Computer is teh boned

GEC: Discuss gaming, computers and electronics and venture into the bizarre world of STGODs.

Moderator: Thanas

Post Reply
User avatar
Captain tycho
Has Elected to Receive
Posts: 5039
Joined: 2002-12-04 06:35pm
Location: Jewy McJew Land

Computer is teh boned

Post by Captain tycho »

1. DirectSound simply vanished
2. About 1 minute after I connect to the net, I cant open the start menu, and all my desktop/toolbar icons vanish, but I can alt tab between them.
3. There is something called windows workstation manager (wkss.exe) running in HJT which I cant delete.
Captain Tycho!
The worst fucker ever!
The Best reciever ever!
Top
Kaintukee_Bob
Youngling
Posts: 54
Joined: 2005-05-18 11:42am
Contact:
Contact Kaintukee_Bob

Post by Kaintukee_Bob »

Silly question, but have you run all the standard stuff? Spyware/Adware checkers, anti-virus, etc?
Anakin: "Padme, I love you."
Padme: "Ani...I'm pregnant."
Anakin: "..."
*waves hand*
Anakin: "This is not the dad you're looking for"
-inspired by the 5/24 User Friendly
Top
User avatar
Beowulf
The Patrician
Posts: 10621
Joined: 2002-07-04 01:18am
Location: 32ULV

Post by Beowulf »

Find your WXP install disc, or your recovery disc...
"preemptive killing of cops might not be such a bad idea from a personal saftey[sic] standpoint..." --Keevan Colton
"There's a word for bias you can't see: Yours." -- William Saletan
Top
User avatar
Xon
Sith Acolyte
Posts: 6206
Joined: 2002-07-16 06:12am
Location: Western Australia

Post by Xon »

Reinstalling windows isnt going to fix the problem. Hardware might have imploded.

Start menu -> Run -> type "chkdsk /r" & hit enter.

Then hit "Y" to tell it you want todo a check disk on the next reboot. Then reboot!

If any bad sectors are reported, then your harddrive is fucked. You need to backup the contents of stuff you want to keep and get a new one.
"Okay, I'll have the truth with a side order of clarity." ~ Dr. Daniel Jackson.
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." ~ Stephen Colbert
"One Drive, One Partition, the One True Path" ~ ars technica forums - warrens - on hhd partitioning schemes.
Top
User avatar
Faram
Bastard Operator from Hell
Posts: 5271
Joined: 2002-07-04 07:39am
Location: Fighting Polarbears

Post by Faram »

Read the board rules regarding L33T Speak.

Rule #1

I will let this thread live because of the question.
[img=right]http://hem.bredband.net/b217293/warsaban.gif[/img]

"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. ... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. ... If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" -Epicurus

Fear is the mother of all gods.

Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. -Lucretius
Top
User avatar
Captain tycho
Has Elected to Receive
Posts: 5039
Joined: 2002-12-04 06:35pm
Location: Jewy McJew Land

Post by Captain tycho »

Oddly enough, the problem seems to have resolved itself. Chkdsk doesn't show anything nasty, anways. I'm gonna mess around with this for awhile and see if it happens again.
Captain Tycho!
The worst fucker ever!
The Best reciever ever!
Top
User avatar
Captain tycho
Has Elected to Receive
Posts: 5039
Joined: 2002-12-04 06:35pm
Location: Jewy McJew Land

Post by Captain tycho »

Ack, sorry about that Faram. :oops:
Captain Tycho!
The worst fucker ever!
The Best reciever ever!
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Gaming, Electronics and Computers”