Any time windows updates, it's supposed to turn off, then turn back on to finish.
Well anytime it turns off, it won't turn back on. The last time it did this, it corrupted the BCD.
The computer shuts down ok via the menu, and will start back up when I power it on, but if I hit restart, it just shuts off, and won't come back on unless the power button is pressed.
He says the last thing the computer did was a windows updated and the day after did not start, when i start it so comes the logo forward "VI10" and a loading circle below for a 1min or 2. then you hear the fan is increasing and it is reading something, then it jumps to a black screen for 1-2 minutes then comes "Preparing to configure Windows".
I let it stand for six hours before I turned it off and start looking try start it in safe mode, have used boot setup before on XP and W7 so know how it looks / works but I can not access it anywhere, I read somewhere you could force it with F8 but do not work .
Also try to bot with cd = same shit
it is a :: Sony VA10
Intel inside Core i5
Model: SVE151J13M
Windows 8
On Win 8 (not 8.1) will be first -time user soon - How do i do the updates for Win 8 once new computer is set up and 'running' ? Because it's been sitting on a store shelf i'm sure there are Win. updates required ..not familiar how to find 'that' section inorder to do the updates ! Guess i want to do that before signing onto internet - right ? this will be a whole new world to me - been using XP for eons
PS any other 'hints' as a newby to '8' even if i haven't thought to ask ! PPS: do you recomment i just set options to ''automatic' updates? with XP i know how to find Control Panel to set that but how do i find Control Panel (if that's where i do it ) on Win 8 ... boy am i 'green' !
My laptop reboot time has increased to a significant amount (about 15-20 secs, earlier it was < 5 secs) after I updated to Windows 8.1.
I am talking about the time it takes to lock screen to appear after I power on the laptop not the time from logging in to desktop visibility. Still I have reduced the number of start-up programs, and its of no use.
How can I reduce this time?
About 6 days ago my computer started to crash (as in no shutdown sequence, just straight off) and reboot on the hour, every hour. So 11am, 12pm, 1pm on the dot.
I tried memtest to see if it was a memory issue and it ran for 3 hours with no errors. Safe mode is not effected so it seems to be specific to windows proper.
Here are the main details about the error:
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION 0x0000003b Caused by driver ntoskrnl.exe
There was a weird error message in task scheduler as well, which I have posted in the screenshots below.
I have also attached the logs and a dump from blue screen view.
Computer rebooted randomly today with no BSOD. Found this in the event log.
I've ran a sfc /scannow with no errors reported and also re-imaged my machine using the DISM tool. Here is a link to my MEMORY.DMP file it's 1.1GB! Is that normal?
[URL] .....
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting
Date: 11/6/2013 11:13:56 AM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Error
[Code] ......
I'm having the same problem with my Acer w500 which uses mSATA SSD drives only. I have upgraded to a Mushkin Atlas 120GB V series SSD and obviously upgraded to Windows 8 (professional) and every time it wakes from sleep it says there was a problem and needs to reboot. I'm going to put the stock 32GB Sandisk SSD back in later today and see if the problem is still present. I do have the latest BIOS on this computer and the latest firmware on the Mushkin SSD, drivers are the latest from Acer and most are November 2012 dates. There are no BIOS settings on this computer, all I really get are boot order, AHCI or IDE mode, and a couple other trivial things so I can't change suspend to ram or suspend to disk settings. I'll make the changes to hopefully show the BSOD when it comes out of sleep so I can try to gather more info.
This was a "clean" upgrade install (do not keep any settings or applications) which puts all the old stuff in a .old file, it was a clean from restore disk win7 that was used as the base OS to allow an upgrade, and is the 32 bit version of Windows 8.
Every few days I get a blue screen if death error message and have to reboot my computer. The error messages are rarely the same. Today's message was Page_fault-in_nonpaged_area (igdkmd 32.sys), however, as I said, I receive many other messages. I have googled the various messages and the usual advice is to disconnect my various bits of hardware (printer, scanner, external hard drive, router and Inport {for recording from a turntable). I am supposed to see whether the BSOD appears after each piece of hardware is removed. This isn't practical as the errors aren't occurring consistently or every day so I wouldn't easily be able to tell which hardware is causing the problem.
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I had to resort to a Macrium image to get it to work again.
Am making a new image now. Made some other changes I want to save.
Then I'll try the 13 updates again.
So the problem started about a week ago. I came home from work and tried to wake up my computer. It "woke up", but only to a black screen with cursor flashing in the middle. It was clearly on the User login screen as the ease of use button in the lower left corner kept flashing periodically as well. I tried tying in my password and nothing worked.
So I began looking online and I tried some suggestions: Bringing the System Recovery and entering safe mode(same thing happened)....tried entering safe mode + cmd prompt (same problems).
I then used the System Recovery, cmd prompt, and robocopy to transfer all the files I needed to an external...so those are all safe and sound.
I tried doing a system restore point, but that didn't work either. So fed up, I decided to do a clean install. I inserted the disc, deleted the partitions and everything on the hard drive, and just did a fresh install of Windows 8.
I FINALLY got to my desktop. So to get back to 8.1 I had to do all the appropriate updates...which is where I ran into problem #2 that plagues me till now. After the updates were installed it, of course, asks me to restart...when I do.. I get the windows logo with the swirling dots and then BSOD.
