Sooooooooooooo . . .

Mithosphere · June 4th, 2007

So i installed a wireless pci card into my rig and was running for about 3 hours, then the computer froze. So i turned it off and turned back on, and when i logged in, windows said that my hardware had significantly changed and needed to be reactivated withing 3 days. I havent touched the interior since i put it together . . .

It looks kinda fishy to me, that and when i clicked on the pop-up balloon for the help online website, it just doesnt load the page, it keeps refreshing itself.

thoughts?

**PrOLifIC_onE** · June 4th, 2007

Possibly something died or your drivers were deleted/changed. Could be something like a secondary HD that went bad. Usually one minor hardware change will not do such a thing but it's not out of the question. But it does sound fishy. Or maybe somehow, windows is detecting an old piece of hardware differently for some reason....

Dread · June 4th, 2007

Run the system file checker from the command prompt:

Code:

sfc /scannow

Have your system disk handy, it may ask for it.

If that doesn't fix what ails it, try a system restore, or next step, system repair.

Mithosphere · June 4th, 2007

well i did the whole activate thing, nothing happened it just said thanks for activating, guess it was no big deal

Pete · June 4th, 2007

I hate that. I took out a stick of RAM and it wanted me to be reactivated.

**PrOLifIC_onE** · June 4th, 2007

I'm glad u r all set.

Panda Man · June 5th, 2007

Soon your going to have to start calling M$ to get it activated though : (

Computer-Ed · June 5th, 2007

In fairness as it stands right now it is a pain but not a big deal, I mean 2 maybe three mouse clicks and done. The time to complain is a million times more involved than the steps to fix it.

**stinger608** · June 5th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Computer-Ed

In fairness as it stands right now it is a pain but not a big deal, I mean 2 maybe three mouse clicks and done. The time to complain is a million times more involved than the steps to fix it.

Maybe that is true, but give me a break, every time you change anything, you need to reactivate your copy of windows????

Man, don't fart or you will contaminate the air around your computer and you will need to reactivate windows

Beetle Bailey · June 5th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by stinger608

Maybe that is true, but give me a break, every time you change anything, you need to reactivate your copy of windows????

Man, don't fart or you will contaminate the air around your computer and you will need to reactivate windows

OOOPS!

I wish I would have read this sooner. I hope the Lysol will help.

Man Chinese and warm beer don't mix very well.

June 4th, 2007	#1
Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Sooooooooooooo . . . So i installed a wireless pci card into my rig and was running for about 3 hours, then the computer froze. So i turned it off and turned back on, and when i logged in, windows said that my hardware had significantly changed and needed to be reactivated withing 3 days. I havent touched the interior since i put it together . . . It looks kinda fishy to me, that and when i clicked on the pop-up balloon for the help online website, it just doesnt load the page, it keeps refreshing itself. thoughts? Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

June 4th, 2007	#2
PrOLifIC_onE 5 Minute Mod Man Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 688 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Sooooooooooooo . . . Possibly something died or your drivers were deleted/changed. Could be something like a secondary HD that went bad. Usually one minor hardware change will not do such a thing but it's not out of the question. But it does sound fishy. Or maybe somehow, windows is detecting an old piece of hardware differently for some reason....

June 4th, 2007	#3
Dread Jumpmaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lansing, KS Posts: 640	Re: Sooooooooooooo . . . Run the system file checker from the command prompt: Code: sfc /scannow Have your system disk handy, it may ask for it. If that doesn't fix what ails it, try a system restore, or next step, system repair. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo @2211.3 MHz MS-7125 Rev 1.0 nForce4 K8N-Neo4 Plat Phoenix 6.00 PG 05/22/2006 BIOS 2 x OCZ4001024PF 1 GB PC3200/400 3-3-3-8 2T nVidia XFX GF8800GT 512 DX9c Samsung SyncMaster 930B 1 x WD800JB / 2 x WD2000JD HP DVD640 OCZ 520ADJ SLI PSU

June 4th, 2007	#4
Mithosphere Yeah, so are your pants! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cherry Capital of the World Posts: 564	Re: Sooooooooooooo . . . well i did the whole activate thing, nothing happened it just said thanks for activating, guess it was no big deal Pentium D 915\|EVGA 7050 mATX\|OCZ XTC 2GB\|XFX 7900GS XT\|Hyper Type-R 580W\|Qmicra 2 Case

June 4th, 2007	#5
Pete Fried Rice Peddler Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 355	Re: Sooooooooooooo . . . I hate that. I took out a stick of RAM and it wanted me to be reactivated.

June 4th, 2007	#6
PrOLifIC_onE 5 Minute Mod Man Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 688 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Sooooooooooooo . . . I'm glad u r all set.

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June 5th, 2007	#8
Computer-Ed .. Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 452	Re: Sooooooooooooo . . . In fairness as it stands right now it is a pain but not a big deal, I mean 2 maybe three mouse clicks and done. The time to complain is a million times more involved than the steps to fix it.