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Google Chrome just killed my computer

<3<3 Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So I was browsing with Chrome and I got a fatal error with the GoogleUpdater.exe.

Then the whole system locked up and I got bluescreen'd.

And now Windows won't boot up at all.

Ugh...what?

Help?

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  • Mmmm... Cocks...Mmmm... Cocks... Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Did you try safe mode yet?

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Nothing works. I get a bluescreen after like 5 minutes of it trying to load Windows.

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  • Mmmm... Cocks...Mmmm... Cocks... Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Shouldn't you be able to spam like F8 or whatever and load safe mode before the little Windows loady dealie?

    If all else fails grab a live Linux CD. It's always good to keep one of those guys around.

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Safe Mode doesn't even work. It just reboots the computer.

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Looks like I may just have to reformat. Is there any way where I can just format the partition with the OS on it?

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  • Mmmm... Cocks...Mmmm... Cocks... Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The Plain Girl From The Low-Quality American Remake Of The Office wrote: »
    Looks like I may just have to reformat. Is there any way where I can just format the partition with the OS on it?
    I mean, if you can get into your BIOS and all it should be no problem.

    You should try a Linux CD, I have Knoppix sitting around for times like this.

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I can get in to the BIOS, but yeah....

    What's the key for that menu where you can select where the system boot from? I have the XP disc in the dvd right now, but I seem to have set boot from HDD as first priority.

    edit: nvm i just changed the boot sequence in the BIOS

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  • Mmmm... Cocks...Mmmm... Cocks... Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Every computer is differant ya? If I don't know I just spam the F keys till get the menus.
    Heck.. I don't actually know what it is for any of my computers.

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  • ProPatriaMoriProPatriaMori Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Whoa whoa, you don't have to reformat. I just had a bluescreen on boot problem. One of the OS choice options was to boot but not restart on the stop error; that let me see the screen. Googling let me know what files I had to screw around with to make the error go away, and I used the Windows Recovery Console off my install CD to make that happen. Boom, Windows booted, I re-installed some Windows Updates to get my system files back in whack, and everything was awesome again. You might also find the relevant stuff under a file called Minidump in C:\WINDOWS or your equivalent.

    In the future, under Control Panel>System>Advanced (tab)>Startup and Recovery Settings (this is a button) uncheck "automatically restart" in the System Failure section. That is checked by default but never should be in the first place. Bluescreens are unfortunate but contain valuable information and don't occur often enough on 2K or later to warrant instant restart.

    Also your avatar is annoying and this effect is amplified when it's on the same page 5 different times.

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    How do I disable the automatic restart?

    edit: since you know, I can't get to the control panel.

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  • ProPatriaMoriProPatriaMori Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I could disable it on the same screen that had the safe mode choice.

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    so the error is from missing/corrupted winsrv.dll

    I deleted it and then ran the repair. I got a new winsrv.dll, but i still get the error. :(

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