Okay, after sending the report thingy a nother window has poped up saying;

"Windows cannot repair this computer automatically

If you have recently attached a device to this computer, such as a camera or portable music player, remove it and restart your computer. If you continue to see this messgae, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistence.

Click Finish to exit and shut down your computer."

Below that are two link one is "View diagnostic and repair details", the other is "View advanced options for system recoverty and support". After clicking the first link it reads;

"Startup repair diagnosis and repair log

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Last successful boot time: 1/4/2010 10:17:14 PM (GMT)

Number of repair attempts: 6

Session details

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System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0

Windows directory = C:\Windows

AutoChk Run = 0

Number of root causes = 1

Clicking the other option brings me to System Recovery Options. Should I do a system recovery?

Thanks.

hello,

So here's the problem...
Yesterday my laptop computer running on Windows 7 was working fine and then this morning when I went to turn it on it would start to turn on and then the screen would go black. The backlight is still on but nothing else is happening. The only way I can then turn it off is by holding the power button down. When I then turn it back on a screen pops up (like the one that does if you fress f8 on startup) and gives two options; one is to start windows normally or the second is to run startup repair (recommended). Starting Windows Normally results in the same thing I mentioned before so I ran the stratup repair. It then spent a few minutes trying to find the problem and then restarted itself. After restarting there was no difference and the problem still persisted. After a few times of doing this a message came up saying that startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically. This is what is on my laptop screen now. It also gives me an option to send the error report to microsoft. Should I do this? In a drop down window below this it gives the problem details. They are as follows;

Problem Signature:
Problem Event Name: Startup Repair Offline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21220132
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 6
Problem Signature 07: CorruptAcl
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

The only thing that I can think may be the cause is that it is a software problem. On the startup repair window it says that recently installed software could be a possible cause of the problem. The only software I installed yesterday was a few automatic updates and some downloadable content for Dragon Age; Origins. I only installed Windows 7 onto my computer maybe two weeks ago and these are the first lot of updates it has installed.

PLease any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't know what to do. Thanks.



ps. Sorry about the lengthy post.

Which games are you playing? It sounds like you are playing games without widescreen support and your PC is now displaying them CORRECTLY. If you were playing games stretched to widescreen, and now are dissatisfied with the superior visual experience... well, I have no hope for you. If I interpreted the details of your "issue" incorrectly I apologize.jedinat