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    Sudden logon and logoff issues with m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Widge, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. Widge

    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    Vista 32.

    All of a sudden when logging on the laptop will hit a black screen and just hang there. You can move the mouse pointer, but the hdd will just sit churning.

    Things like control panel uninstall programs, device manager can churn forever with no actual progress or won't even open.

    Laptop also won't shut down past the "logging off" screen.

    Anyone on here got any ideas of what is going on and what I can do (before I go for a reinstall).

    Thanks!
     
    Widge, Dec 13, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Have you done any tweaks or modifications? Just for the hell of it, I'd try creating another account and seeing if it has the same issues. :rolleyes:
     
    pixelot, Dec 13, 2008
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    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    Ah I do, my gf has an untainted account and that is having issues too... :(
     
    Widge, Dec 13, 2008
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    interesting, it refuses to log on when wifi is enabled. turning it off, rebooting and its fine.
     
    Widge, Dec 13, 2008
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    Hmmmm. Try running a virus scan with AVG or Avira. I'd be tempted to reinstall. :eek:
     
    pixelot, Dec 13, 2008
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    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    Right fair enough, I've got Avast on board. Just thought I'd check in here first before I embarked on Mr Reformat.

    Luckily my drive is partitioned, so I don't have to faff about backing up! :D
     
    Widge, Dec 14, 2008
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    Well, does anyone else have thoughts? I can't think of any other reasons/procedures. :( ;)
     
    pixelot, Dec 14, 2008
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    Did you put modded graphics drivers on there or are they original. The modded ones cause issues. I dont know why people use them.
     
    nizzy1115, Dec 14, 2008
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    i have the "beta" 180.84 driver from lapvid2go and it works really well, i dont know why people use those original dell drivers hehehe.
     
    Koer, Dec 14, 2008
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    Concur. ;) :D
     
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    Widge Notebook Consultant

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    Quite right, I do have modded graphics drivers, although this issue has only surface recently. Will check 180.84

    On BIOS A09.
     
    Widge, Dec 20, 2008
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    Update:

    180.84 made no difference
    Booting in Safe Mode does not help
    Booting using msconfig to go into diagnostic mode and all is wonderful ... booting and restarting. Sadly got no idea which service it might be that is causing things to go wrong. The sidebar won't load properly, you can't click on it. The tray icons don't update, so it'll say I have a full battery when I actually don't, says I'm not connected to the network when I am. I've had the odd error about cannot start bluetooth stack (I think it was). Its certainly having issues starting SOMETHING when I log on. I can't get into system restore to roll back either.
     
    Widge, Dec 20, 2008
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