Should I be worried?

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Mumfi

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Hey Forum!

So, I bought a new computer a few days ago with Windows 7 64-bit pre-installed. Everything worked fine for a few hours, but then things started to mess up.

What I did first was to install a game, download Firefox and change some minor settings, nothing unusual. Then I went downstairs to eat dinner and pressed the standby button. When I came back, problems started occurring. For instance, I wasn't able to uninstall things. The InstallShield appeared to be loading but nothing ever happened. Also, icons weren't responding (such as the connectivity icon down to the right, which by the way told me I had no internet even though I did). Battlefield Bad company 2, which I had just installed, wouldn't execute and neither would internet explorer (well, the process was running, but no window opened)

So things were just messed up, and basically the only thing that actually worked properly was Firefox. Then, during another attempt of uninstalling a preinstalled game, everything suddenly froze up and I had to press and hold the power button to restart the computer. When the computer rebooted, i got the screen where you get options such as "start windows normally" and "start windows in a failsafe mode", or whatever the english version says. And THEN everything worked fine and has done so ever since :confused:

My question: should I be worried that my new compuer might still have these problem hidden somewhere and that it will act like this all over, and leave it to service or should I just do nothing?

Thanks
 
Do you have the disk to do a reinstall? Generally the first thing i do when i get a new laptop is reinstall without all the extra bloat ware.. seems something is not right with the isntall and if your warranty prohibits reinstalls then have them to it if not it may just be easier on you to start from scratch.. What pc is this by the model name memory ect? Not sure but is battlefield a 64bit program this is an issue that has been around for years with 32bit games and 64bit os..
 
Battlefield installs and runs perfectly on Windows 7 x64, so that's not the issue.

If you ever have issues like that, resuming from standby, first thing is always REBOOT, and see if the problems persist.

It sounds like Windows 7 doesn't like to Resume from Standby with your current hardware.

Try putting the pc to "Sleep" instead of "Standby".
 
codeman0013 said:
Do you have the disk to do a reinstall? Generally the first thing i do when i get a new laptop is reinstall without all the extra bloat ware.. seems something is not right with the isntall and if your warranty prohibits reinstalls then have them to it if not it may just be easier on you to start from scratch.. What pc is this by the model name memory ect? Not sure but is battlefield a 64bit program this is an issue that has been around for years with 32bit games and 64bit os..
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How do I do a reinstall when I haven't got my Windows 7 on a disk? I have always had my OS on a disk before and this is the first time I had it preinstalled. Doesn't it disappear completely if I erase the enitre harddrive?

Specs:
Packard Bell iXtreme A6511NCD
AMD Quad Core Phenom II 810 2,6 GHz
6GB RAM
NVIDIA GT320

Bodaggit23 said:
Battlefield installs and runs perfectly on Windows 7 x64, so that's not the issue.

If you ever have issues like that, resuming from standby, first thing is always REBOOT, and see if the problems persist.

It sounds like Windows 7 doesn't like to Resume from Standby with your current hardware.

Try putting the pc to "Sleep" instead of "Standby".
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It hasn't been a problem since though :/
 
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