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Hi All,
I have an issue with windows 8.1 of which I would like someone to shed some light on for me.
The issue I am having is that every so often since upgrading 8.1 last night it keeps locking up on me for no apparent reason resulting in a a restart by the reset switch, and this never happened with windows 8 but it is annoying how 8.1 is now doing it.
Can anyone help? as I am seriously debating downgrading from windows 8.1 back to 8 as I don't want a system that locks up on me and is unstable all the time due to using my computer to do coursework for college and can't afford to lose any work that has not been saved.
SPECS:
MSI E350DM-E33
AMD E350 X2 @ 1.6Ghz
8GB DDR3
1TB HDD
ATI HD RADEON 6310
Yours Sincerely,
Shane
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since I've done that trick I found the system has been running great. I'll repeat it here and then try to scatter it into other replies. People should be made aware of this trick. Go into Task Manager. Right click on Windows Explorer. Click "restart"... then restart your PC... the PC will take awhile to reboot... the Windows system must be "reinstalling" or something.... this reset everything very well, for me....
It is odd that you couldn't run dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealthhere is a link to the scanner http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx If it doesn't work you can search Bing for Microsoft security scanner
Did it give you an error? Maybe it was typed in wrong or you weren't running command prompt as admin. You can copy from here and right click then select paste in the command prompt.
Does dism /online cleanup-image /checkhealth or dism /online cleanup-image /scanhealth run.
One of those will scan the computer for issues and report back if there is anything to fix. The other will the registry and other places to see if Windows set flags which is just its way of marking that there is an issue that needs repaired.
None will try and fix anything but they should run.
christ on a bike. how the hell does the average schmuck do that
Sounds more difficult then it is. Windows key + x > device manager > expand display > right click the display adapter > uninstall > right click display you used to expand the tree > click scan for hardware changes to reinstall
Or open device manager expand the display list right click each adapter to uninstall and restart the PC. Windows will grab the newest ones.
Note: Using drivers from the manufactures web site directly is a last resort. They may have not been certified to work with your PC setup which windows updater will check when graphic drivers. The one exception is graphics drivers because certain cards like nivida update the chipset not the card type so windows might not find new drivers.
If you need to get that many drivers using DISMs restorehealth is the best and making sure check disk has been running. How to run dism is easy, too. It I. My last post within the link to www.vindamedia.com
Checking that check disk has been running is back to Christ on a bike.
It's the hard drive that is bad. I was having the same problems and did a self check and was the hard drive. I have a new one coming in the next day or 2. One way to confirm this is when you start the computer, hold down the F12 or esc key to open the Bois menu. But you can do a system test and it will see what's wrong with the computer.
