My laptop is giving me fits lately. It will work perfectly for weeks on end, but lately, if I shut it down and restart it later (like I'm moving from place to place), one of a couple of things have begun to happen.
A)upon logging in, only some of my icons are showing their proper icons (harddrive programs) and the others are just plain "window" icons. None of my start up programs run.
B)only a fraction of my icons show up on the desktop and those that show are the plain window icons
C)I can force my way into something with the "Run" command (it's how I"m on the net right now)
All of the above are accompanied by the BSOD showing up where my Start button and desktop tray should be.
I ran Spybot yesterday and cleaned up a lot, I have Avast! for my antivirus and recently scanned my harddrive for troubles.
What else is going on here?? It's driving me insane and making me afraid to turn off my computer in case I should need it quickly. Usually after about 5 or 6 times of Ctrl-Alt-Del and shutting down/restarting from that menu, I can get things working again, but that doesn't really make any sense either.
A)upon logging in, only some of my icons are showing their proper icons (harddrive programs) and the others are just plain "window" icons. None of my start up programs run.
B)only a fraction of my icons show up on the desktop and those that show are the plain window icons
C)I can force my way into something with the "Run" command (it's how I"m on the net right now)
All of the above are accompanied by the BSOD showing up where my Start button and desktop tray should be.
I ran Spybot yesterday and cleaned up a lot, I have Avast! for my antivirus and recently scanned my harddrive for troubles.
What else is going on here?? It's driving me insane and making me afraid to turn off my computer in case I should need it quickly. Usually after about 5 or 6 times of Ctrl-Alt-Del and shutting down/restarting from that menu, I can get things working again, but that doesn't really make any sense either.