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Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung

Re: Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung It's several years old. But I usually don't use that PC. I want to take advantage of the free Windows 10 upgrade icon sitting in my system tray.
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- Post #9
- Sep 4, 2015
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung

Re: Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung What do I need to get the DVD drive to work? I have the Windows 7 Pro disk. When I change the boot sequence to the DVD drive, I get the BSOD real quick and then it disappears....
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- Post #7
- Aug 31, 2015
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung

Re: Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung It's an Intel quad core processor. But I went to AMD's website; dL'd the driver update utility to confirm. It is an Intel chip. So I went to Intel's driver update site and dL'd the driver update and it said...
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- Post #5
- Aug 27, 2015
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung

Re: Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung OK, so NIS is uninstalled. I'm usually using IE when it bombs. I think something is wrong in two areas: (1) My devices show an A: (floppy disk drive) and I don't have one. I have a DVD that doesn't show up...
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- Post #3
- Aug 20, 2015
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung

Windows 7 crashes hard randomly; no BSOD "Waiting for Tasks to complete" hung Attached perfmon report and sysnativeBSODcollectionapp files. Thnx.
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- Thread
- Aug 19, 2015
- Replies: 8
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

Thanks for your help. Much obliged!
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- Post #25
- Aug 14, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

Do I have to start a new thread over there or will it automatically be picked up by someone?
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- Post #23
- Aug 14, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

The PC keeps crashing. Also, when I tried to run the Extended tests w/ GSmartControl, I get "Sending command failed"
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- Post #21
- Aug 14, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

I managed to get all of my Windows updates installed after the System Restore. I am still crashing. I also need to figure out why IE 11 isn't showing up as being installed in my updates.... Downloading GSmartControl s/w now.... Also, something weird: My system is showing a floppy disk drive...
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- Post #19
- Aug 14, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

Still not able to install KB947821. Found old attempts from Sept. 2014 where I tried and it failed. Cleaned all of those up. Also, ran chkdsk /r to clean/repair the h/d. That took 12 hours, yesterday. Cleaned out Windows/SoftwareDistribution/DataStore folder. Now I can't run windows update...
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- Post #17
- Aug 14, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

I should've mentioned that the PC crashes even when I am not downloading or installing the SURT. Will run and let you know results.
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- Post #15
- Aug 11, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

Please confirm: The latest one for me is called "windows6.1-KB947821-v34-x64.msu" from: Download System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821) [October 2014] from Official Microsoft Download Center
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- Post #13
- Aug 11, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

https://www.dropbox.com/s/aezvx46rtjtbbcj/cbs.txt?dl=0
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- Post #11
- Aug 11, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update
Howdy y'all from Texas

Thanks. Appreciate it. I'm a newbie to the site and learning my way around, while trying to solve this hair-brained problem on my PC. Trying to uprgrade. I want to upgrade to Windows 10 while I have the chance.
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- Post #4
- Aug 11, 2015
- Forum: Introductions - New Members
[SOLVED] Windows update crashes Win 7

Uploaded to dropbox.
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- Post #9
- Aug 10, 2015
- Forum: Windows Update

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