Windows 7 locks up when trying to login

[Yousuf Khan]

I'm finding occasionally that when I try to go login to my PC running
Win7 Ultimate 64-bit, after it's been idle for a few hours that it locks
up as I try to login. It doesn't just lock up, a strange static-like
pattern appears on the screen before it locks up. Kind of like what you
used to see on old-time pre-digital TVs, when the tuning needed
fine-tuning. I tried upgrading my Nvidia drivers yesterday, but it
didn't seem to help here at all. Don't know what to look for here, as
there are no entries in the System logs pointing to a problem prior to
it locking up. The only way to get out of it is to hit the reset button.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Yep, with Win7 you get what you pay for! LOL!

Sounds like HE has an issue with HIS machine. For the millions of others
who have Windows 7 without problems, I'm sure they are happily doing their
thing. At least they don't have to struggle with cryptic line commands and
INFERIOR Open Sores programs that are marginal at best.

Imagine, Ubuntu is free and most reject Ubuntu as trash. Live with it.

 

[Andrew]

I'm finding occasionally that when I try to go login to my PC running Win7
Ultimate 64-bit, after it's been idle for a few hours that it locks up as
I try to login. It doesn't just lock up, a strange static-like pattern
appears on the screen before it locks up. Kind of like what you used to
see on old-time pre-digital TVs, when the tuning needed fine-tuning. I
tried upgrading my Nvidia drivers yesterday, but it didn't seem to help
here at all. Don't know what to look for here, as there are no entries in
the System logs pointing to a problem prior to it locking up. The only way
to get out of it is to hit the reset button.

Yousuf Khan

Is it possible that besides your Nvidia Card, there is an onboard video
card?
If so check your bios settings to make sure the onboard one is disabled.

It's just a thought...

 

[Andrew]

Is it possible that besides your Nvidia Card, there is an onboard video
card?
If so check your bios settings to make sure the onboard one is disabled.

It's just a thought...

Oh yeah...nice seeing you post in the F1 forum.
Go Vettel!

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Is it possible that besides your Nvidia Card, there is an onboard video
card?
If so check your bios settings to make sure the onboard one is disabled.

It's just a thought...

Yes, there is an integrated video card too on it. But this system has
been running on Windows XP previously without this problem. Nothing has
changed between the time it was running XP and the way it is now.

However, there is an update to this problem. It looks like the machine
actually doesn't lock up, it turns out that all you have to do is turn
off the monitor and turn it back on again, and it works fine again. So
it looks like it's more of an annoyance now than an actual problem. My
wife was the one who discovered this solution, which is pretty amazing
considering that she is usually the most helpless about computer issues.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Oh yeah...nice seeing you post in the F1 forum.
Go Vettel!

Thanks, I was considering getting a system with AMD's new 12-core
Magny-Cours chip, just for the F1 name, but it's an Opteron server chip
so it's not meant for a home desktop.


Yousuf Khan

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Yep, with Win7 you get what you pay for! LOL!

You really have to get something better to do with your time. I do
already have Ubuntu on the same machine and on other machines. I use it
about 20% of the time, and I keep it around as a backup OS, for when
there may be problems in Windows for whatever reason, and so I can
diagnose the problems. But I've also had issues previously with Ubuntu
where it would not work properly, and I've had to go into Windows to fix
it up too. They back each other up nicely. No need to evangelize about
Ubuntu as the second coming.

Yousuf Khan