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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Aardwolf on February 14, 2008, 02:26:22 am

Title: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: Aardwolf on February 14, 2008, 02:26:22 am: I hate automatic updates that force me to restart.

I click the restart later button, and what does it do? Ten minutes later or so, the same dialog comes up.

Did you ever realize that maybe I don't want to update, that you are not as important as whatever I happen to be doing right now?

Furthermore, sometimes when a Windows session ends, my computer decides to destroy the bootloader, forcing me to reinstall from my Kubuntu installation CD.

I HATE IT SO MUCH!
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on February 14, 2008, 02:52:25 am: Turn off the updates and download them manually.
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: Fearless Leader on February 16, 2008, 11:33:21 am: Just cover it in bacon, that should teach it
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: colecampbell666 on February 16, 2008, 05:29:49 pm: Quote from: Aardwolf on February 14, 2008, 02:26:22 am
Furthermore, sometimes when a Windows session ends, my computer decides to destroy the bootloader, forcing me to reinstall from my Kubuntu installation CD.
This points to some weird Windoze thing, or HDD problems.
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: Tyrian on February 16, 2008, 07:14:42 pm: I had a friend of mine at university whose laptop has XP on it and its bootloader (NTLDR) kept committing suicide, temporarily. She shut it off for a few hours, powered it back on, and it worked just fine. I have no idea what's causing it.
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: Hades on February 16, 2008, 07:39:03 pm: Quote from: Tyrian on February 16, 2008, 07:14:42 pm
I had a friend of mine at university whose laptop has XP on it and its bootloader (NTLDR) kept committing suicide, temporarily. She shut it off for a few hours, powered it back on, and it worked just fine. I have no idea what's causing it.
That could be from a virus, worms, problem with main XP files or .exes, or something else I don't know about.
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: colecampbell666 on February 16, 2008, 08:18:56 pm: Quote from: Hades on February 16, 2008, 07:39:03 pm
Quote from: Tyrian on February 16, 2008, 07:14:42 pm
I had a friend of mine at university whose laptop has XP on it and its bootloader (NTLDR) kept committing suicide, temporarily. She shut it off for a few hours, powered it back on, and it worked just fine. I have no idea what's causing it.
That could be from a virus, worms, problem with main XP files or .exes, or something else I don't know about.
QFT.
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: Kazan on February 16, 2008, 09:30:14 pm: could be thermal problems (in main CPU, main RAM, or the drive cache), or read heads that like to take a nap after operating for a while, bad power management on the drive, etc
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: Nuke on February 17, 2008, 07:09:20 am: or it could be that microsoft are total dicks and do things so that people dont want to have a linux dualboot. i get maybe 2 viruses a year (and with bi-annual re-installs, the problem seldom builds up to severe chaos), and never has one done any damage. usually my scanner catches it before it catches me.
Title: Re: Windows keeps trying to destroy itself
Post by: Tyrian on February 17, 2008, 09:25:09 am: Quote from: Hades on February 16, 2008, 07:39:03 pm
Quote from: Tyrian on February 16, 2008, 07:14:42 pm
I had a friend of mine at university whose laptop has XP on it and its bootloader (NTLDR) kept committing suicide, temporarily. She shut it off for a few hours, powered it back on, and it worked just fine. I have no idea what's causing it.
That could be from a virus, worms, problem with main XP files or .exes, or something else I don't know about.

She scanned with her AV program, and the system read as clean. Granted, she did use McAfee...

Quote from: Kazan on February 16, 2008, 09:30:14 pm
could be thermal problems (in main CPU, main RAM, or the drive cache), or read heads that like to take a nap after operating for a while, bad power management on the drive, etc

We know for sure it's not a thermal problem. In both instances, the system had been powered off for several hours and was cold on boot. (Personally, I think it's a hardware defect in the HD controller board.)