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DVA8890
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 03 2010
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
"The sky is NOT the limit." Plano, TX USA
336 legs, 1,301.6 hours
77 legs,
255.8 hours online 328 legs,
1,249.9 hours ACARS 2 legs,
4.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 12 2010 20:45 ET by Alexander Brinson
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Okay, it pretty much says it in the title, but I'll tell you a little more. My computer just stopped working, I was going to restart it because my internet connection is bad, but I usually have signal, I truned it back on. I left my room because I had to go to the bathroom. When I came back, I saw the "Blue screen of DEATH". I don't know why, so I tried to start it again, then it went to where it says that my computer did not shut down correctly, and then I pressed start it normally, then it just restarted. I then tried to do a system restore, but it did the same thing, and thats all it is doing. I was also about to do a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles. I was going to do that flight before, but since ACARS messes with my fuel, I tried to restart FSX, and everything started to freeze up, and im internet connection got bad, that is when I decided to restart my computer. Any help at all would be great, I already miss flying, even though this happened 7 hours ago.
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DVA4410
Captain, A320
Joined on May 05 2007
Double Century Club
50 State Club
"I don't belong on the ground" Hollywood, FL USA
224 legs, 588.8 hours
73 legs,
225.9 hours online 206 legs,
537.3 hours ACARS 2 legs,
2.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 12 2010 20:48 ET by Devin Davis
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Whats the error code or description you get when the blue screen appears?
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DVA8890
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 03 2010
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
"The sky is NOT the limit." Plano, TX USA
336 legs, 1,301.6 hours
77 legs,
255.8 hours online 328 legs,
1,249.9 hours ACARS 2 legs,
4.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 12 2010 20:52 ET by Alexander Brinson
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It only showed it once, and I can't remeber, but it was some dll file I think. I use Vista Home Premium FYI.
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DVA8704
Captain, B747-400
Joined on June 08 2010
Double Century Club
Durbanville, Western Cape ZA
225 legs, 1,680.7 hours
49 legs,
279.6 hours online 224 legs,
1,678.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 13 2010 03:05 ET by Jansen Scheepers
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yeah this migth be a kernell.exe error, did you run any windows updates that you know of?
Jansen ScheepersCaptain, B747-400
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DVA8890
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 03 2010
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
"The sky is NOT the limit." Plano, TX USA
336 legs, 1,301.6 hours
77 legs,
255.8 hours online 328 legs,
1,249.9 hours ACARS 2 legs,
4.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 13 2010 08:58 ET by Alexander Brinson
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No, not that I know of. It just stops and restarts once I press enter on where it asks how I want to start Windows.
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DVA3419
Captain, MD-88
Joined on July 31 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Propellers keep you kewl!" Newark, DE
67 legs, 89.6 hours
61 legs,
82.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 13 2010 16:54 ET by Norm Hare
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If you strike the F8 key right after POST, will it allow you to boot in "safe mode"?
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DVA8890
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 03 2010
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
"The sky is NOT the limit." Plano, TX USA
336 legs, 1,301.6 hours
77 legs,
255.8 hours online 328 legs,
1,249.9 hours ACARS 2 legs,
4.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2010 08:35 ET by Alexander Brinson
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No, it doesn't work. I may just have to take it up to Best Buy or something, because everything I try will not work. At least I know a video that keeps me happy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3oHpup-pk It's crazy. Thanks for thrying to help guys, I really appreciate it.
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DVA7899
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 29 2009
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"PMDG or go home :)" Springfield, MO USA
304 legs, 743.8 hours
283 legs,
682.2 hours online 303 legs,
740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs,
47.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2010 12:04 ET by Skylar Macminn
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Alexander Brinson wrote:
No, it doesn't work. I may just have to take it up to Best Buy or something, because everything I try will not work. At least I know a video that keeps me happy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3oHpup-pk. It's crazy. Thanks for thrying to help guys, I really appreciate it.
Best Buy overcharges you for services like this. Expect to pay at LEAST $150 for it. That's just the diagnostic fee fyi.
Do you have the original Operating System Disk? I think the Vista disk is purple or something.
If you have it, take the disk, put it in the system, and then make the system boot from CD. Run the repair tool off of the CD/DVD.
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DVA3707
First Officer, B737-800
Joined on November 11 2006
Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Western United States
111 legs, 214.7 hours
67 legs,
117.3 hours online 106 legs,
206.5 hours ACARS 2 legs,
3.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 15 2010 01:46 ET by Andrew Martz
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If you have the original windows disk, try repairing, or reinstalling windows. I've had that happen to me, but luckiley, Gateway included a windows install disk with the computer, so I just popped that in and it fixed it. Also, you might want to contact microsoft as they might have some solution for you also.
Andrew MartzFirst Officer, B737-800
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DVA8890
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 03 2010
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
"The sky is NOT the limit." Plano, TX USA
336 legs, 1,301.6 hours
77 legs,
255.8 hours online 328 legs,
1,249.9 hours ACARS 2 legs,
4.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 15 2010 08:44 ET by Alexander Brinson
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Well, I have Gateway also. I bought it last year. I'll have to try that, and see if it can be fixed. If I can't fix it, I'll have to go to Best Buy or something to get them to fix it.
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DVA7899
Captain, B737-800
Joined on October 29 2009
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"PMDG or go home :)" Springfield, MO USA
304 legs, 743.8 hours
283 legs,
682.2 hours online 303 legs,
740.0 hours ACARS 30 legs,
47.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 15 2010 11:51 ET by Skylar Macminn
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Geek Squad will essentially do the same thing -- put in a disk that will verify and repair a few items.
If the Windows repair doesn't work, I want you to boot from CD with Command prompt, and run a "chkdsk" see if that repairs anything.
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