Extreme computer problem. Please help!
ok, i have a problem with my computer.
When I was doing an Avast Virus scan, i wanted to check something on Oblivion really fast. Thinking my computer could handle it, i tried. My computer froze, and after about 5 mins, i cold booted it. Windows went through the whole improper shutdown and repair crap, then it continued to load. Once i logged in, i noticed nothing came up like usual. I tried to start a random game, and it didn't work. So i tried almost all my exe things i downloaded. Every time it says "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem" Well...i have a lot of stuff on my computer, and this will take awhile to do...a long while. I might as well reformat my damn harddrive! But that would be stupid. Is there a registry problem or something that would cause all the exe applications that isn't originally installed with windows not to work?
Help will be appreciated.
When I was doing an Avast Virus scan, i wanted to check something on Oblivion really fast. Thinking my computer could handle it, i tried. My computer froze, and after about 5 mins, i cold booted it. Windows went through the whole improper shutdown and repair crap, then it continued to load. Once i logged in, i noticed nothing came up like usual. I tried to start a random game, and it didn't work. So i tried almost all my exe things i downloaded. Every time it says "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem" Well...i have a lot of stuff on my computer, and this will take awhile to do...a long while. I might as well reformat my damn harddrive! But that would be stupid. Is there a registry problem or something that would cause all the exe applications that isn't originally installed with windows not to work?
Help will be appreciated.
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A: do not ever ever modify the data on your hd while doing a virus scan. if you must. Pause the scan first, then do what ever you need to do.
it certainly sounds like a registry issue. You could try a registry cleanup program or you could try to load windows to a previously set system restore point. Sometimes an antivirus will set those before scanning in case f something like this, but windows should do it when it installs updates too.
And also, that computer doesn't have access to the internet. When i got my wireless card, it came with a program to do it, and it is better then the stupid windows crap, and since no exe files work, it won't open, and windows still sees itself as blocked from doing so....
I have work in an hour....on my computer...so this doesn't look good...
Oh and i have windows xp pro 64bit, trying to find a registry scanner for that...
EDIT: ...welp...it won't let me run the exe for the installation of the repair!!! This is starting to piss me off!!!
Or, i can start DOS and reformat my hard drive right? How exactly am i to do this?
Hope that makes sense. It's easier to explain in real life
Awhile ago, i decided to download SonicStage for my Sony mp3 player. Well, that turned out bad (since i have xp 64bit, not the same registry as it thought it was, so it screwed it up)(not this bad) but bad. It made my Autoplay brake (which it still is, comes up blank, but nothing too bad, too lazy to fix) And also made my DVD ROM disapear. Had to call the people, and they told me how to change my registry so i could fix it. I did, and that was all good.
But after this, once i get the exe's working (if the windows repair doesn't work) I am going to use that registry repair thing to fix all the rest of my problems.
Do a repair install and read a book or something.
My failsafe is an image file of the windows partition, which means a clean install with all 3d apps ready to use in 5 minutes, or restoring damaged files.
1. I have some games that i deleted when i changed my steam account (From my friends account to mine) and there are still those little data fragments that i can't get rid of in the Add/Remove Programs. OCD is going crazy
2. I have spent all day backing up my data just incase, and now, it the repair thingy's won't work, and i am getting pissed.
3. It's easy!
4. Will take care of data a lot better this time around, then i did in the last round.
If this doesn't work, then i will have to somehow get into my friends dads room, then get the XP 64bit i had in the first place (which he thought i was just testing). But this would be harder to get the disk, cause he NEVER EVER leaves his room. A lazy bastard he is.
EDIT: My teacher called Microsoft, and they said the other ones should work, if I am doing it right. I know i am, as i have done it before, but i am still confused. They said there is about a 1% chance that one of those is broken...well...my luck is that bad... hopefully one of the other two she gave me will work.
At any rate, at least this time, i can download the Language thing from the disk, so I can finally see Japanese writing instead of ???????????????????????????????????????????????
Ok, we burned the ISO image to a cd, of Windows XP pro 64bit LICENSE VERSION!!!! So, now we are reformating the damn thing, so we can us the RETAIL VERSION!!!! God, such a stupid mistake!