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So this is how it all went down, I have a program that totally uninstalls software, its registry and little tidbits programs leave behind. I was uninstalling a obsolete 3d program & the program froze a bit, then my spybot activated and said something was trying to change the registry, a windows media player exe file, and a couple of other suspicious programs, it recommended I block it, so I did, and then the uninstaller program froze again, and said there was something blocking it, and it would not close down at all, it said there was some kind of error, and either quit or continue, I tried both, and nothing would happen, so I tried the ctrl+alt+delete option, and I got a pitch black screen then it said it cannot open, login failed. So frustrated with that, I restarted the comp, and thats where the problems started, I now cannot boot ultimate 64, I get a blue screen stating fatal error, and it keeps on restarting, luckily I have a dual boot with ultimate 32 bit, so I can retrieve my files for backup, if need be, Im hoping I dont have to though. All this while I am doing my final project for film school, with my deadline thursday nov. 6, 2008. During boot, I tried safe mode, debugger, previous working condition restore point, all the same thing, blue screen fatal error. Within the 32 bit however, I restored the windows folder for the 64 bit version to a previous version a few days ago. reboot, same thing. I have the 64 bit disk, although my comp has multiple drives, dvd players and 8gigs of ram, I would have to disconnect for it to work, as the original version would crash every time during boot, SP1 fixed all those errors. So I am just hoping there is a easier way to troubleshoot this problem. So I dont have to save a couple of hundred gigs of work/programs, to reformat, that would be really tedious and time consuming. Any ideals would be welcome. Thanks. -- skyoneder |
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"skyoneder" wrote in message ... So this is how it all went down, I have a program that totally uninstalls software, its registry and little tidbits programs leave behind. I was uninstalling a obsolete 3d program & the program froze a bit, then my spybot activated and said something was trying to change the registry, a windows media player exe file, and a couple of other suspicious programs, it recommended I block it, so I did, and then the uninstaller program froze again, and said there was something blocking it, and it would not close down at all, it said there was some kind of error, and either quit or continue, I tried both, and nothing would happen, so I tried the ctrl+alt+delete option, and I got a pitch black screen then it said it cannot open, login failed. So frustrated with that, I restarted the comp, and thats where the problems started, I now cannot boot ultimate 64, I get a blue screen stating fatal error, and it keeps on restarting, luckily I have a dual boot with ultimate 32 bit, so I can retrieve my files for backup, if need be, Im hoping I dont have to though. All this while I am doing my final project for film school, with my deadline thursday nov. 6, 2008. During boot, I tried safe mode, debugger, previous working condition restore point, all the same thing, blue screen fatal error. Within the 32 bit however, I restored the windows folder for the 64 bit version to a previous version a few days ago. reboot, same thing. I have the 64 bit disk, although my comp has multiple drives, dvd players and 8gigs of ram, I would have to disconnect for it to work, as the original version would crash every time during boot, SP1 fixed all those errors. So I am just hoping there is a easier way to troubleshoot this problem. So I dont have to save a couple of hundred gigs of work/programs, to reformat, that would be really tedious and time consuming. Any ideals would be welcome. Thanks. Seriously. Work from the 32bit version for now. then, after your project is over... get back to the problem on the 64 bit side. The 3rd party utility looks like it hosed your system. You should either not have used it at all or else not have blocked it's operation. Anyway, if you attempt to repair your system and take down your whole machine... you will be in major trouble. Once your project is complete, the pressure will be off and you can trouble-shoot in a more relaxed manner. I'd be sure to backup to an external drive as you just may end up having to reinstall |
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Hey thanks, I appreciate your concern, however GOOD NEWS! So I detached my second hard drive, dvd reader, and took out 4 gigs of ram, booted up with my 64 bit disk, did the repair and viola!!! it worked !!!! YAY! Im so relieved, as I would have had to install all the programs in my 32 bit hard drive, plugins, all my settings, and whatever else to do my work, which would have taken forever. yeah Im going to stay away from that cleanse uninstaller and anything else that can screw with my system's registry for now, till I finish my project. That sure is stressful. Thanks And now Im back to work hard on my project. ![]() -- skyoneder |
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"skyoneder" wrote in message ... Hey thanks, I appreciate your concern, however GOOD NEWS! So I detached my second hard drive, dvd reader, and took out 4 gigs of ram, booted up with my 64 bit disk, did the repair and viola!!! it worked !!!! YAY! Im so relieved, as I would have had to install all the programs in my 32 bit hard drive, plugins, all my settings, and whatever else to do my work, which would have taken forever. yeah Im going to stay away from that cleanse uninstaller and anything else that can screw with my system's registry for now, till I finish my project. That sure is stressful. Thanks And now Im back to work hard on my project. ![]() Good luck on your project glad you got it fixed!!!! |