My computer is stuck in the boot up stage and it has reached a point where most of the info on the screen seems to be unrecognizable symbols and I try to rerun windows xp and am getting an error message. What can i do? Thanks Dwight

Hello Sally

stuck, you say,
yes all PCs do this, cells and tablets, all toys we use fail.
stuck is super common.
the tests and cures seem not so common here.
first I look up what is it.
Series 3 Notebook its a notebook.
it runs
Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
so does it reach the windows login screen
tell the point or screen it stick on first.
we are blind in a text box here.
post photos of screen stuck if not black screen,
so if is say screen is totally black
did you first hold he power button pressed for 30 seconds and release it to cold boot it first?
try that.

Rully
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Decimal Point and Separator Symbols
You can use the display setup (Disp) screen to specify the symbols you want for the decimal point and 3-digit separator.
• To change the decimal point and separator symbol setting, press the MODE key a number of times until you reach the setup screen shown below.
Display the selection screen. (Disp) 1.
Press the number key ( 1 or 2) that corresponds to the setting you want to use.
1(Dot): Period decimal point, comma separator
2(Comma): Comma decimal point, period separator

Vista Update Stage 3 Stall……

You see Installing Updates Stage 3 of 3... 0% in Vista after you start or restart your computer and it never goes past 0%. Rebooting the computer doesn't change it. It still boots to Installing Windows updates 3 of 3 and never goes past that 0% mark. Sometimes Windows will even reboot in some cases. I have found that this often happens after Windows updates. I have no idea why, but this seems to be a fairly common occurrence. The last one I repaired was caused by a Service pack 1 installation.

Here's what I have done to fix the 3 of 3 error.

You will be doing a System Restore from the Vista f8 startup

Since the computer your working on is probably stuck on this screen the first step will be a hard shut down.

Hold the power button down until the computer shuts down.

Restart the computer.

Tap the f8 key about once or twice per second to get the Safe mode screen to come up.

In Windows Vista there is a new choice when the safe mode selection comes up. "Repair Your Computer"

Highlight the "Repair Your Computer" choice.

Windows will act like it is going t boot up.

You will see a System Recovery Options window.

It will ask you to choose your language.

Click Next

Select your user and put in your password. (leave blank if you don't have a password)

You should now have choices and the one you want is "System Restore"

Follow through the prompts with the Vista System Restore program.

Remember you should pick a restore point that is 1 or 2 points back.

Once you have completed the system restore process you will be asked to restart your computer. Go ahead and restart the computer. It should start correctly at this point. If you don't have a restore point available you may not be able to repair this error. I have not tried to repair one of these without a restore point yet.

You have a virus and you can try to booup to a previous restore point. Or reload windows anfd run repair versus a full on installation i9f you want to save your data.

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Thanks

hi,

Some users experienced similar problems when SP2 was released, so this could be the problem. If the user sees a stop error code of 0x0000007e, this first issue is likely the reason why the computer does not boot properly.
The second issue will only occur on systems with certain acer motherboards. This error manifests itself with an error code of STOP: 0x000000A5. It is unknown how to fix this problem other than by installing a USB storage device, or even possibly removing a USB mouse and replacing it with a PS/2 port compatible version.
If that is not enough, Microsoft MVP Jesper Johansson reports that there seems to be a third, less common problem with SP3 computers, this time on Intel. Some may receive a 0x00000024 stop error, which he believes may be due to an issue with either the NTFS file system being corrupted, or a faulty video driver.
go to microsoft .com under solutions page and type in the information code error they have been working on a dowload patch to correct this . go there http://support.microsoft.com.

I'll assume last known good configuration didn't work, if you press f8 and choose disable automatic restart on failure, you should see the blue screen of death with more info, when you reboot the next time,(you may have to hold in power button for 5 secs), press f8 and see if Repair my computer is listed on the Microsoft Startup menu, if not, insert a windows vista disk and restart,booting to the cd(should happen automatically, but look for a prompt to press a key) choose your language, then choose repair my computer, choose the windows installation, and you can try to use system restore to go back before the uodates were installed and updated, then disable automatic updating so it doesn't repeat.

no computer is trash when you are dealing with a software issue.

boot up and tap on the f8 key... when you get to that screen... choose safe mode... if it successfully boots.... go to start menu... and restart again... it should boot... if it wants to do the update let it.... if still nothing.... f8 again and choose last known good configuration

Robert

Hi...there,
It's seems you got a busted screen panel...

go to my computer properties then sleect auto upadate disable or off it.