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    sony vaio froze

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by hydrox, Nov 18, 2007.

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    Hi, I was shutting down my sony vaio laptop. There was a program
    not responding so I ended the task. Then it froze.
    I pressed one of those two 'hotkeys'? at the top and got this

    sbmsg.exe unable to initilize installation ....about some dll

    I went to check the message so that I'd type it out correctly
    but now my screen is black and frozen

    Oh my, any suggestions

    thanks
     
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    So it's basically frozen at the part before it shuts down? In these cases, I just shut it down manually by pressing the power button for a couple seconds. Maybe try CTRL + Delete, and see if you can end any programs that are not responding.
     
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    hydrox Newbie

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    geez, I can't believe it! I'm pretty computer savvy and tried the
    control alt delete and everything else.

    Pressing the power button for a few seconds did the trick

    I feel like a fr....in idiot. Everything's fine now
    I'm gonna have a stiff drink and contemplate my life

    Thanks a bunch for your help!
     
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    No problem, just don't do it often. From my experience you will eventually get a blue screen with a "Unmountable Boot Volume" error. My computer was always freezing, because I was using 256MB of RAM, and trying to run multiple memory hungry programs. If that's the case for you too, I suggest upgrading your RAM or purchasing a new computer. I went from desktop with 256MB of RAM to a laptop with 3GB, and I love it :)
     
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