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"xfile" <coucou@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23chDhvY%23JHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
>
> I think both Rick Rogers and Charlie Tame could be right.
>
> However, I would suggest you to stop the troubleshooting process at this
> point, and I found the following address from Gateway, USA by clicking
> "China" on their main page:
>
> [url]http://cn.gateway.com/[/url]
>
> You may want to have a local friend translate the page for you, and all
> you want is a local support phone number.
>
> PS: As pointed out by Charlie Tame, you may also want to ask your local
> friends about voltage converter (which may not be required by newer
> models) and plug adapters (as far as I can remember - very confusing).
>
> Hope this helps and good luck.
>
>
>
>
> "popular" <brenden.cline******.com> wrote in message
> news:38e0d86fd227861645d313c0351a4495@nntp-gateway.com...[color=green]
>>
>> I'm studying abroad in China and my laptop has a really weird problem,
>> so I apologize in advance but this is a bit long.
>>
>> I moved in with a host family last week, and 5 minutes after getting
>> the internet to work and beginning to Skype chat people (without video)
>> my computer (Gateway laptop model MT3423 I think, Vista Premium, Dual
>> Core AMD Turion, ~2 years old in good condition) froze and hasn't been
>> the same since. Now, booting brings me to the recovery screen (of course
>> - Normal Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, etc.), but no Safe Mode works
>> - I can get to the login screen but after signing in the Welcome screen
>> with the loading circle stays up indefinitely. Normal Mode works though,
>> but it has major issues. After successfully signing in programs begin to
>> load but it quickly slows down to a crawl, and takes about a minute to
>> close the two program warning boxes that pop up (just the usual 'this
>> program is unregistered' sort of thing). After this, Windows Calendar
>> inexplicably loads, again painfully slow, and if the computer hasn't
>> crashed by this point then it does shortly thereafter. And the crash
>> varies - a few times it started with a "Server Busy - this action cannot
>> be completed" error message but it usually says euphemistically
>> "Microsoft Windows - this application is not responding."
>>
>> I've tried several things but I haven't had any success. During this
>> loading window, I've tried running msconfig and unchecking nonessential
>> programs, but even after clicking Save Changes and Restart the changes
>> are not saved, and it'll still proceed to crash and load the programs
>> again next boot. I've tried loading the control panel, but it becomes
>> unresponsive after I try to click anything in it. I tried opening
>> accessories under the Start Menu and it bugged out, and instead of
>> showing the folder icon it showed a searching icon and wouldn't open.
>> The Command Prompt loaded but was too slow to execute anything. I also
>> tried opening Task Manager, even through Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and after a
>> few minutes it successfully loaded once but didn't show anything unusual
>> and then crashed.
>>
>> I'm not sure what the problem is - the only things I can think of are
>> that I had just setup 3 identical automatic broadband internet
>> connections as I was troubleshooting the connection, the room was really
>> hot (about 90 degrees F), and I had an SD memory stick in when I booted
>> up the last few times before this. Also, I installed a Logitech Quickcam
>> a few weeks before (whose software loads in the tray automatically) and
>> one of the 2 popups that load is new, bugging me about registering
>> EarthDesk. It seem to me like any of this should cause my problem, but
>> it seems to me that it's a software problem, in part because I don't
>> have any real evidence of hardware failure (although it does get really
>> hot, but the fan is still working) and because while Windows will be
>> crashing and I can't use the Start Menu, I can still hover over programs
>> in the tray and have their name popup (but the battery status and volume
>> control won't).
>>
>> Anyone have any advice/input? I'm going to try to get a copy of the
>> recovery CD, but that'll take at least a week and there are no
>> authorized Gateway repair centers in China, not to mention the language
>> barrier and risk involved, especially if I don't know what's wrong...
>> Thanks a lot everyone!
>>
>>
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