The error on it is "SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (nvlddmkm.sys)". I read that thats because of video card drivers....so I go back to a system restore point I set up, and try updating without the gpu drivers.
I get the BSOD again and same error, though this time without the "(nvlddmkm.sys)".
I went back, tried updating BIOS, tried updating things one at a time, tried using 3 month old gpu drivers...but it all ends up the same...BSOD.
SO I'm stuck at the base Windows 8 with no way to update....what can I do?
Currently this is what I am running:
Intel Core i3-2100 Dual-Core 3.1GHz
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P F6 LGA 1155 Intel Z68
EVGA SC GeForce GTX 560 2GB 256-bit
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3
I am trying to update my system to the new Windows 8. I am already operating on the old one, so the update should be free. My computer will not load the store to allow me to update my software.
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I have had success in getting into the BIOS by pressing F12 upon startup. I tried changing the boot order to boot from my bootable startup repair DVD but it didn't work!
I purchased a new ASUS LAPTOP which came with windows 8 installed. When i tried to restart after installing Gtalk i got this message.
"Failure configuring windows updates. reverting changes. do not turn off your computer ".
I got this on last friday i.e the 6th of june, ever since i am not able to do anything with my laptop. I don't have windows 8 dvd as well. How do I reboot it?
Model number : Asus 15634 Laptop Intel Core i3 .
I also tried pressing the power button for 15 secs , still no luck. Tried f8 f9 and windows + r and windows+ X keys no luck.
After a BSOD and utter failure to boot (presumably a critical OS file damaged) I ran the recovery tools for a total factory reset.
Connected to the internet and worked for an hour or two, then tried a reboot. Windows update had 104 updates to process. It did them, then "Failure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer"
This should take half an hour. After 90 minutes it has rebooted 5 or 6 times. It keeps reverting to the same "Failure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer" message. Looks like it might want to reboot through each of those 104 updates.
I'm going to repeat the factory reset and the FIRST thing I will do is disable updates. I'm going to see how long I can work without any updates.
I just reinstalled 8 on a ssd and tried to install 8.1 from the store but it says i need to update windows first. I tried running windows update but i get an error saying "Windows could not search for new updates" error code 80240440. I tried everything I could find online and nothing seems to work. I tried restarting windows update, i tried turning off firewall, I tried reinstalling windows again and selecting "check for updates online" before installing from the cd, i tried running a check disk, and there is absolutely no program installed on the drive other than windows.
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I am able to go only to command prompt. Nothing else (fortunately I am able to backup my photos by connecting external hard drive and using command prompt). I checked the SRT log file but it doesn't say any issue. All passed.
I tried refresh PC but it came back and said "There was a problem refreshing your PC. No changes made".
I tried using win ISO image bootable flash drive. It couldn't get through me in (I just tried with PC repair option when I booted with ISO image).
Is there a way I can get over it without re-installing?
I am currently having an issue on my laptop at the moment where it's stuck in an infinite loop of 'reverting changes' after having tried to update and failed at 30%, I have done some reading at ways to boot into safe mode however it would appear windows 8 doesn't give me the chance.
I do not have a copy of my original windows 8 disc and am at a loss!
I have tried spamming F4, F8, F10 buttons and none are allowing me to enter boot mode.
After I installed Windows 8 I started having the "0 KB Total, 0% Downloaded" issue while attempting to update, sometimes it does work, but most of the time it doesn't
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I tried doing System Restore, but it just hangs. Windows Installer hangs on "preparing to install".
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It never gets any further than this, it never reverts, I have left it running for an entire day and have restarted several times.
This is a tablet, so there is no keyboard so I cannot press any F keys to get into recovery mode, and no CD to boot from etc.
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It gets to 15% then fails
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Code:
DISM /image:C:mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:MSU
In C:MSU I have:
Code:
96 File(s) 797˙689˙211 bytes
20. 06. 2013 03:08 9˙602˙439 AMD64_ARM_X86-all-windows8-rt-kb2840632-x86_5a2074567fbc6cb4e7339dfb8adbeadfaa58b766.msu
24. 10. 2012 01:35 8˙215˙009 AMD64_IA64_X86-all-windows8-rt-kb2729462-x86_3a6f7896b3481f266299544594f1e7bcbb07701a.msu
[Code] .....
Error: 0x800f082f
Package XXXXXXXXXXXXXX may have failed due to pending updates to servicing components in the image. Try the command again.
dism.jpg
I have had to system restore 3 or 4 times in the last week or so as Windows 8 refuses to boot after installing the latest updates discovered from the last couple of weeks (though some are from December 2012)
I have unchecked all the current updates and have decided against installing them as they seem to be preventing Windows from booting.
Pattern - "Restart to install updates"
Restart locks on the start screen - Restart again and locks again (repeat this process 3x)
"Windows is automatically repairing..." - Fails
"Windows must restore settings to a previous time..." - Usually succeeds, sometimes fails.
Then I can get back into Windows.
As soon as I install these updates, I won't get back into Windows until I system restore since before the updates and my build won't remain stable unless I prevent Windows from installing these updates.What could be going on?
They are quite big updates (totalling ~740mb and have all been discovered in the last week or so though some date back to late last year)
My laptop started installing updates when I powered down for four hours I have had this message on the screen - keep your PC plugged in until this is done. Installing update 17 of 24.....
How long do I leave this or can I power off and try and restart?