Computer help[views:2332][posts:16]_________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 8:26pm - archaeon ""] I turned off my computer after installing a new driver from my audio interface. Now, whenever I start my PC up it runs through the Dell load up screen goes to the a page when it asks me to select which way i want to start up the computer (safe mode, normally etc) then the XP screen loads up. The screen turns black when the XP load up appears to be done and the hard drive makes a bunch of fucking noise then starts back at the dell screen again. I tried system restore but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I'm in safe mode with networking now. |
| _________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 8:40pm - Dertoxia ""] i would say try uninstalling your audio interface. if it works after that then you know that the driver is causing some conflict. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 9:07pm - the_reverend ""] did you delete your system32 folder? |
| _________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 9:10pm - archaeon ""] twice |
| _________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 9:24pm - archaeon ""] Dertoxia said:i would say try uninstalling your audio interface. if it works after that then you know that the driver is causing some conflict. i uninstalled all traces i could find of it, still the same deal. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 9:55pm - sxealex ""] whats your audio interface? i think this happens in windows as well... kernels get recompiled for hardware like this. you might wanna recompile it(if thats possible sincne you probably cant get the source code)? or replace it with the safe mode one? I dunno? |
| ________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 9:57pm - sxealex ""] Side by Side Another problem area is DLLs:if one program installs a new version of a system DLL, Windows itself might stop working properly. System File Protection stops this; it isn't new to XP, but the Side-by-Side (SxS) technology for dealing with other DLLs is. Applications often overwrite common DLLs with their own version: if Office gives you a new version of the C runtime library and your voice-recognition software needs the previous version, it stops working. Software that needs its own particular version of a file can put it in a new folder in the Windows directory called WinSxS. For example, Windows XP comes with two versions of the COMCTL32 library and new applications may install other versions, but they go into WinSxS so each program gets the version of the file it needs. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 9:58pm - sxealex ""] http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorials/defau...&pagetypeid=2&articleid=7961&page=1 |
| __________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 10:13pm - archaeon ""] sxealex said:whats your audio interface? i think this happens in windows as well... kernels get recompiled for hardware like this. you might wanna recompile it(if thats possible sincne you probably cant get the source code)? or replace it with the safe mode one? I dunno? M-audio firewire 1814 thanks for the help, I'm trying to get a grasp on that tutorial but I'm kind of computer illiterate. |
| _________________________________ [Jan 3,2008 10:41pm - sxealex ""] i think the windows disk has a system repair thing... if you have no other drivers it should get you back to where you used to be. |
| _________________________________ [Jan 4,2008 7:45pm - archaeon ""] anyone else? |
| ________________________________ [Jan 4,2008 8:00pm - sxealex ""] so what happened when you tried the repair thing? |
| _________________________________ [Jan 4,2008 8:30pm - archaeon ""] I don't really understand what i'm suppose to do with with the .dlls. I did a search for the most recent used ones the 2 it says i used were iGdi.dll and setup.dll and theres a "kernel" thing mentioned in that article int eh same folder. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 10,2008 6:50pm - archaeon ""] fixed it i needed to disable my onboard soundcard. fixed everything. |
| ________________________________________________________ [Jan 10,2008 11:08pm - ArrowHead likes Ellios Pizza ""] Did you try disabling your onboard sound? |
| _________________________________ [Jan 11,2008 1:32am - sxealex ""] nonono dont bother just delete system32 |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 11,2008 6:54am - the_reverend ""] is your cable plugged in? what about the state-us light? |