Yea Windows 7 Black Screen of Death!!

OK so it finally happened. Windows 7 has a big problem. Have no fear(well have a little cause it can happen to you) there is a fix. It would seem that windows 7 has been doing good but of course you can count on Microsoft to mess it up, its a Windows 7 patch that gives you the new Black Screen of Death feature. So if you have not received this wonderful new issue then shut off your windows up dates asap.
To turn off windows updates do the following.


TO TURN OFF WINDOWS AUTOMATIC UPDATES
Turn off Automatic Updates. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then press ENTER.
2. Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click to select one of the following options. We recommend that you select the Automatic (recommended) Automatically download recommended updates for my computer and install them option.
* Automatic (recommended) Automatically download recommended updates for my computer and install them

If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses your Internet connection to find updates on the Windows Update Web site or on the Microsoft Update Web site that apply to your computer. Updates are downloaded automatically in the background, and you are not notified or interrupted during this process. An icon appears in the notification area of your taskbar when the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the icon to view the download status. When the download is complete, you receive another message in the notification area so that you can review the updates that are scheduled for installation.
o Click to select the day and time for scheduled updates to download and install. You can schedule Automatic Updates for any time of day. However, your computer must be on at the scheduled time for updates to be installed.
o You can choose to install the updates as soon as they are finished downloading. To do this, click the download message (or update icon), and then click Install. If you choose not to install the updates when they finish downloading, Windows starts the installation on your set schedule.
* Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them

If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses your Internet connection to automatically download updates from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site. An icon appears in the notification area of your taskbar when the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the icon to view the download status. When the download is complete, you receive another message in the notification area so that you can review the updates that are scheduled for installation.
o When you want to install the downloaded update, click the message (or update icon), and then click Install to install the update.
o If you do not want to install a downloaded update, click Details, and then click to clear the check box next to that update to decline it.
* Notify me but don't automatically download or install them

If you select this option, Windows recognizes when you are online and uses your Internet connection to search for downloads from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site. An Automatic Updates icon and message appear in the notification area of your taskbar when new updates are available to download or to install.
o Click the icon or message to view the updates. If you do not want to download a selected update, click to clear the check box next to that update to decline it. Click Start Download to download the selected updates. The Automatic Updates icon remains in the notification area of your taskbar while the updates are being downloaded. You can point to the icon to view the download status.
o When the download is complete, you receive another message in the notification area stating that the updates are ready to install. Click the Automatic Updates icon or the message, and then click Install to install the updates.
3. Click OK.
MAKE SURE YOU UNCHECK THE UP DATE FEATURE.

If you have downloaded this Microsoft Gift you can be saved. You can do it your self or can call Geekworks Unlimited 760-278-9676
Here is the official article on it.

Ok so day one is over.....

So launch days is over. The sun still rose this morning and my computer works, oh wait I'm still using xp and OS x 10.5, so no big deal. Well I got the opportunity to open a brand new HP with windows 7 on it yesterday and guess what. While doing windows updates it freezes. Nope no BSOD, just froze and got that fun problem where the only window you can see leaves a trail when you drag it. Yea ctrl+alt+del cleared the screen only to stay that way. So first impression, not to good. It is kinda sad right out of the box damn thing freezes right away. So if anyone else has something good let me know. I wanna see how its going for everyone. Good luck.

So the big day is only a few hours away.....

How will it do? I don't thing we will see anyone standing in lines at 5 am to get there hands on windows 7 but you never know. Stranger things have happened. I am really just waiting for the first big problem to arise. Cant wait to see what they missed this time. As we all know they will. So good luck Microsoft. Hope 7 launches better than anything in the last 12 years.

How can windows 7 fail?????

From:Midnight Blogger
Lets see windows seven. How can it fail or have major problems? Well let me first start by asking in the last thirteen years how many operating systems has Microsoft released that have been a success? Windows 98, the dawn of USB, still failed many times over causing a BSOD. Windows ME, well we wont even go into how pathetic of a OS that was. Windows 2000, a very short life on the consumer market but its short life was its down fall. Being based off of windows NT it was probably one of the more stable versions of windows in years. Next Windows XP, was supposed to have all HP printer drivers built right in so no need to install anything. We that failed in a way only microsoft can achieve. About 40% of all HP printers did not work for several months. Not to mention the ongoing wireless issues that XP had till service pack 2 came along. On to Vista! Oh where oh where to begin. Well being touted as the most secure advanced form of windows it was attacked upon release and in less than 5 days over 500 holes were found. Again many HP printers did not work. This time it was mainly wireless printers. Oh and not to mention all of the computers that were "Vista Ready". That would be why Microsoft is in a class action lawsuit. Most of them did not meet the system requirements to run Vista. Oh an Vista was supposed to have a brand spanking new file system called WINFS, ment to replace the very old NTFS. However in Microsoft time it was not ready nor will it be used in windows 7. So to ask the question will Windows 7 fail? I think the past speeks for it self. Yes i think it will be way better than Vista. Yet we can only wait to see what the next 6 months bring up. An how we can count on microsofts ability to make our lives harder with each new OS. So my advice, stay away from 7 for atleast 6 months. Let pieces fall and wait till they are fixed.

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