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    The oddest thing just happened....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Weapon X, Aug 24, 2007.

  1. Weapon X

    Weapon X Notebook Guru

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    Since getting my laptop, I've had a long pause after the system loaded at the main screen. After reading several posts about it, I thought was a problem with Vista.

    I got my free remote control today and fire up MediaDirect to give it a shot, and MediaDirect doesn't work, stating that maybe Vista's bitlocker is enabled. After shutting it down and turning on the regular power button, I find that MediaDirect is loading up and not Vista. My "oh sh$t alarm" goes off and I try a few more times with the same result.

    Finally, I boot up MediaDirect again with the little home button and then try the regular power button again and now Vista loads, but the long pause after bootup is gone now. My laptop loaded up without that pause after Vista loaded.

    What the hell is up with that?
     
    Weapon X, Aug 24, 2007
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  2. Prototelis

    Prototelis Notebook Geek

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    I would check for a bios update.

    That does sound weird as hell though.
     
    Prototelis, Aug 24, 2007
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  3. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    are you turning it on with the power button or the media direct button
     
    nizzy1115, Aug 24, 2007
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  4. Weapon X

    Weapon X Notebook Guru

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    The laptop is working as it should now. The power button turns on Vista and the MediaDirect button turns on MediaDirect. The thing is that the delay is gone now.
     
    Weapon X, Aug 24, 2007
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  5. DWOLFE777

    DWOLFE777 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just a thought, I would check windows update history just in case it was an update, that was finishing up. d
     
    DWOLFE777, Aug 24, 2007
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  6. ppen1

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    I have this long pause as well! What did you do exactly to get rid of it? My vista is fully up to date.
     
    ppen1, Aug 24, 2007
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  7. Weapon X

    Weapon X Notebook Guru

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    I had the pause when I got my system, so I reinstalled Vista and the problem was still there. During the whole process and up to today, I never touched MediaDirect. With the reinstall, I left the restore partition and MediaDirect intact.

    I got a free remote control today and pressed the house icon to start MediaDirect to try out the remote for the first time. MediaDirect wouldn't start, stating something about a lockout. I then shut it down and tried to start the laptop with the regular power button, but MediaDirect started. I shut it down and turned it on several more times with the power button, but the same thing happened.

    Finally, I pressed the house button to start up MediaDirect and, after getting the lockout message, shut it down, then turned on the computer again with the regular power button. This time, Vista started up.
     
    Weapon X, Aug 24, 2007
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  8. chelet

    chelet Notebook Deity

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    That is weird. I hope it stays fixed for you.
     
    chelet, Aug 24, 2007
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  9. Sho Mitsuharu

    Sho Mitsuharu Notebook Geek

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    From what I've read, you still have to do an reinstall of MediaDirect if you reinstall Vista.
     
    Sho Mitsuharu, Aug 25, 2007
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  10. jawbreaker84

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    omg this sounds kinda scary i hope that this wont happen to me
     
    jawbreaker84, Aug 26, 2007
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  11. anime_freak

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    actually this same prob occured to me too... finally i figured it out that it wasn't a vista issue at all and that media direct wasn't installed properly in the system
     
    anime_freak, Aug 26, 2007
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  12. sminker

    sminker Newbie

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    how do you mean? what did you do different?

    i reinstalled mediadirect with the cd, did the setup, rebooted, installed vista, installed mediadirect on vista and i am also getting the bitlocker error message.
     
    sminker, Aug 28, 2007
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