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Multiple problems with Windows 7 x64 on new laptop
I really hope someone can help me. I have read 100's of posts about the issues I am having, but can't seem to find a solution.
I have a brand new laptop that seemed to be working fine, until it did some automatic updates from microsoft (I am guessing this is what caused the problems).
1st problem - Whenever I do anything in a folder or on my desktop (i.e. add file, delete file, rename file) I have to manually refresh the folder or deskop to see the change.
2nd problem - The computer stopped recognizing my western digital external hard drive. It found it no problem before updates. (other computers see HDD no problem).
3rd problem - A few progams don't open at all. iTunes was the 1st one I noticed. I click to run the program, it does nothing. If I go to task manager, I can see itunes.exe*32 listed, but the program is not open. I downloaded Spybot to see if spyware was causing any problems...but it does the same thing...won't open.
4th problem - When I click shutdown, it literally takes over 10 minutes to shutdown.
This is all I have discovered for now...maybe all these symptoms will let some genius out there help me out!
Thanks in advance
Aaron