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Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:54 pm
by Magyk
Lots of applications, Firefox, Itunes, Winrar, explorer.exe, and other things will not show up on screen - however the process shows up in the task manager as if it was running.
For instance, I'll start up Itunes - and it will not show up on screen - but the process shows that it is in fact running. (After a few tries, I've been able to get some things to start.)
Tried all the generic stuff, restarting, virus scan, etc.
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:04 pm
by Turky
happens to me sometimes with select programs, no idea what the culprit is.
try a system restore?
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:18 pm
by Max Rambone
Magyk wrote:Itunes
Well, that's your problem right thar....
~archi
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:33 am
by piou
I have this problem when i start my computer. I can launch some programs, but some don't, even though I can see the process. After 15 min, finally, these programs are launched...
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:59 am
by LORD
lol
weirid rly,well i know its brutal but maybe u try hard disk format ?
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:09 am
by piou
I know where it comes from lol, it's due to a microsoft update that I cannot remove...
Anyway i'll install Windows 7 soon
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:47 am
by Turky
indeed the only good way to remove an update is thru system restore. but are you sure you can't do it thru add/remove programs? you'd have to decipher which one it is, since they had odd names...
please don't tell me you have vista.
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:01 am
by Ðarth Jedi
Can som1 enlight me with Windows 7? Is it good?
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:19 am
by piou
Turky wrote:indeed the only good way to remove an update is thru system restore. but are you sure you can't do it thru add/remove programs? you'd have to decipher which one it is, since they had odd names...
please don't tell me you have vista.
I have vista :s I tried to install XP instead, but I dunno why, Acer hard disks only support Vista... The installation of XP failed, and I don't wanna experiment things to force the installation of XP. So I wait lol
Well that's an update, and when I click on this update in the list, there is no "modify/delete" button. I checked on the microsoft help center, and they said that this update cannot be removed
@dj : well it cannot be worst than Vista... I read some magazines though, and they said it wasn't that bad. But I may buy a mac too, I'm bored of Windows...
Anyway, you can download it for free as a beta version, and try out.
Re: Applications starting, but not?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:36 am
by Max Rambone
Never heard of a HDD only supporting one OS.
You know you probably have to format the drive first, right?
~archi