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Memory problems? Maybe.
Bucketman
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Ok so long story short: recently when I try to start some programs I get an error of 0xc0000005. Mostly just games and spicifically Borderlands and Torchlight. They use to work. So far I have tried:
Windows Memory Diagnostic with both of my RAM sticks in slot 1
Windows disc checker-found some errors but no fix
removing stick of RAM, trying old crappy RAM
Running virus/spybot scan
I'm wondering if I just need more memory or if this is a hard drive problem or what. A lot of people on the internet seemed to have had this fixed when Windows update awhile back and there are not many other solutions I can think of.
Thanks in advance
Windows Memory Diagnostic with both of my RAM sticks in slot 1
Windows disc checker-found some errors but no fix
removing stick of RAM, trying old crappy RAM
Running virus/spybot scan
I'm wondering if I just need more memory or if this is a hard drive problem or what. A lot of people on the internet seemed to have had this fixed when Windows update awhile back and there are not many other solutions I can think of.
Thanks in advance
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You should look into this. Maybe harddrive failure is imminent.
I should have said it found some errors but fixed them, well according to it anyway,
See I got that student version from back at launch that you just downloaded the file, and the file is gone and the site was taken down by microsoft. I can call them if I need to, but will they send me a CD?
Is there a way I can restore these? I don't have windows 7 discs because I got my copy as a download for students and that site no longer exists.
Home Premium x86
Home Premium x64
Professional x86
Professional x64
These are the links from Digital River, the company that partnered with Microsoft to sell the student editions online; you will not be able to activate them unless you have a valid student key. After you have downloaded an appropriate disk image, you can burn it to disc using this tool (which you can find linked here).
Then go out and buy a hard drive large enough to hold all your important stuff - documents, pictures, music, saved games, browser profiles, Steam applications so you don't have to download everything again. Connect said hard drive and move all that stuff onto it. Then pop the disc in and wipe your computer; you don't sound certain enough to have removed all traces of it and it could still be there logging all your passwords/downloading more friends/doing other sneaky stuff.
Then after reinstalling Windows, change your passwords and cancel your credit card number if you've entered it on your computer recently. Remember to run Windows Update before surfing the internet so you don't get hit by a driveby download.
Tips for the future: registry 'fix' programs are almost always scams; in the situations you need to run them, your computer is hosed. Nuke from orbit and reinstall. And you should always maintain a running backup updated every 2/3 weeks in case your computer gets fried by lightning or other mishap, not wait until failure is imminent.
The reason for all this paranoia is that most modern viruses are stealthy and designed to dig in deep; they're not the "lolz i change ur desktop wallpaper" nonsense of 1999.