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I feel like John Locke from Lost in a way. I have to keep clicking the button on the computer every four hours to postpone, and if I don’t postpone it my computer will die. It’s true. Let me tell you the story.
I got back from vacation on Monday, and found my computer not working. It’s a Vista machine, and it’s under two years old. It wouldn’t boot past the loading screen.
So I restart the computer, thinking it was just a glitch, but it fails.
I try to run in last-best configuration, it fails.
I try to run in Network-Only Safe-Mode, it fails.
I try to run in Safe-Mode, it fails.
So that is the entire list. I unplug everything, try to recover from DVD, it all fails or glitches. I run several checkdisks and that sort of thing, and the computer doesn’t respond.
Finally, after trying to recover from DVD for the ninth time, it works. Randomly. My computer glitches out, displaying random coloured RGB pixels across the entire screen making my monitor look like it had dead pixels, then it restart and started working.
I traced the problem back to an automatic update of the OS by Vista. The way this works (which is set to be “on” by default) is that the computer gives you a few minutes to hit the “postpone” button on the automatic update or it will restart the computer and start the upgrade. Your only options are to postpone it for a few minutes or a few hours, and there is no option above 4 hours. So the minute I wasn’t at the computer, my computer decided to automatic upgrade without me, and managed to crash.
So after the crash I turned off Automatic Updates in the Control Panel. However, Vista doesn’t approve. It still feels the need to bug me about updating or “I’ll do it automatically for you!” still! I cannot seem to get rid of the option for Windows to auto-update, which means I most likely will wake up in the morning with another failed update/crash. I’m sitting here trying to Postpone the update over and over again.
What happens when I go home and leave the update to itself again? What happens if I turn the computer off? Will it Automatic Update on load like it did last time? There’s no good answer, every answer is a threat to all my lovely documents and I have no control over it. The only way to guarantee my computer would survive the night would be to press the “Postpone” button on the computer every time it pops up, all through the night.
My computer controls my life :(. Let’s hope for the best tomorrow.
Poor John..
You know, if you’d wait for “Restarting in 4 min, 8 sec” and put “Remind me in 15 minutes”, that would be just creepy.
Aww, that sucks John. D:
If this is any consolation whatsoever,I just got a virus on my computer a couple days ago, and I’m trying to get it fixed.
Best of luck with your machine.
; _ ; don’t stop John!
I have a little solution for you. But This is just temporairly & do not remove your big bug.
You can make a script with : http://www.autohotkey.com
Just write the script to auto Postpone at each 3 hours & you will be able to sleep all the night :). The code is sample & if you need Help Msg me
Here’s how you handle this John:
Step 1) Get an external hard drive.
Step 2) Back up all those important files.
Step 3) Reformat your computer, but this time use XP because it actually works.
Step 4) Let Microsoft know of their epic fail.
I hate this whole policy by not just microsoft but many others with the whole “You must update!” thing without any other option. It’s out of control. Currently every 6 hours or so I have AIM instant messenger asking me to update. There is no way to turn it off. Thanks AOL yet again…
Hey John! sorry about the crashing!!!!! sounds like a lot of work to get over to your computer !! on my other computer something weird happend lol sounds like the same stuff that happend to you but for me it only happend once (but Dad says it happend to him 2 so i guess it happend 2 time :P)
Best of luck to you and you PC/Mac/Apple/other
Regards
pc123 long time member
Definitely a hardware issue since millions of other people (including myself) got the update safely. Check that you have hardware compatible with vista.
Also, Microsoft do actually have a fairly good support hot line.
Send a bunch of cookies and 20$ to China and let them repair it.
There is a program you can download that allows your mouse to click every few seconds you could set it on 10 seconds and have it over where the postpone button appears.
Good Luck!
I’m sorry you feel like John Locke….too bad you don’t have a key to make the computer implode like he did…what a bummer.
Sorry for all your troubles.
There is a program called SuperAntiSpyware, its a real virus killer.Get the free version and update it.It fixed computers that couldn’t even stay turned on for more than 5 minutes.
I wonder why he hasn’t posted again…
Let’s hope for the best for John…
wow nice sorry 4 u
I refuse to ever go to vista i hate it. My bro had it on his laptop. It sucked. think windows update you can hit cancel. And my sister down;loaded it on my comp once or started to. my bro figured some way to totally stop it.
Perhaps he has been physically attacked by his computer since he has been trying to stop the problem.
Vista has been known to do that..
soz bro. use linux. lol. if it fails, at least it’s free lol
try , it automatically clicks for you. (un)fortunately the developer doesn’t have vista yet, so it’s not sure to work though…
not my website, but the form deleted the URL automatically? the program’s called clickoff, on johanneshuebner dot com
Oh man, I totally feel your pain. I had the same problem, well minus the crashing part. Even after I updated what it said to do it would still keep coming up and trying to turn it off didn’t work. I wish I could remember what I eventually did to get the updates to stop… but it sounds like you need a new computer anyway. So back up your files and make sure you have the keys to the programs you’ll need to reinstall.
Downgrade to XP. Seriously. Vista SUCKS.
… JOHN’S COMPUTER DIED! ; _ ; A tear shed for thoes lost… stupid Bill Gates and his Vista…
Bill gates retired before vista.
wow. that really sucks. did u email the company that made the computer?
Just throwing this out there… you could maybe switch over to Linux…
the precauttions are over
I really feel you man. My parents get mad when i get viruses on my computer and I just did something to it It made me stop using my own computer that often. And if I do touch a computer I don’t download anything off the internet unless I’m 100% sure it’s safe. I thought my computer has problems, but yours beat mine!! I wish you luck!!! I really know how you feel!!
Another thing I had an XP and thinking of switching to Vista!! But after reading your story and all the replies. I think I shall stay with XP. Even though my comp is jacked up. I had it for four years though. I need a new one, and it’s not going to be a vista!! Thanks Dude you stop me from switching to a Vista and I really hope your comp will get better!!;)
Awwww….Vista IS a Bug -.-°
Save your files on an external HD and reinstall vista or better, install XP again. I’m still use XP, it just works (without errors!).
i just got my computer 4 mi birthday and 2 months (oct) i was working on mi homework an my comp crash AAAGGHHH =( HELP ME PLEASE.
same thing happened to me, couldnt get it to boot up, had to reset to the factory default. sucks but it works now, cant wait till i can get a new computer
Увлекательно, а продолжение будет?