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Post by Walter on Nov 13, 2011 2:06:16 GMT -7
I replaced my motherboard in my main work computer and have been having trouble getting windows vista reactivated. Until I can get this problem resolved I can't work on anything so all of my projects are being put on hold while I try to get this issue solved. Hopefully I can get it resolved quickly because I want to get back to work on the Star Wars project
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Post by Walter on Nov 14, 2011 13:29:18 GMT -7
My work computer is still down and I am planning on upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 in order to resolve the problem. It's going to take me a little time to do this and I suspect it will be at least another 3 to 4 days if not longer to get this done if things go well. If they don't go well, it could take even longer I'm keeping my fingers crossed that things go well
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Post by Walter on Nov 14, 2011 21:20:11 GMT -7
Amongst the computer issues I'm dealing with, some good news has arrived. I got my new video cards today! Yay! ;D
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Post by Walter on Nov 20, 2011 22:38:53 GMT -7
It's never easy is it.....after fighting to try to get Windows 7 installed for three days - No Luck. Installation keeps freezing. Scoured the internet for a solution and everything I tried so far didn't work. So now I just ordered an external DVD Burner that will hopefully burn a better image. Going to take 4 to 9 days before that arrives so everything is on hold - again - until that time I'm beginning to see why some people hate microsoft lol
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Post by Walter on Nov 22, 2011 17:08:01 GMT -7
Finally some progress! I managed to finally get Windows 7 installed along with my new video card! Installing drivers and updates etc etc etc trying to get Windows 7 to play nice with my computer. Still a lot of work to do, but got past a huge hurdle Hopefully I'll be back to working on the animations before too much longer
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Post by Walter on Nov 25, 2011 23:00:14 GMT -7
Finally finally I got my computer working correctly again. After installing Windows 7 I ran into issues with the computer freezing and with the audio not working. After a few more days of messing with it and scouring the internet for clues I managed to get everything back in order. Now I have to reinstall all my software, then maybe I can get back to working on the animations again
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Post by Walter on Mar 21, 2012 9:01:09 GMT -7
Once again I'm having computer issues. I got a virus from a friends e-mail several weeks ago. It supposedly had a picture with wanted to be opened in Adobe reader. Big mistake.
I managed to remove most of the issues but there are a few nagging problems left that I can't seem to resolve. So I'm going to reinstall windows....again....which should fix the problems once and for all and give me full control of my computer once again.
This is the reason I haven't been posting much here. Not sure how long it's going to take, it was a headache the last time.
Wish me luck....I'm heading in!
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Post by Walter on Mar 25, 2012 1:39:58 GMT -7
I just can't catch a break. Windows installation got corrupted now I can't do anything with my computer. Have to figure out a way to completely wipe out the drive and see if that helps. Working with a crusty old and slow computer just to get online so I can troubleshoot the problem.
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Lone Wolf on Mar 25, 2012 18:31:51 GMT -7
Download GParted Live (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php) and create a bootable USB or CD/DVD, then boot into that. You can bypass Windows GUI altogether and completely wipe the hard drive this way to remove a corrupted clean install.
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Post by Walter on Mar 27, 2012 20:13:43 GMT -7
I will definately give that a try! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll let you know how I make out!!!
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Post by Walter on Mar 29, 2012 9:04:44 GMT -7
Well the program you suggested didn't help Lonewolf. Mainly I think because of my overall situation. I'm using an older computer with Windows XP to try to research and download and burn data with. I have a feeling the images I'm burning are less than optimal on that old DVD burner. BUT! I found a thing called Ultimate Boot CD which FINALLY let me wipe out the hard drive. This has taken it out of it's locked state and I can attempt to install Windows 7 again! Yay! Of course, this takes me back to the original problem of the Windows 7 installation locking up at various points through the process but that's another can of worms. At least I've made some progress lol
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Post by Walter on Mar 30, 2012 0:45:10 GMT -7
Well I think I've finally got Windows 7 installed and running correctly. The installation kept freezing. What I had to do was restart the computer after the freeze and press Shift + f10. This opened a console window. In there I had to locate the explorer.exe file inside the windows folder. Once this was run the installation finished. I had a problem with Windows 7 freezing AFTER the installation was complete. This was a matter of disabling a conflicting service in msconfig. I'm still trying to narrow down exactly which service it is. Right no I have about half of them turned off which is why it's functioning now. But other than that it looks like I can start reinstalling all of my programs and get back to creating
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Lone Wolf on Mar 30, 2012 1:04:33 GMT -7
Yeah, I've never been a fan of Win7. Seems to work only on the computers we have in class.
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Post by Walter on Mar 30, 2012 12:48:03 GMT -7
You would think Microsoft would get this stuff sorted out by now. Windows has been around for a long time.....It's like a 20 year old person not knowing how to dress themselves.
By the way, the service that was the problem was the 'Power' service. I had to change my power settings in control panel to performance and that seems to have done the trick.
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Lone Wolf on Mar 31, 2012 0:34:14 GMT -7
Hmm...I'll have to remember that.
Yeah, maybe Windows 8 will be better...provided it's more cleaned up than the consumer beta.
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