did the Sony update? Uninstall the Sony update and see does that fix your problem.

    When updating software/system, having as few processes running as possible is always the best advice against having issues like you describe.


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