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    Utorrent is causing errors on windows 7

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by chomper, Mar 16, 2012.

  1. chomper

    chomper Notebook Consultant

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    Ever since I did a system recovery, ive had issues with utorrent. ive even downgraded to earlier versions and after running for afew minutes it causes my windows bar at the bottom to go away. after that happens I cannot open up internet explorer or other programs. even if I get the start button to pop up and hit restart or shutdown it wont. I have to power down with the power button and start back up all over again. this didnt happen before I did system recovery. what do i need to look for ?
     
    chomper, Mar 16, 2012
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    MidnightSun, Mar 16, 2012
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    chomper Notebook Consultant

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    I tried utorrent portable and same issue. even uninstalled original utorrent. tried bit torrent as well.
     
    chomper, Mar 16, 2012
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    Is explorer running in the Task Manager? When this happens, hit CTRL+ALT+DEL, New Task, type in 'explorer.exe' and see what happens.
     
    Joel, Mar 16, 2012
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  5. chomper

    chomper Notebook Consultant

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    once the windows bar at the bottom goes away I cant access task manager or open up anything. internet connection still active cause torrents are still active.
     
    chomper, Mar 16, 2012
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    I have no issues with the latest utorrent. Your issue sounds more like a failed system recovery.
     
    coolguy, Mar 17, 2012
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    I did a recovery off the partition. and apparently there is still some glitches on the computer. I want to wipe my hard drive 100% and do a recovery from the discs that i ordered. I tried that DBAN wipe, but i get afew errors. it wont go through the process. it worked fine on XP laptops though. Im running windows 7. I cant find the tool in bios to format the hard drive completely. I would rather wipe the hard drive 100% outside of windows incase i got some kind of worm.
     
    chomper, Mar 19, 2012
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    Any suggestions with formatting the drive outsid of the OS ?
     
    chomper, Mar 20, 2012
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    Edit. Wait I see you used System recovery. Never used that.
     
    tonyr6, Mar 21, 2012
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